Not gizzards

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where I can buy chicken livers in their raw form? I know Diva has a cooked version, but I'm looking to pick them up at a butcher/supermarket. McKinnon's has hearts and gizzards, but not livers. Same with Shaws.

Anyone see them around?

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[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I've bought the plain chicken livers at McKinnon's, so if it's not time-sensitive, you could ask when they're getting them in again. I've also gotten them at the Stop & Shop on McGrath Highway.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

Perfect. Thank you!

[bex77]

Maybe someone will know a place closer to Davis, but if not, give the folks at Mayflower Poultry a call
http://www.yelp.com/biz/mayflower-poultry-co-cambridge
You've probably seen their "Live Poultry, Fresh Killed" sign on Cambridge Street.

[cynickalone.livejournal.com]

oh wow, interesting. i had never heard of that place. i'll def check it out, thanks!

[m00n.livejournal.com]

They supply to a lot of local restaurants and they are a Cambridge institution. They will special order all organic birds (or bird parts) for you if you call ahead.

Also, they sell T-shirts. ;-)

[jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com]

They definitely do carry them.

[diatomacearth.livejournal.com]

How is the poultry live after it's been fresh-killed? Is it like when the chicken runs around for a bit right after the head's been cut off?

[sonofabish.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing they probably have them at the Market Basket. They have all sorts of weird random animal parts there.

[jennyelfenmass.livejournal.com]

Yes they do, I've seen them there frequently.

[veek.livejournal.com]

Also, and not that much more expensively (30 cents per pound more than MB?), they carry them at Whole Foods.

I think WF's chicken is actually inferior to most other chicken. But the chicken livers are always nice and fresh.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Possibly Savenor's:

http://www.savenorsmarket.com/

Savenor's is excellent for obscure meats

[davelew.livejournal.com]

I like Savenor's, my only complaint about them is that I wish they stocked wild python instead of only farm-raised snake meat.

Re: Savenor's is excellent for obscure meats

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

I've never tried either. How does one prepare that?

Re: Savenor's is excellent for obscure meats

[davelew.livejournal.com]

I've actually never eaten python, but I'm told they are like monkfish or cod. If I ever get some python, my plan is to wrap in tin foil with some herbes doe provence and grill it.

There are also a bunch of recipes for python curry and python chili on the internet, but when I eat python, I want to know exactly what python tastes like, unmasked by spices. The trick will be to make it when my wife isn't around, because she'll never eat off of a plate that she knows has seen snakemeat.

[taranwan.livejournal.com]

Johnnie's Foodmaster also has them.

[ravenword.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest Foodmaster as well. I've had some good luck finding more unusual/humble meats there (like salt pork).

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

I've often seen Goat at the Medford Foodmaster.

Are you vampires or something?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

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Re: Are you vampires or something?

[diatomacearth.livejournal.com]

Why would a vampire want liver?

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

What do vampires want?

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[diatomacearth.livejournal.com]

Traditionally, blood. But maybe you were thinking of the urban hipster variant strain of vampires that feast only on pate?

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[mmancuso.livejournal.com]

Sans garlic, pls.

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[somertricky.livejournal.com]

WIN

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

The liver is very rich in blood.

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[diatomacearth.livejournal.com]

True, but still not the first connection I'd make here, what with chicken livers being considered a delicacy by many human beings who are still alive and omnivorous.

Re: Are you vampires or something?

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. But vampires can be sneaky. They would buy chicken liver to satisfy their thirst for blood and try to go undetected. Watch "Let the right one in" (a great movie, BTW), for evidence.

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

I've seen plastic containers of chicken livers at the Shaws in Porter Square, last aisle towards the back on the chicken side (left if you're facing away from the customer service desk), center shelf. At least, I'm pretty sure they were livers and not gizzards or hearts or anything else because it made me think of my grandmother's chopped liver when I saw the label. If you're going to end up there for some reason in the future, you might want to check.

[julishka.livejournal.com]

they also have them at the shaw's/star at twin city plaza outside union (on the 87/88 bus from davis) toward/near lechmere.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

They almost always have them at the Market Basket in Union Square.

[copperpoint.livejournal.com]

I've bought them from Shaws before. I don't know if it's something they always carry, but they've been there every time I've looked for them.