Get some beef or mutton bones, ideally with a little meat remaining, drop in shallow boiling water with herbs, seasoning and diced onions and carrots. Simmer it until the marrow and fat fall off, strain, put aside to cool, and that will make a great base for a soup. Add some vegetables, lentils and if you need, some scraps of meat. Cheap, and makes a great soup taste a lot better. You'll probably need to hunt around for a butcher that will sell you bones, though.
Otherwise, get a pound or so of calves liver (the best), cut into pieces smaller than your palm, toss in flour, with plenty of black pepper ans a little salt until they are evenly coated, and fry. Pair with bacon and some fried onions.
Kidneys are surprisingly good; get a pair, wash thoroughly, boil until the gunk has seeped out and gathers on the top of the pan and the meat is firm and grey, then cut the edible meat off the core, which is tough and rubbery. You can throw them in a ragout, or pair with shallots and mushrooms.
All very inexpensive, good, and easy to cook.
Otherwise, get a pound or so of calves liver (the best), cut into pieces smaller than your palm, toss in flour, with plenty of black pepper ans a little salt until they are evenly coated, and fry. Pair with bacon and some fried onions.
Kidneys are surprisingly good; get a pair, wash thoroughly, boil until the gunk has seeped out and gathers on the top of the pan and the meat is firm and grey, then cut the edible meat off the core, which is tough and rubbery. You can throw them in a ragout, or pair with shallots and mushrooms.
All very inexpensive, good, and easy to cook.
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