We used to have a Salvadorean restaurant in my town that had lengua tacos. I wish they'd shredded it instead of the cubes--I don't like taste buds touching my taste buds!!! But it was SO tender and SO delicious.
Grew up in a haitian household and this was a staple meat for us too! It has THEE best texture. I would get excited to eat this on sundays. Although I grew up in America, I'm always so shocked at how many North Americans don't use all of the animal in their cooking. Proud of you for trying new things.
My mother used to make boiled tongue about once a month and it was a family favorite. Right at the beginning I KNEW you'd have to get to the peeling part. We always used to fight for the privilege of peeling the tongue after it was cooked, but it's quite daunting for somebody who is not used to it. I laughed so hard. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Rather reminds me of butchering chickens on Grandma's farm as a lad. My job was peeling the membrane from inside the gizzards. Reminds me of the leathery taste-bud skin!
I'm from Germany and grew up eating tongue. My American husband thought he'd do something special for me and make a tongue for me. This video brought back a lot of memories of the poor man taking a look at the tongue (it was apparently from a Holstein because it was black and white) and struggling not to pass out. Peeling it almost did him in. I felt for you, Jamie - you were very brave!
amen Art! I'm Flemish and cow tongue is a delicacy here! I wish i could afford it more. It's so tender and tasty, especially with a tomato sauce and MADEIRA!!! DELICIOUS!
We Lithuanians ate beef tongue regularly. It was VERY cheap in the 1950s. It was stewed with carrots, celery, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, and onions. Then, allowed to cool in the liquid, it was removed and skinned of the "buds". It was then sliced thin and served with a sour cream, very finely minced garlic, horseradish, capers, and a bit of lemon juice. YUM!!.
My mom is from Estonia, I was the only American kid I knew eating tongue, sardines on rye krisp with onion, of course, goose liver, and some soup made out of boiled bone. It was grosse but tasted good
Years ago when I was visiting friends in Belgium, the family grandmother prepared tongue which was apparently a great honor for us. They only had it on very special occasions. It was new to me but being young (yes...many many years ago) and adventurous and definitely not wanting to offend this lovely lady, my friends and I plunged in. Like Jamie, I was so surprised at how good it was. Of course being a special recipe, grande-mere (she insisted we call her that) had gone to great lengths to make it a real celebratory feast and we couldn't have been more appreciative. She giggled at all our compliments and applauded our appetites. A great memory that was brought back to life by this very welcome video. Thanks Jamie.
Yes we had this same experience and in my many years had never tackled this one but will,try, nice how the young ones can help teach us old ones not to be afraid to step out of our comfort zone....
Yup, here in belgium its a bit of an old fashiond classic, usally made with madera sauce and croquets.... Because its allot of work its made for special occasions, an its much loved
@@johannesTMP I know for a fact that it's one of the classics here in Belgium I mean sometimes you can even buy it in the carrefour (although home made is better)
This reminds me so much of my moms cooking. We're German and she made tongue for dinner often. I didn't realize I was supposed to be grossed out by it until I was older and chatting with friends about dinners growing up. 🤷🏼♀️
Same here, also from Germany, and I still request this almost every time I visit my parents. I don't eat meat regularly, but if I do, I want to enjoy something special like tongue, especially when it's asparagus season.
It is pure muscle without fat after all. Similiar to heart (chicken or turkey hearts make a very tasty broth). People don't know what they are missing.
I truly love that you push yourself outside of your comfort zone with these dishes. Next time you order Mexican food, check the menu for a burrito or taco “de lengua” (tongue). They’re awesome!
There was a hispanic neighborhood next to a welding shop I used to work at, and the senora of one of the houses made and sold tacos right out of her kitchen window. You had a choice of pork, chicken or beef tongue. To this day, those $2 tongue tacos are the best tacos I've ever had, by far.
What a fantastic episode! I wish more people had your attitude toward trying new things. I love the terror and enlightenment of discovery in this episode. Been enjoying these Jamie and Julia segments for a while now. You’re an excellent raconteur and your videos never disappoint! Thank you!!!!!
Tongue was a Christmas staple around our house, with a mushroom cream sauce, mashed potatoes and peas. It's great, and I hope people remain squemish about it, because that means it's cheaper for us! I've also made calves tongue, which is even more tender (though like all veal, a bit blander in flavour), and makes for a fun 1 person portion if you can get over the horror of eating a baby cow's tongue.
I'm so glad you liked it! Take some of that leftover tongue, chop it into small chunks and saute' it for a bit. Take a corn tortilla, chopped onions and cilantro and make a soft taco. Add salsa and give it a squirt of lime. Delicious!
You just cranking out top tier videos! Every single one is such a treat. I also love reading all the comments from people who grew up with all these various dishes. Really heartwarming.
I am always excited when I run across a new channel. If I like it as much as this one, I go on a marathon watch. I relate to same many of his experiences. As a child, my mother would cook cow kidneys. I could smell them from the bus stop and would dread every step home.
as someone who just discovered this channel a few weeks ago, I can confirm that binging these videos has made me very happy and sad at the same time, as I long for more.
