Hateful foods: one MUST include calf’s liver. Honestly, have attempted to eat it on more than one occasion and find it virtually impossible to do so.
Grandparents, Mom & Dad ate it (liver and onions) at least once a month (Mom would make an alternative for the young-uns.
Dad, being 100 percent German liked his sauerkraut and pork, hot dill pickles and homemade wine. Remember the air escaping the wine bottles making gurgling sounds in the dark places where it fermented (the closet).
Being southern, gravy was always cream gravy - he always preferred brown gravy and never touched grits or hominy. Though he did like corn.
No exploded Sauerkraut in the basement?
I have to agree with you on the liver thing. I’ve never been able to eat it.
Many years ago, when the East wing of the National Gallery first opened, they had a little restaurant on an upper level, overlooking that giant Calder mobile. I ate something there called ‘Country Pate’ that I really liked, and which I’ve assumed contained liver; but it wasn’t offensive.
I’ve always wanted to find a good recipe for something like that, but the one time I tried, the chicken livers still made it too ‘livery’ for me.
Pate is something I really like in theory, but haven’t found a recipe that is mild enough, yet.
(Husband is looking over my shoulder, saying, “Liver and Onions is Wonderful!” He claims that with baby beef liver, it’s great. We’re going to disagree on this, as we disagree on Rabbit: Whenever he starts talking about Rabbit, which he grew up eating in the wilds of Pennsylvania, I just say that I can’t eat anything that’s been a friend of mine :-)
Liver and onions is something my mom Hated but made for me because I loved it. The things we do for our kids!
I’m never sure they even notice. I didn’t when I was their age...
I wish I had my folks here now to thank them.
Another food for the Hated list would be Brussels Sprouts, and I can roast them to make a lover out of a hater. I can make them yummy.