Sqwertz wrote:
> Janet Wilder > wrote:
>
>> During an economic crisis when I was a child, my mother used beef cheeks
>> in stew. It was horrid (and I loved stew). I will never, ever eat them
>> again. I have tried cod cheeks in Newfoundland and I like them just
>> fine. :-)
>
> They do make a great stew. The texture of the cooked meat may not
> be what you're looking for, but the collagen makes for an excel;lent
> broth.

The texture was awful.
>
> Maybe you're mom just didn't know how to cook ;-)
>


My mom might not have known how to cook beef cheeks well enough to
change the texture to that of chuck, which I was used to, but she
certainly knew how to cook. She was an awesome and adventurous cook and
taught me a lot of what I know about cooking.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south-Texas