Tastes Like Chicken

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.

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10 Comments

  1. August 1, 2012

    Love it! Go Milo.

  2. August 1, 2012

    That kid is looking OLD. (Which makes you…older?)

    WHAT is that cooking apparatus, though? Badassitude.

    • Peter
      August 2, 2012

      That’s the smoker. 11 years old and counting. Best $140 I ever spent.

  3. August 1, 2012

    It is good to see young people excited about eating “from snout to tail”.

    • Peter
      August 2, 2012

      He’s very adventurous.

      • August 4, 2012

        Especially if he is eating chicken snouts and tails.

  4. August 1, 2012

    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.

  5. Peter
    August 2, 2012

    The long hair makes him look older.

  6. August 3, 2012

    Two livers. That’s too few but so appetizer

  7. August 3, 2012

    Not just the hair but the longer face and body, and real, grownup teeth. Time flies.

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