HAHAHA! I remember that kidney smell too! We used to have a gas heater in the bathroom and if the boys were less than careful, a little "sprinkle" would hit the hot heater and the smell would waft through the house....smelled just like the kidneys cooking😂 Even so, steak and kidney pie was a favorite for us! Go figure🤪
For Christmas one year I went to my friends’ house for their holiday dinner and tongue was part of it. It was good - reminded me of pot roast! But I made the mistake of looking in the pot it was boiled in, and there were the tips of 5 big-ass tongues pointing up at me. It was disturbing. I think I deserved credit for actually eating it after the visual. You’re brave, Jamie, and you were rewarded!❤❤
If you have not been to a New York deli and ordered a tongue sandwich on rye with mustard you have missed a much better sandwich than a fatty corned beef sandwich. It's good Mexican style too. I have cooked it at home too. It never fails to delight.
Yes, one of my favorite ways to eat tongue! One of my local butchers used to make pickled tongue sliced to order so I could take it home and make my own sandwiches. I was so bummed out when they stopped, probably because it was only being bought by me and, like, half a dozen Jewish grandparents. If more people knew how good it is!
Lengua is one of those things where my parents allowed me to proudly say is "my favorite meal" and "I would never eat tongue" in the same sentence. It's very mind over matter, peeling the outer layer is definitely the hardest part so you did great!!
If you actually slice it thin it makes great sandwiches. I served it once at a party and simply told the guests it was hot roast beef sandwiches. They all commented at how tender it was.
You had me laughing so much - tears running down. I love tongue -- my mother used to cook it in a tomato and onion sauce, delicious. I used to serve it pretty regularly to my own family, all blissfully unaware of the whole cooking process. But I remember my teenage daughter catching me in the act of peeling the tongue one day. She ran out of there screaming and when she finished gagging, she made me swear NEVER to cook tongue ever again, and I haven't.
@cookitogo Well, you've seen the process! Why would I make such an effort, only for my family to refuse to eat it? Because, OF COURSE, she told her siblings what she'd seen, and they all went 'Aaaaaarrrrggghhhh' and that was the end of that.
@@fayito9970 So… I dunno, sit down and talk to them and discuss how it’s actually nothing gross (it’s just a muscle) and that clearly it’s good since they used to eat it?
@Shane Firth Really? I live in South west England which is full of farm land and I don't think I know anyone personally who eats cow tongue, not to say that no one does though, I'm sure many farmers and older people eat it I find that they also are the ones who eat a lot of liver and kidneys which people my generation and up don't tend to eat as much. I have eaten both and didn't like it but I'm willing to try tongue, I didnt know it was something that was not only edible but actually tasted good. Makes me wonder what else looks like it would be inedible and gross that is actually really good.
@@gemmacook1753 I'm a West Yorkshire lad, my whole family were brought up on liver and kidney... Although I am the one weirdo who likes heart... With tongue I have to be sure I get to the butcher's early or it is sold out. But yeah the under 35s do tend to be squeamish about certain things. If you've ever had luncheon meat you'll like sliced tongue for sandwiches
I am always amazed by your courage. I'm French, and I don't dare to tackle this dish that I like so much. My parents used to make it when I was little. They had two fantastic recipes: Tongue in Madeira sauce, (Madeira is a cooked wine a bit like Porto, I think) and tongue in gribiche sauce, a sauce with capers. You can also make it with a hot sauce, it's very good. At home, we used to eat it with tagliatelle or rice. Sometimes with baked golden potatoes. Just a strange detail for me, the way to prepare your asparagus. First time I've seen someone "massacring" poor, nice asparagus that didn't deserve to be chopped so much. I mean, if you enjoyed your dish, well, that's all that matters. Maybe thanks to you I will find the courage to try this dish that I haven't eaten in years. So, thanks to you and Julia. Long live good food, good wine and... Greetings from France 🇫🇷
TONGUE! The food that tastes you back! We had a Middle Eastern place neaby that served braised sheep tongue - it was so good. Yours looks fabulous! Glad you liked it - I think it tastes like beefier beef. Around here tongue is crazy expensive now - heavy Brazilian and Mexican neighborhood - all offal is expensive. But FREE lamb bones for soup at the Moroccan grocery store!
Probably my favorite episode by far. Different in a very pleasant way. Felt like I was a guest at your table watching you prepare a meal. What an episode!
It's a shame that offal is so rarely found in the US. There are some seriously good recipes out there for it. Our ancestors made sure to eat as much of an animal as possible and dressing up offal is one way. I remember that we occasionally ate tongue at home with a very mustardy sauce. Leftover sandwiches were great too!!!
I want to know what made offal so unpopular in the US and canada to the point that we have poeple being grossed out by tounge, gizzards, stomach, etc for no reason other than a perceived dirtiness.
@@ElJosher My guess is that the cattle industry became so big due to cheap land and then cheap fodder that everyone got "to eat meat" instead of the perceived lesser parts. So it is not being so much unpopular but, rather today, more unknown IMO.
@@ElJosher What's even more funny is people giving you disgusted looks for trying to find it to feed to dogs/cats. . .like, they're designed to eat it? And get as much health benefits as we do from that sort of thing? Even more so actually.
Cow tongue is so good! Ate it all the time growing up in Colombia and I’m always excited to see it on menus in the states! Happy to see that the more adventurous recipes you’ve made so far didn’t keep you from giving this a try 😁
Braised, pulled apart, finished under the broiler, into some fresh homemade corn tortillas with cilantro, chopped onions, a squeeze of lime, salt, and some tomatillo salsa- that's a pro level move right there.
Yes! A salsa Verde goes very nicely with quick broiled tongue I cook it in a slow cooker with no fancy sauce at all. And chop it for tacos or burritos 😊
Your missing out! It really has a great flavor and is fabulous as left-overs in sandwiches. Haven't tried it in tacos so next time I'm in my favorite Mexican place I will have to order it.
