I smoked a couple of chickens yesterday, and as I was prepping them (pulling the necks and organs out, salting them) Milo walked over and pointed to the offal.
“Ew. What’s all that?”
I explained.
“Is it edible?”
“Of course,” I said. “You love chicken liver pâté and we had beef heart tacos a while ago.”
“Oh yeah. Can I eat these hearts?”
“Of course you can.”
We salted them, stuck them on a skewer, and he held them over the fire, turning them like a champ. Once cooked, we used a fork to slide them off the skewer onto a little plate. He ate one as soon as it had cooled.
“It tastes just like chicken! And bacon! This is a great appetizer.”
My only regret was not sticking the livers on there, too.
Love it! Go Milo.
That kid is looking OLD. (Which makes you…older?)
WHAT is that cooking apparatus, though? Badassitude.
That’s the smoker. 11 years old and counting. Best $140 I ever spent.
It is good to see young people excited about eating “from snout to tail”.
He’s very adventurous.
Especially if he is eating chicken snouts and tails.
He’s so grown up, all of a sudden! I remember doing just that with my “second Dad” (a great family friend) when I was about his age. He made me feel very special by offering me the heart to try.
The long hair makes him look older.
Two livers. That’s too few but so appetizer
Not just the hair but the longer face and body, and real, grownup teeth. Time flies.