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5.4K views 22 replies 11 participants last post by  BeagleCountry  
#1 ·
Well sense there is no raw section I guess I'll start one here. Looks like the best place or we could move into the dry and canned. What do you guy's think? I'll start.

I just wanted to say I made a break through yesterday I, me myself and I, cut up the cow tongue. I'm very proud......ok I about threw up when I grabbed the tip of that thing. I have always made dear hubby cut it up, I also use to have him do the heart but I have been doing that for about a year now. :rockon:
 
#3 ·
One would think so but it just grosses me out. Good Lord I have pulled many a lamb out of a ewe never makes me icky. But that cow tongue eeeeeek. I have even pulled a lamb that had been dead in there a while.....stink...............I did almost lose it, don't think I ate that day smell stayed with me.
 
#5 ·
I screamed and shrieked when I puréed chicken hearts for Gimli (back when I was starting raw and tried ground meat, so glad I am now doing it right :biggrin1: ).

I'm gonna be a wimp when it comes time to chop hearts or liver or kidney. I can handle the bone and muscle meat (cleaving turkey necks is great stress relief!), but organs are squishy!
 
#7 ·
Spleen is the worst for me. The spleen I get has blood the texture of pudding, so it sticks to my hands in big globs. I can only handle it half frozen.

The raw section was archived with no notice and no one really knows why.
 
#6 ·
Also, what happened to the raw section? :(
 
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#10 ·
whiteleo I know your right we are wimps, and I am making progress.

GimMom for some reason liver has never bothered me. I have no idea why, it bothers my hubby. so it has always worked out but I am trying to toughen up. Hearts I have mastered, who knows maybe I will master the tongue.

FBarnes I hear ya, not that I enjoy a tongue licking from those ruff things but I have had my share as well. But I have also seen them with the end sticking out bellering (sp) coming at me, and that's a sight I don't like.
 
#11 ·
Whiteleo- I'm going to toughen myself up and break down a whole chicken for him. Honestly, at this point it's just the fish. I'd take squishy organs over fish! Soooo hate the smell and feeling. I must got goosebumps thinking about it, lol!

Rawfeddogs, thanks! I found out from Natalie that there was a new page, glad we now have our own space!

Herzo, tongues would freak me out, too! I might just get one and make myself touch it so I don't wimp out.

FBarnes, I've never really seen any spleen in the shops I go to, usually just liver or tripe. I need to find places in Toronto that sell inexpensive organs. One place quoted $2.99/lb for chicken hearts, I'm trying to keep things under $2/lb.
 
#12 ·
Try some asian markets for different organ sources, the big one in Seattle has lots of good stuff there
 
#15 ·
I can't believe how brave some people are when I hear about cutting up a whole animal or feeding animal head. I was proud when I was able to separate my first 80 pound order of turkey heart and necks. I find the necks gross they have a certain smell about them.
 
#17 ·
I used to have a really hard time with a whole chicken! But they at least those are already dead and gutted and plucked. Today I skinned and gutted a squirrel and a chipmunk. So hard, it was like peeling an orange =/ It was a red squirrel too, so cute. UGH the smell of the guts was awful. If you told me a couple of years ago I'd be skinning cute lil squirrels I'd tell you to get your head checked! And then what do you know the little monsters didn't even want to eat it!

The things we do for these mongrels...!
 
#22 ·
Most dogs will do anything for a tasty treat. Identify which treats your pet loves and you’re on to a winner. Some dogs adore fresh fruits and vegetables, such as dessert apples, greens and tender young carrots, while all are usually partial to sliced hot dog sausage and cooked liver pieces. Some commercially produced treats are also very popular.