I grew up eating tongue & still love it. Peeling it after mom boiled it used to be one of my tasks and I always thought it was fun. I had a lengua quesadilla for lunch on wednesday!
What a hoot! Wine and more wine... only to discover just how good and flavorful tongue can actually be. As an American in Scotland many years ago, our family was introduced to tongue and as it was sliced very, very thinly, we used it in sandwiches on rye with mustard and sliced onions and it was fantastic! LOVED this episode.... thanks for the laughs and being able to read all the comments below on the memories you invoked from all the other subscribers who have enjoyed tongue over the years.
This video is everything I love about this channel: You are pushing the boundaries of your comfort and technical skills, making well informed decisions along the way, and being genuinely surprised at the end!
Great presentation. For someone who has cooked numerous tounges this was a new way to serve it. I used to serve cold, thinly sliced with mashed potatoes and braised veggies and salad. Just reducing the stock for sauce or save it for something else. Soup perhaps. Left over meat for sandwiches
LOVED this video! Grew up LOVING beef tongue. Up until 5 years ago beef tongue, ox tails were amongst the cheapest meats. Now beef tongue and ox tails can run $20! Beef tongue done well is akin to perfectly cooked filet mignon.
Coming from a family with roots in rural Ontario, my father who grew up in 1920s was every so often overtaken by the urge to recreate foods from his childhood, tongue included. The difference was not however to create a hot meal but to make cold tongue sandwiches.
I always think of tongue as similar to oxtail in the way that people don't eat it so much in America, but I don't know why. They're both meaty and beefy, inexpensive, and taste nice braised. Apparently cow tongue is something my grandparents and great grandparents cooked and ate often, but I've only had once.
I grew up on a cattle ranch and we ate tongue somewhat often! Even as a kid I enjoyed it, so crazy tender! There was definitely some cringing the first couple times preparing it though hahaha
I am so tempted to ask my family what they think about cow tongue, which they will obviously turn their noses at and then one day make this recipe and just say it is beef and not that it is tongue just to see what they think of it before I tell them. Honestly I think most people would eat this dish and not get that it's a tongue and just think its a cut of beef cooked well. This kinda highlights how we are become accustomed to a certain cut of meat and other parts are just wasted, and that we can eat parts of animals that look horrendous and we just need to get out of our heads a bit
Beef tongue is delicious! Never understood why some people are so freaked out by it. It's just muscle meat. Tender, delicious muscle meat. You should try pork cheeks some time (I'm positive Julia has a recipe for those). Another overlooked cut that people are grossed out by even though it's some of the tastiest, most delicate meat in existence. Easy to prepare, too.
i think it could potentially have something to do with the look of just, tongues in general, its not like looking at a nice t-bone or fillet mignon that looks like what most people think muscle meat looks like so it causes some fear, like alot of organ meats, at least thats my thoughts, just general fear of the unknown
I pressure cook my beef tongue, it cooks quickly and comes out great. A lot of cultures eat tongue and while it seems gross, it is actually very good. I like it served with mustard, that is how my family always served it.
H's really channeling his inner Julia with this episode. She was a big fan of drinking while cooking. I would also really like to see an episode of James & Julia were he's drunk(on wine of course!) and has to make one of Julia's more complicated dishes.
Honestly, when you get over the "it's a tongue it's gross", it's quite enjoyable ^^ I don't find any meat gross on principle after tasting a lot of offals and weird meats and founding them delicious, so I love working with weird pieces of meat like that :D
In my country, we boil the tongue until fork tender, scrap the outer skin and all the tendons attached to it. We sliced it thinly and cooking in a buttery creamy mushroom sauce. It's one of my favorite Filipino dish. It's called Lengua 😊
OH NO I'm getting flashbacks to that one time when I was a kid and my mom made beef tounge for a holiday party. When I realized that the tounge was actually, you know, a tounge, I cried for hours. I was so scared of it.
That was excellent. It really is a treat and you made it humorous as well. One note, that when you are halving a recipe, some things, such as the salt in the cooking water, are not changed from the full recipe amount. Usually only what goes into the recipe itself is halved.
I dunno how it's prepared but, along the southern Texas/Mexico border, the Mexican bakeries sell things like tamales, prepared beef cheek, and prepared beef tongue. The beef tongue and beef cheek are so tender and goes so well in tacos.
Beef tongue is really delicious. The Japanese do very nice grilled tongue skewers if you want to give it a go without having to commit to grappling with an entire tongue.
I recently tried Japanese cow tongue on a trip to visit my sister in Kumamoto and tbh, it was rubbery, possibly overcooked and definitely a gag to get it down : ( Maybe my next trip/taste of tongue will be better!
When I was a child (we׳re talking the 1960s here) we sometimes had tongue for dinner. I remember it as a real treat, but I also remember my dad cooking it because my mother refused to go anywhere near it. I don't think we had any fancy sauce, but there were several bay leaves involved, Dad's cooking repertoire being limited. Anyway, it was a family favorite (except, of course, for Mom). Thanks for the memories and a new idea for when and if I ever get back to cooking.
You are the best. I laughed so much when you started slurping the wine!!! I don’t care how one rationalized it, tongue is weird. Great job on your part. Thanks.
