Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

elaine wrote:

Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it a
couple of times a month!!

I count myself among those who is not a fan of liver. It won't kill me to eat
it, but I have not learned to appreciate the texture. I like liver pates, and
one of my favourite treats is liver pate on crackers with a Manhattan. I have
had cooked liver on exactly two occasions where I actually enjoyed it, and both
times it was cooked/served in a gravy type sauce. Good enough for seconds.

"elaine" wrote in news:40b0fc71_2@aeinews.:

Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal
to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on
the chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12
around - I mean apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get
some calf's liver. To make a long story short, it's now in the
freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I
was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've
always cooked it up with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps
if I try to disguise it somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?),
maybe it would be more agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag
or anything, he said he could eat it a 'few' times a year. My
challenge is enticing him to eat it a couple of times a month!!

Elaine



What taking a pill is too easy? B12 can be taken as a vitamin supplement
pill. If the guy doesn't like liver and he has shingles it sounds like a
multi vitamin pill is more likely what he needs. That would bump up all his
vitamin and mineral needs at one time....

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Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food
and water.
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FIELDS, W. C.

"elaine" wrote in message news:40b0fc71_2@aeinews....
Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I
mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it
up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it
a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

Does he have pernicious anemia? If so, no matter how much B12 rich foods
you feed him, he is incapable of absorbing it. A couple of pieces of meat
of any kind per week should provide him with plenty of B12. If he cannot
absorb B12, the only way to save his life is shots for the rest of his life.
Janet

In article 40b0fc71_2@aeinews., "elaine" wrote:

Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine



Why don't you just buy some B12 capsule supplements instead of torturing
him? Dessicated liver tablets are also available...

Personally, I like liver with scallions and serve it still pink in the
middle. I just HATE well done liver, but I can only eat it a few times
per year.

My anemia went away (totally) when I discovered GOOD vitamin supplements
other than those crap pills like Centrum etc. that are sold in the
grocery store. ;-P My hemoglobin level went from 12 to 15 in just a
couple of years! (Hematocrit went from 34% to 45% and is holding steady).

BTW, good ol' fashioned beef steak is nearly as high in B-12 and other
useful vitamins and minerals as liver! And much easier to eat. G

Just don't cook it to death! Well done meat is useless nutritionally
IMHO!

Just feed him rare steak FCOL!

K.

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Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal
to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on
the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around -
I
mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver.
To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I
was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked
it
up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise
it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said
he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to
eat it
a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

Does he have pernicious anemia? If so, no matter how much B12 rich
foods
you feed him, he is incapable of absorbing it. A couple of pieces of
meat
of any kind per week should provide him with plenty of B12. If he
cannot
absorb B12, the only way to save his life is shots for the rest of his
life.
Janet


Save his life?? You mean it's that bad. Ok, so the shots make him absorb
the B12 and the meat/liver won't? Do the shots go right into the
bloodstream and that's the difference? I do like the idea of soaking the
liver in milk.......I've never tried that. But now I'm thinking - if he
can't absorb - why torture him with the liver. Hey..........next
thought..........why not!!
Elaine

in article , Janet Bostwick at
wrote on 5/23/04 4:51 PM:


"elaine" wrote in message news:40b0fc71_2@aeinews....
Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I
mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it
up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it
a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

Does he have pernicious anemia? If so, no matter how much B12 rich foods
you feed him, he is incapable of absorbing it. A couple of pieces of meat
of any kind per week should provide him with plenty of B12. If he cannot
absorb B12, the only way to save his life is shots for the rest of his life.
Janet

Hear, hear! If your husband truly has undetecable, or almost undetectable
serum B12 levels, we must assume he has pernicious anemia. Before the
discovery that one shot of B12 each month would control the disease it was
uniformly fatal. Now, with simple treatment, it is almost in the class of
nuisances. In this condition it is impossible to force adequate B12 into the
patient by the oral route, because he is missing a chemical in the stomach
called intrinsic factor, which facilitates B12 absorbtion. People with this
condition also have a high incidence of stomach cancer. Let's hope that your
description of your husband's B12 serum level is hyperbole, or that he is
being treated with intramuscular B12.
Larry

"Larry Preuss" wrote in message
...
in article , Janet Bostwick at
wrote on 5/23/04 4:51 PM:


"elaine" wrote in message
news:40b0fc71_2@aeinews....
Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal
to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on
the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around -
I
mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's
liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I
was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always
cooked it
up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to
disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said
he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to
eat it
a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

Does he have pernicious anemia? If so, no matter how much B12 rich
foods
you feed him, he is incapable of absorbing it. A couple of pieces of
meat
of any kind per week should provide him with plenty of B12. If he
cannot
absorb B12, the only way to save his life is shots for the rest of his
life.
Janet

Hear, hear! If your husband truly has undetecable, or almost
undetectable
serum B12 levels, we must assume he has pernicious anemia. Before the
discovery that one shot of B12 each month would control the disease it
was
uniformly fatal. Now, with simple treatment, it is almost in the class
of
nuisances. In this condition it is impossible to force adequate B12 into
the
patient by the oral route, because he is missing a chemical in the
stomach
called intrinsic factor, which facilitates B12 absorbtion. People with
this
condition also have a high incidence of stomach cancer. Let's hope that
your
description of your husband's B12 serum level is hyperbole, or that he
is
being treated with intramuscular B12.
Larry

Thanks, that it is helpful. No, not a hyperbole! But he started shots
Friday.

