Made my first beef tongue (pic)

pcastagner
pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
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This actually turned out to be a good rest day food with its very high fat content. I used the same process as making corned beef brisket from scratch. Then boiled for 3 hours in fresh water, then skinned, then boiled again for an hour or so in beer cut with water.

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  • meidie1980
    meidie1980 Posts: 267 Member
    Yummie!
  • lisamarie1780
    lisamarie1780 Posts: 432 Member
    I'm slightly horrified
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    I'm slightly horrified

    No one who tries it feels that way. It basically tastes like the best corned beef, ever. The texture is meaty and kind of melty. Looking forward to learning some other variations on tongue from different cultures.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,970 Member
    I've only had tongue once, in Morocco. I did feel like I was french kissing a cow because of the texture.
  • elfin168
    elfin168 Posts: 202 Member
    blurgh. vomit
  • JesterMFP
    JesterMFP Posts: 3,596 Member
    I'm slightly horrified

    No one who tries it feels that way. It basically tastes like the best corned beef, ever. The texture is meaty and kind of melty. Looking forward to learning some other variations on tongue from different cultures.
    I've tried it. :sick:
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    blurgh. vomit

    No purging!
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    I love to cook just about everything at least once so did this a few years back. It was ok.
  • lisamarie1780
    lisamarie1780 Posts: 432 Member
    I love to cook just about everything at least once so did this a few years back. It was ok.

    I love cooking but I would draw the line at this tongue. It looks like it has literally been ripped from the mouth of a cow and served with a sprinkling of chives. Oh my Lord, I will never sleep again after looking upon that picture!!
  • PeanutButterLuver
    PeanutButterLuver Posts: 910
    Nasty!!
  • goalss4nika
    goalss4nika Posts: 529 Member
    Oh my wow!
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    Lol I really love the range of reactions!
  • beyondjupiter
    beyondjupiter Posts: 247 Member
    Oh man. I just couldn't do it. I have a hard enough time cooking a whole chicken. That would send me over the edge.
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    Oh man. I just couldn't do it. I have a hard enough time cooking a whole chicken. That would send me over the edge.

    Watch Heston blumenthal's YouTube video on roasting chicken. Problem solved, and you will not be able to believe how easy it is at first. Or how awesome your chicken will be.
  • beyondjupiter
    beyondjupiter Posts: 247 Member
    Oh man. I just couldn't do it. I have a hard enough time cooking a whole chicken. That would send me over the edge.

    Watch Heston blumenthal's YouTube video on roasting chicken. Problem solved, and you will not be able to believe how easy it is at first. Or how awesome your chicken will be.

    Oh it is not the cooking part I have a problem with. It is the whole chicken and having to scoop out the innards :sick:
  • YoungDoc2B
    YoungDoc2B Posts: 1,593 Member
    MY tongue hurts just looking at this :sick:
  • kaylindeschanel
    kaylindeschanel Posts: 105 Member
    i think i would eat this if it didn't look exactly like a tongue.
  • marcvandenberg
    marcvandenberg Posts: 190 Member
    I just had in in my soup 2 weeks ago.
    It;s nice meat
  • Emtabo01
    Emtabo01 Posts: 672
    How big are those things? Why are there so many......
  • 1223345
    1223345 Posts: 1,386 Member
    I got next on the barf bucket. :sick:
  • ALKNica
    ALKNica Posts: 50
    Good for you. I'm from Latin America and we eat tongue frequently. Your cooking technique sounds really good.
  • mikey1976
    mikey1976 Posts: 1,005 Member
    I got next on the barf bucket. :sick:

    i call thirds but please wash out after use. i am courious have you had prairy oysters? i just don't have the stomach for weird food plus i have a gag reflex of a two year old
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    I've only had tongue once, in Morocco. I did feel like I was french kissing a cow because of the texture.

    Ha Ha, I can certainly understand that, looking at the picture. If it was diced up or something where it didn't actually still look like a tongue, then maybe I would try it. And being from East Texas, I have eaten many things you wouldn't normally eat.
    I'd also be afraid I might bite my OWN tongue by mistake! Ouch!
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    I got next on the barf bucket. :sick:

    i call thirds but please wash out after use. i am courious have you had prairy oysters? i just don't have the stomach for weird food plus i have a gag reflex of a two year old

    Lol haven't tried those yet but I will basically try anything.


    Coming up next, I'll be harvesting, gutting, and cooking some snails.
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    How big are those things? Why are there so many......

    A bulll's tongue is about as big as your forearm. I sliced it up and put the tip of it in the middle. My attempt at presentation. I call it "just the tip" when you have that tip in a sandwich.
  • JessFox33
    JessFox33 Posts: 66 Member
    Good for you! My biggest food adventure was squid...and it took me 10 yrs to get nerve.! lol
  • lintino
    lintino Posts: 526 Member
    I love beef tongue. It's especially good as a roast beef sandwich with a little bit of horseradish mayo! Your presentation looks yummy!
  • NJCJF
    NJCJF Posts: 134 Member
    Great responses. Thanks for the much needed laugh!
  • pcastagner
    pcastagner Posts: 1,606 Member
    Mmmmm squid....
  • acidosaur
    acidosaur Posts: 295 Member
    I love beef tongue. It's especially good as a roast beef sandwich with a little bit of horseradish mayo! Your presentation looks yummy!

    Oh my god that sounds amazing!

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