Having some freaky memories of my parents making beef tongue as a kid, gotta be honest, I was not prepared for how much this video makes me want to get some beef tongue and make it. 😃
@@GeorgeWTushTongue in aspic is a thing! It's actually really good. At least the version of aspic we make here in Germany (basically just gelatin, salt, sugar and lemon juice - tastes like Asian sweet and sour sauce). French aspic is way too complicated for its own good.
go to a mexican place and order lengua in a burrito or a taco. I guarantee you'll have no idea it's tongue. Chances are you'll enjoy it if you can get over the mental block.
That actually looks really good honestly. So I've always heard that if cooked properly, it's just like eating a really good pot roast. I keep wanting to buy one and try cooking it, but its the having to boil and skin it that always stops me. So I have a really weak stomach and get sick very easily and I'm afraid I'll 🤢🤮 while skinning it. I may have to bribe someone to help me, like I'll do the rest of the cooking, if they'll skin it for me. Cause I would really love to try it. Also, I have what is to me a funny story. So I have family out in California (I'm in Florida). So my uncle took my cousins (his 2 daughters) out to dinner and ordered what he told them was basically just pot roast. Well, they liked it and bragged about it. Then he told them what it was and they didn't like it anymore and were so mad at him. And sure, he should have been honest, but I thought it was funny. Besides, they liked it, at first. 😅
Jaime, so proud of you 😊! When I was 17, Colombian girlfriends made tongue and I went eeeeww. They challenged me to take a bite and I never groused about it again. Thanks for the video and this recipe. Loved it!
Absolute delicacy in my country (Lithuania)! You can eat it as the main dish (like in your episode, but we would cook some potatos instead the baguette), as a snack/appetizer (served with mayonese (/mixed with canned green peas) or mustard and bread - old fasioned style), or just put on a sandwich - it always brings just a pure happiness (every time can't resist to chew few pieces like a candy, with nothing else). Yes, it's expensive, so we usually eat it for the special occasions like Christmas, Easter or some other important family gatherings. Also here not easy to find it fresh (uncooked) which is preferable instead of just buying already boiled from the supermarket. Your dish looks delicious, inspires me to make it as soon as I can find a beef tongue to buy. P.S. No need to trim that part you did - same good if not even better, felt like a treasure waste.
Tongue was my favourite meat - as a child. My mother used to cook it in three different ways, the best ones being a tomato stew and boiled tongue in a garlic marinade. I can imagine lots of other recipes, tongue in gravy, sandwiches etc It's quite versatile and it melts in your mouth. An excellent meal. Please get used to it and try other recipes.
Growing up in the 60s, Mom made it on a regular basis. A few years ago my daughter's then boyfriend worked at a local commercial butcher and was always bringing home the "unwanted" parts, including, liver, kidney and tongue. I enjoyed tongue once again and another daughter is a huge tongue fan and loves it when the local taco truck has it available.
In the U.K. we used to preorder and buy pickled (I think brine and nitrate not vinegar) tongue from the butcher. The pickle turned it pink like ham. I would then boil it for several hours and press it. We would then eat the tongue cold delicious. I use the past tense because butchers are hard to find, I doubt if even they pickle and supermarkets definitely don’t have any.
Thanks for this. When my stomach settles back down I will consider eating tongue the next time it’s offered. The issue is, as we say in medicine, supratentorial. ❤
16:14 Uh-huh😋 We ate it regularly when I was a kid. Sometimes as a "potroast" like this but most often it was cooked and then ground into a spread and eaten on sandwiches or with crackers. As an adult, I would simmer, peel, then slice it paper thin, add the layers to deep ramekins, add herbed schmaltz to cover, then cook in a low oven several hours to make a confit/potted meat. This is very soft and spreadable but with a different texture than when the meat is ground, and so unctuous with the schmaltz.
I can thank my Mother for my love of this dish. When I was young it was considered a cheaper option. Now it's the reverse, but I still love it above all else.
beef tongue is actually one of my favourite dishes! the way my mum and now i make it is by boiling in a pressure cooker with aromatics until tender, peeling, cutting into not too thick slices, quickly giving them a small pan fry, then serving warm in a tomato sauce with peas and baby carrots over rice. delicious and comforting, with the tongue practically melting in your mouth!
It should be a testament to your content - the fact you have over 7,800 likes and not a single downvote, even when cooking a cows swallowing device. I love you’re videos man ❤
My beloved dad made incredible beef tongue and I was fortunate enough to learn the proper process from him. If cooked properly, it melts in your mouth. My friend group requests it for any celebratory meal just to snack on. It also makes fantastic sandwiches for lunch the next day.
I'm old enough to remember when jellied tongue was generally available in grocery stores in Ontario. It was sliced very thin like any other deli meat, and it was good.
Here in Argentina it's customary to make Lengua a la vinagreta (Tongue vinaigrette) every christmas. It's really good, and you kinda forget how weird it actually is. We also eat chinchulines, if you wanna find something even more disturbing!
Thing is, for Black Americans, chinchulines (known in USA as “chitterlings”, pronounced “chittlins”) are a traditional, fairly common food. So it’s not even as though it’s unknown in the country!
"I love cooking with wine, and occasionally I use it as an ingredient" Julia Child's.
My all time favorite quote from her.
Julia always having booze going on
"Things are moving along SWIMMINGLY!" and Jamie is on his second glass of wine. Truly channeling Julia now.
Shredded beef tongue tacos are a staple of Mexican cooking. They’re soooo good if done right. Hard to match that tenderness with other meats.
Lengua tacos are some of my favorites when it's cooked right.
It brings me such happy childhood memories. I remember my grandma teaching me how to make it as a kid.
