On Jul 24, 8:46*am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Kathleen" > wrote in message
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> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >> I don't get it. *I've ordered these at a few "diner-style" places
> >> and they are completely inedible. *They're just so hard you can't
> >> even chew them. *I'm assured that they were not undercooked and
> >> "that's how everybody likes them".
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> >> There is one place I get them regularly for breakfast that uses a
> >> batter that helps them stand up to a 14 minute deep-fry so that they
> >> do tenderize slightly - enough that they're fairly edible. *It's
> >> still like chewing rubber bands sometimes, and you have to get them
> >> to-go since they take a half hour to eat.
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> >> So what's the verdict - do people really eat (and like) them after
> >> frying for only 6-8 minutes? *Are they nuts?
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> >> -sw
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> > My question would be, are YOU nuts? *Why would you continue to order and
> > consume something that you describe as being, at best, "fairly edible" and
> > "like chewing rubber bands"? *What's the appeal?
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> I ws married to a guy (not Steve) who loved chicken gizzards. *I never
> understood the appeal. *Didn't matter where they were made or how they were
> prepared. *Gizzards are gross.

I don't call gizzards or hearts gross, just not very appealing.
Livers and kidneys are gross.
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> Jill

--Bryan