Paleo Diet: Raw Paleo Diet and Lifestyle Forum
Raw Paleo Diet Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: awesomeame on September 03, 2011, 05:05:24 am
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I love my beef heart, but it's far too tough for me to eat raw. I still slow cook it, which makes it tender and taste fine....but I wish it was raw. I thought I might try grinding it up, or making it into a paste in the food processor...or?? Anyone have any other ideas?
Matt
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Get some very sharp scissors (Like Cutco scissors, very expensive, but very durable) or a good steak knife and cut it into small slivers. Always works for me.
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really?? Beef heart is one of my staples and is always very tender. I tend to trim off the fat and either eat it separately or feed it to my dogs, but the actual muscle meat itself is very very tender.
Typically with mine I just cover it in coarsely cracked pepper, some times I add a bit of salt, it's also good with pesto, but really it is wonderful with just the pepper. Very tender mmMmm!
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I don't find beef heart to be tough. I think you're either trying to eat it with cutlery or you're very weak. Just use your hands to eat it.
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I had a challenge with the texture of animal foods, and my former strategy was to cook the heck out of everything. I had to identify textures and develop chewing strategies in order to eat raw meats.
In my case, I found that I used "tough" to mean several different things: gristly, rubbery, fatty, chunky, etc. My reflex action was to want to spit out the food. Then, I started reasoning through this reflex, and I was successful in learning a new way to chew each texture.
To me, heart is rubbery but penetrable, a medium-to-easy job for the molars. I've found lamb meat to be a good training ground for chewing different textures. I find lamb heart in halal markets.
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i'll try it raw again. Maybe I cut off a piece that was tougher for whatever reason
Matt
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heart seems to be the easiest organ for me to eat, taste wise, out of all the bison organs. i've only tried beef liver before.
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well, I did try it again...I threw it through the meat grinder and yumyum!
Matt
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...I thought I might try grinding it up, or making it into a paste in the food processor...or?? ...
Good. I mean, I've tried blending it and using a food processor, but with heart and liver there are strings/fibers/skin/veins and such in parts of them, and works only if you dice it carefully first. I don't have a meat grinder, but sounds like it's made to grind meat!
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I love raw beef heart. In fact, the fat on beef heart is my FAVORITE of any cut. I get big hearts from Whole Foods. I just set aside a time to cut it into bite size pieces. Then when I am ready to eat my one meal of the day, I weigh my portion, and I'm all set to eat the pieces.