Taquitos de lengua 😋
We used to have a Salvadorean restaurant in my town that had lengua tacos. I wish they'd shredded it instead of the cubes--I don't like taste buds touching my taste buds!!! But it was SO tender and SO delicious.
I was just thinking of that - my husband still raves about the lengua tacos we got at one of our local places a while back.
Grew up in a haitian household and this was a staple meat for us too! It has THEE best texture. I would get excited to eat this on sundays. Although I grew up in America, I'm always so shocked at how many North Americans don't use all of the animal in their cooking. Proud of you for trying new things.
My mother used to make boiled tongue about once a month and it was a family favorite. Right at the beginning I KNEW you'd have to get to the peeling part. We always used to fight for the privilege of peeling the tongue after it was cooked, but it's quite daunting for somebody who is not used to it. I laughed so hard. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Hahah I remember when my grandma showed me how. She peeled it all in one go and I was like daaamn lady!
We used to vie for peeling it too! So satisfying😋
Words I never expected together: fight for the privilege of peeling the tongue
Rather reminds me of butchering chickens on Grandma's farm as a lad. My job was peeling the membrane from inside the gizzards. Reminds me of the leathery taste-bud skin!
@@Wguy56 Chicken gizzards! another yummy item my Mother made me love!
I'm from Germany and grew up eating tongue. My American husband thought he'd do something special for me and make a tongue for me. This video brought back a lot of memories of the poor man taking a look at the tongue (it was apparently from a Holstein because it was black and white) and struggling not to pass out. Peeling it almost did him in. I felt for you, Jamie - you were very brave!
amen Art! I'm Flemish and cow tongue is a delicacy here! I wish i could afford it more. It's so tender and tasty, especially with a tomato sauce and MADEIRA!!! DELICIOUS!
We Lithuanians ate beef tongue regularly. It was VERY cheap in the 1950s. It was stewed with carrots, celery, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, and onions. Then, allowed to cool in the liquid, it was removed and skinned of the "buds". It was then sliced thin and served with a sour cream, very finely minced garlic, horseradish, capers, and a bit of lemon juice. YUM!!.
I grew up eating cold, pickled tongue. Really good on rye bread with mustard.
Dr. Bob educated me to the delights of tongue.
Ah, labas!!
My mom is from Estonia, I was the only American kid I knew eating tongue, sardines on rye krisp with onion, of course, goose liver, and some soup made out of boiled bone. It was grosse but tasted good
I made it when I was an impoverished grad student back in the 70s. It’s good! Also makes great sandwiches.
I love how he needed more and more wine as he handled the tongue. 😂❤
An entire bottle while cooking and he is a real chef
I kept thinking of that old Lucy episode where she was making the Vitameatavegamin commercial.
Yes! And he's chatty and loosey goosey by the end. 😂
Him chugging the entire glass of wine before peeling the tongue is gold
Years ago when I was visiting friends in Belgium, the family grandmother prepared tongue which was apparently a great honor for us. They only had it on very special occasions. It was new to me but being young (yes...many many years ago) and adventurous and definitely not wanting to offend this lovely lady, my friends and I plunged in. Like Jamie, I was so surprised at how good it was. Of course being a special recipe, grande-mere (she insisted we call her that) had gone to great lengths to make it a real celebratory feast and we couldn't have been more appreciative. She giggled at all our compliments and applauded our appetites. A great memory that was brought back to life by this very welcome video. Thanks Jamie.
Yes we had this same experience and in my many years had never tackled this one but will,try, nice how the young ones can help teach us old ones not to be afraid to step out of our comfort zone....
Yup, here in belgium its a bit of an old fashiond classic, usally made with madera sauce and croquets....
Because its allot of work its made for special occasions, an its much loved
@@johannesTMP I know for a fact that it's one of the classics here in Belgium I mean sometimes you can even buy it in the carrefour (although home made is better)
This reminds me so much of my moms cooking. We're German and she made tongue for dinner often. I didn't realize I was supposed to be grossed out by it until I was older and chatting with friends about dinners growing up. 🤷🏼♀️
Me too …😊
Same here, also from Germany, and I still request this almost every time I visit my parents. I don't eat meat regularly, but if I do, I want to enjoy something special like tongue, especially when it's asparagus season.
I grew up with beef tongue in Madeira sauce as a Sunday dinner. But later in life I didn't get my own family to like it.
It is pure muscle without fat after all. Similiar to heart (chicken or turkey hearts make a very tasty broth). People don't know what they are missing.
Tongue is delicious, but hard to find. Fortunately, there is a Mexican restaurant in my area that serves tacos de lengua. So Good!
I truly love that you push yourself outside of your comfort zone with these dishes.
Next time you order Mexican food, check the menu for a burrito or taco “de lengua” (tongue). They’re awesome!
I think he really pushed the drunk zone in this one.
There was a hispanic neighborhood next to a welding shop I used to work at, and the senora of one of the houses made and sold tacos right out of her kitchen window. You had a choice of pork, chicken or beef tongue. To this day, those $2 tongue tacos are the best tacos I've ever had, by far.
What a fantastic episode! I wish more people had your attitude toward trying new things. I love the terror and enlightenment of discovery in this episode. Been enjoying these Jamie and Julia segments for a while now. You’re an excellent raconteur and your videos never disappoint! Thank you!!!!!
Love the special guest appearance from hers truly! Beautiful lady!
I agree! What a nice looking couple they make.