Elaine

Dave Smith wrote:


elaine wrote:


Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it a
couple of times a month!!


I count myself among those who is not a fan of liver. It won't kill me to eat
it, but I have not learned to appreciate the texture. I like liver pates, and
one of my favourite treats is liver pate on crackers with a Manhattan. I have
had cooked liver on exactly two occasions where I actually enjoyed it, and both
times it was cooked/served in a gravy type sauce. Good enough for seconds.




I like fried chicken livers dipped in cream gravy -- about once or twice
a year because it is so rich. But maybe you could serve a chicken liver
pasta.

Aren't clams an even better source of B12 than liver?

I suspect other bloody organ meats, like beef heart, would be good
sources of B12.

My parents have a VitaMix machine [think heavy duty kitchen blender with
a 1 horsepower motor] that they bought years ago, and the little book
that came with it had recipes for stuff like Strawberry and Liver
Smoothies (made with raw liver.) I couldn't find that booklet last time
I was home; I wanted to post some of the recipes :-)

Bob

"elaine" wrote in message news:40b11817$1_4@aeinews....


Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't
appeal
to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read
on
the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12
around -
I
mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's
liver.
To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I
was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a
favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always
cooked
it
up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to
disguise
it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said
he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to
eat it
a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine

Does he have pernicious anemia? If so, no matter how much B12 rich
foods
you feed him, he is incapable of absorbing it. A couple of pieces of
meat
of any kind per week should provide him with plenty of B12. If he
cannot
absorb B12, the only way to save his life is shots for the rest of his
life.
Janet


Save his life?? You mean it's that bad. Ok, so the shots make him
absorb
the B12 and the meat/liver won't? Do the shots go right into the
bloodstream and that's the difference? I do like the idea of soaking the
liver in milk.......I've never tried that. But now I'm thinking - if he
can't absorb - why torture him with the liver. Hey..........next
thought..........why not!!
Elaine

If he has pernicious anemia, the cells lining the stomach wall are no longer
able to absorb B12 at all. The shots deliver the B12 to the blood directly
and then to the liver where some of the B12 is stored/used for a month.
Most of the B12 is cast off in the urine almost immediately. Shots are
required monthly. Without the B12, the red blood cells become deformed and
can no longer do their job. If he has seen a doctor and the doctor has not
indicated pernicious anemia, I would follow whatever diet directions the
doctor gave. However, as other posters have indicated any organ meat is
rich in B12--actually meat/fish in general is a good source. You should
probably check the Internet for B12 deficiency. The same source would also
give B12 rich foods.
Janet

elaine wrote:

So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To make a long story
short, it's now in the freezer.

Now we know you can't cook worth a shit... you just absolutely RUINED a
perfectly good slab of calf's liver... you friggin' froze it you dumb ****!


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"PENMART01" wrote in message
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elaine wrote:

So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To make a long
story
short, it's now in the freezer.

Now we know you can't cook worth a shit... you just absolutely RUINED a
perfectly good slab of calf's liver... you friggin' froze it you dumb
****!


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Dumb twhat?

Yeah, but better in the freezer than in the fridge getting rancid.

Elaine

elaine wrote:

Now I love liver, but I suppose I understand that it doesn't appeal to
everyone! Anyway, my husband's B12 is so low it doesn't even read on the
chart and liver is apparantly one of the best sources of B12 around - I mean
apart from shots. So off I go to the store and get some calf's liver. To
make a long story short, it's now in the freezer.

I should add that he's also got shingles, and I think he thought I was
trying to finish him off!! My question though, does anyone have a favourite
liver recipe that cuts down on the strong flavour. I've always cooked it up
with onions - which is fine with me. But perhaps if I try to disguise it
somewhat with a cream sauce or something (?), maybe it would be more
agreeable. Should add, it doesn't make him gag or anything, he said he
could eat it a 'few' times a year. My challenge is enticing him to eat it a
couple of times a month!!

Elaine



The only time I've been able to eat liver, it had been
marinated in red wine, garlic and onions and was
grilled over some kind of aromatic wood.

gloria p

Recipe for a Welsh liver dish, faggots.

This Is Not A Troll!

http://www.welshdragon.net/resources....shtml#faggots


E. P.

Dog3 wrote:
hahabogus
:

What taking a pill is too easy? B12 can be taken as a vitamin
supplement pill. If the guy doesn't like liver and he has shingles it
sounds like a multi vitamin pill is more likely what he needs. That
would bump up all his vitamin and mineral needs at one time....

I say make him eat the liver

Michael

But we all know how cruel you are, Michael

Jill