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Tongue was a Christmas staple around our house, with a mushroom cream sauce, mashed potatoes and peas. It's great, and I hope people remain squemish about it, because that means it's cheaper for us! I've also made calves tongue, which is even more tender (though like all veal, a bit blander in flavour), and makes for a fun 1 person portion if you can get over the horror of eating a baby cow's tongue.
I'm so glad you liked it! Take some of that leftover tongue, chop it into small chunks and saute' it for a bit. Take a corn tortilla, chopped onions and cilantro and make a soft taco. Add salsa and give it a squirt of lime. Delicious!
Watching Jamie get drunk just so he can make this recipe is everything.
Not really. I prefer no drunkenness cause of PTSD. Each glass made me more and more nervous. I almost turned the video off.
@@Angelicwings1 well thats kind of a you problem
✨Jamie adds an extra allspice corn✨
"What the heck? I'm not driving"
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I love this channel.
I hope he wasn't driving, that wine bottle was half empty at the end of the video XD
You just cranking out top tier videos! Every single one is such a treat. I also love reading all the comments from people who grew up with all these various dishes. Really heartwarming.
I am always excited when I run across a new channel. If I like it as much as this one, I go on a marathon watch. I relate to same many of his experiences. As a child, my mother would cook cow kidneys. I could smell them from the bus stop and would dread every step home.
as someone who just discovered this channel a few weeks ago, I can confirm that binging these videos has made me very happy and sad at the same time, as I long for more.
Kidneys…..ick 😩
HAHAHA! I remember that kidney smell too! We used to have a gas heater in the bathroom and if the boys were less than careful, a little "sprinkle" would hit the hot heater and the smell would waft through the house....smelled just like the kidneys cooking😂
Even so, steak and kidney pie was a favorite for us! Go figure🤪
For Christmas one year I went to my friends’ house for their holiday dinner and tongue was part of it. It was good - reminded me of pot roast! But I made the mistake of looking in the pot it was boiled in, and there were the tips of 5 big-ass tongues pointing up at me. It was disturbing. I think I deserved credit for actually eating it after the visual. You’re brave, Jamie, and you were rewarded!❤❤
I had that experience with squid. It was my girlfriend’s family Christmas meal. They were all so excited. Oh jeez. The tentacles….
If you have not been to a New York deli and ordered a tongue sandwich on rye with mustard you have missed a much better sandwich than a fatty corned beef sandwich. It's good Mexican style too. I have cooked it at home too. It never fails to delight.
This sounds good! 😋
Yes! Get the deli sandwich, you won't be disappointed!
I’ll have the tongue sandwich. And don’t give me any lip!
Amen!!
Yes, one of my favorite ways to eat tongue! One of my local butchers used to make pickled tongue sliced to order so I could take it home and make my own sandwiches. I was so bummed out when they stopped, probably because it was only being bought by me and, like, half a dozen Jewish grandparents. If more people knew how good it is!
Lengua is one of those things where my parents allowed me to proudly say is "my favorite meal" and "I would never eat tongue" in the same sentence. It's very mind over matter, peeling the outer layer is definitely the hardest part so you did great!!
If you actually slice it thin it makes great sandwiches. I served it once at a party and simply told the guests it was hot roast beef sandwiches. They all commented at how tender it was.
I love a good tongue sandwich!
You can also corn tongue like you do with brisket and it makes great sandwiches!!
Tongue on toast with a little butter and salt, yum!
You had me laughing so much - tears running down. I love tongue -- my mother used to cook it in a tomato and onion sauce, delicious. I used to serve it pretty regularly to my own family, all blissfully unaware of the whole cooking process. But I remember my teenage daughter catching me in the act of peeling the tongue one day. She ran out of there screaming and when she finished gagging, she made me swear NEVER to cook tongue ever again, and I haven't.
Haha! That story is hilarious 😂
Why would you accede to the moods of a teenager who was perfectly happy eating it before?
I saw Mom peeling the tongue in my pre-teens. I was like, "Cool, man!"
@cookitogo
Well, you've seen the process! Why would I make such an effort, only for my family to refuse to eat it? Because, OF COURSE, she told her siblings what she'd seen, and they all went 'Aaaaaarrrrggghhhh' and that was the end of that.
@@fayito9970 So… I dunno, sit down and talk to them and discuss how it’s actually nothing gross (it’s just a muscle) and that clearly it’s good since they used to eat it?
We ate cow tongue quite a bit growing up. I like it a lot in Mexican dishes.
It's fairly normal in parts of England, I usually get it deli sliced from my butcher for sandwiches... now I'm hungry!
Yep in barbacoa. Barbacoa de lengua!
@Shane Firth Really? I live in South west England which is full of farm land and I don't think I know anyone personally who eats cow tongue, not to say that no one does though, I'm sure many farmers and older people eat it I find that they also are the ones who eat a lot of liver and kidneys which people my generation and up don't tend to eat as much. I have eaten both and didn't like it but I'm willing to try tongue, I didnt know it was something that was not only edible but actually tasted good. Makes me wonder what else looks like it would be inedible and gross that is actually really good.
@@gemmacook1753 I'm a West Yorkshire lad, my whole family were brought up on liver and kidney... Although I am the one weirdo who likes heart... With tongue I have to be sure I get to the butcher's early or it is sold out. But yeah the under 35s do tend to be squeamish about certain things. If you've ever had luncheon meat you'll like sliced tongue for sandwiches
I am always amazed by your courage. I'm French, and I don't dare to tackle this dish that I like so much. My parents used to make it when I was little. They had two fantastic recipes:
Tongue in Madeira sauce, (Madeira is a cooked wine a bit like Porto, I think) and tongue in gribiche sauce, a sauce with capers. You can also make it with a hot sauce, it's very good. At home, we used to eat it with tagliatelle or rice. Sometimes with baked golden potatoes.
Just a strange detail for me, the way to prepare your asparagus. First time I've seen someone "massacring" poor, nice asparagus that didn't deserve to be chopped so much. I mean, if you enjoyed your dish, well, that's all that matters. Maybe thanks to you I will find the courage to try this dish that I haven't eaten in years. So, thanks to you and Julia. Long live good food, good wine and...
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
As a German I cried for the asparagus! 😂 tooung is definitively on my to cook list for next year!
TONGUE! The food that tastes you back! We had a Middle Eastern place neaby that served braised sheep tongue - it was so good. Yours looks fabulous! Glad you liked it - I think it tastes like beefier beef. Around here tongue is crazy expensive now - heavy Brazilian and Mexican neighborhood - all offal is expensive. But FREE lamb bones for soup at the Moroccan grocery store!
Probably my favorite episode by far. Different in a very pleasant way. Felt like I was a guest at your table watching you prepare a meal. What an episode!
You are a brave man. Not shying away from these recipes. 👏
It's a shame that offal is so rarely found in the US. There are some seriously good recipes out there for it. Our ancestors made sure to eat as much of an animal as possible and dressing up offal is one way. I remember that we occasionally ate tongue at home with a very mustardy sauce. Leftover sandwiches were great too!!!
I want to know what made offal so unpopular in the US and canada to the point that we have poeple being grossed out by tounge, gizzards, stomach, etc for no reason other than a perceived dirtiness.
@@ElJosher My guess is that the cattle industry became so big due to cheap land and then cheap fodder that everyone got "to eat meat" instead of the perceived lesser parts. So it is not being so much unpopular but, rather today, more unknown IMO.
@@poorwotan could be.
@@ElJosher What's even more funny is people giving you disgusted looks for trying to find it to feed to dogs/cats. . .like, they're designed to eat it? And get as much health benefits as we do from that sort of thing? Even more so actually.
Cow tongue is so good! Ate it all the time growing up in Colombia and I’m always excited to see it on menus in the states!
Happy to see that the more adventurous recipes you’ve made so far didn’t keep you from giving this a try 😁
Braised, pulled apart, finished under the broiler, into some fresh homemade corn tortillas with cilantro, chopped onions, a squeeze of lime, salt, and some tomatillo salsa- that's a pro level move right there.
Yes! A salsa Verde goes very nicely with quick broiled tongue
I cook it in a slow cooker with no fancy sauce at all. And chop it for tacos or burritos 😊
I’m not sure there’s enough wine 🍷 for me to do this. But I so appreciate you.
Not enough wine in the world for me!
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I hear you but it's worth it. Truly delicious.
Your missing out! It really has a great flavor and is fabulous as left-overs in sandwiches. Haven't tried it in tacos so next time I'm in my favorite Mexican place I will have to order it.
I grew up eating tongue & still love it. Peeling it after mom boiled it used to be one of my tasks and I always thought it was fun. I had a lengua quesadilla for lunch on wednesday!
In japan they have whole restaurants that do beef tongue (negishi). Some of them slice it thin and barbecue them and it tastes incredible
What a hoot! Wine and more wine... only to discover just how good and flavorful tongue can actually be. As an American in Scotland many years ago, our family was introduced to tongue and as it was sliced very, very thinly, we used it in sandwiches on rye with mustard and sliced onions and it was fantastic! LOVED this episode.... thanks for the laughs and being able to read all the comments below on the memories you invoked from all the other subscribers who have enjoyed tongue over the years.
Tongue is one of my absolute favorite meats. Here in Mexico we have tongue tacos, but also different stews which are absolutely incredible.
This video is everything I love about this channel: You are pushing the boundaries of your comfort and technical skills, making well informed decisions along the way, and being genuinely surprised at the end!
Great presentation. For someone who has cooked numerous tounges this was a new way to serve it. I used to serve cold, thinly sliced with mashed potatoes and braised veggies and salad. Just reducing the stock for sauce or save it for something else. Soup perhaps. Left over meat for sandwiches
Try a tongue and mushroom ragout! Thats what my mom makes if she buys tongue :) and its delicious.
LOVED this video! Grew up LOVING beef tongue. Up until 5 years ago beef tongue, ox tails were amongst the cheapest meats. Now beef tongue and ox tails can run $20! Beef tongue done well is akin to perfectly cooked filet mignon.
Coming from a family with roots in rural Ontario, my father who grew up in 1920s was every so often overtaken by the urge to recreate foods from his childhood, tongue included. The difference was not however to create a hot meal but to make cold tongue sandwiches.
I always think of tongue as similar to oxtail in the way that people don't eat it so much in America, but I don't know why. They're both meaty and beefy, inexpensive, and taste nice braised. Apparently cow tongue is something my grandparents and great grandparents cooked and ate often, but I've only had once.
I grew up on a cattle ranch and we ate tongue somewhat often! Even as a kid I enjoyed it, so crazy tender! There was definitely some cringing the first couple times preparing it though hahaha
I am so tempted to ask my family what they think about cow tongue, which they will obviously turn their noses at and then one day make this recipe and just say it is beef and not that it is tongue just to see what they think of it before I tell them.
Honestly I think most people would eat this dish and not get that it's a tongue and just think its a cut of beef cooked well. This kinda highlights how we are become accustomed to a certain cut of meat and other parts are just wasted, and that we can eat parts of animals that look horrendous and we just need to get out of our heads a bit
I haven't gagged and laughed at the same time this hard in my life, thanks Jamie, I think I needed that.
Another fine job, bravo!
The great thing about this channel, it is more interesting to watch the recipes you will never plan on making than ones you want to make.
Tongue tacos and a tonguewich at the deli. Two of my favorites. I always was reminded of bologna.
Damn, this should've been the halloween episode 😂
No, Valentine’s Day! ❤💐
@@reggievonramstein 😯
as a child my parents would make tongue. it was pretty good. haven't had it for ages, you brought back lots of memories.
Beef tongue is delicious! Never understood why some people are so freaked out by it. It's just muscle meat. Tender, delicious muscle meat.
You should try pork cheeks some time (I'm positive Julia has a recipe for those). Another overlooked cut that people are grossed out by even though it's some of the tastiest, most delicate meat in existence. Easy to prepare, too.
Cheeks are The Bomb!
Another one to try is beef heart, which is great if you do it right
i think it could potentially have something to do with the look of just, tongues in general, its not like looking at a nice t-bone or fillet mignon that looks like what most people think muscle meat looks like so it causes some fear, like alot of organ meats, at least thats my thoughts, just general fear of the unknown
I pressure cook my beef tongue, it cooks quickly and comes out great. A lot of cultures eat tongue and while it seems gross, it is actually very good. I like it served with mustard, that is how my family always served it.
Try cut it in small cubes and mix with potatoes, onions, boiled carrots, pickles (all in cubes) and mayo. I absolutely love this salad :)
This sounds so good. By itself or what else goes with it?
I grew up on a beef farm. Beef tongue was a treat. Tongue sandwich with homemade chili sauce on toasted bread…heavenly.
There is not enough wine in the world for that one. But dang, I love this channel.
H's really channeling his inner Julia with this episode. She was a big fan of drinking while cooking. I would also really like to see an episode of James & Julia were he's drunk(on wine of course!) and has to make one of Julia's more complicated dishes.
I’m laughing at your courage through wine. That peeling was something to get through. I’m glad you enjoyed the dish!
Honestly, when you get over the "it's a tongue it's gross", it's quite enjoyable ^^
I don't find any meat gross on principle after tasting a lot of offals and weird meats and founding them delicious, so I love working with weird pieces of meat like that :D
I appreciate how you acknowledge your discomfort and still forge ahead.
The best yet. 18 minutes of much needed humor. Thanks!
In my country, we boil the tongue until fork tender, scrap the outer skin and all the tendons attached to it. We sliced it thinly and cooking in a buttery creamy mushroom sauce. It's one of my favorite Filipino dish. It's called Lengua 😊
OH NO I'm getting flashbacks to that one time when I was a kid and my mom made beef tounge for a holiday party. When I realized that the tounge was actually, you know, a tounge, I cried for hours. I was so scared of it.
That was excellent. It really is a treat and you made it humorous as well. One note, that when you are halving a recipe, some things, such as the salt in the cooking water, are not changed from the full recipe amount. Usually only what goes into the recipe itself is halved.
En Colombia es un plato muy normal de la gastronomía,mi mamá hacía y sabe muy rico
I dunno how it's prepared but, along the southern Texas/Mexico border, the Mexican bakeries sell things like tamales, prepared beef cheek, and prepared beef tongue. The beef tongue and beef cheek are so tender and goes so well in tacos.
Beef tongue is really delicious. The Japanese do very nice grilled tongue skewers if you want to give it a go without having to commit to grappling with an entire tongue.
I definitely had the image of a whole tongue, folded up and then skewered ...that was awful lmao
I recently tried Japanese cow tongue on a trip to visit my sister in Kumamoto and tbh, it was rubbery, possibly overcooked and definitely a gag to get it down : (
Maybe my next trip/taste of tongue will be better!
When I was a child (we׳re talking the 1960s here) we sometimes had tongue for dinner. I remember it as a real treat, but I also remember my dad cooking it because my mother refused to go anywhere near it. I don't think we had any fancy sauce, but there were several bay leaves involved, Dad's cooking repertoire being limited. Anyway, it was a family favorite (except, of course, for Mom). Thanks for the memories and a new idea for when and if I ever get back to cooking.
You are the best. I laughed so much when you started slurping the wine!!! I don’t care how one rationalized it, tongue is weird. Great job on your part. Thanks.
I'm from Piedmont, Italy, and here is quite common to eat boiled tongue with a green sauce called "Bagnetto verde", that's a lot of parsley!
Beef tongue is legit delicious. Fussy to prepare, yes, but the taste is just like roast beef. Highly recommend.
Having some freaky memories of my parents making beef tongue as a kid, gotta be honest, I was not prepared for how much this video makes me want to get some beef tongue and make it. 😃
You are a braver man than I. No way could I do Tongue. Aspic, no problem. Tongue, Big problem!! Love the Channel!!!
Tongue Aspic!
@@GeorgeWTushTongue in aspic is a thing! It's actually really good. At least the version of aspic we make here in Germany (basically just gelatin, salt, sugar and lemon juice - tastes like Asian sweet and sour sauce). French aspic is way too complicated for its own good.
go to a mexican place and order lengua in a burrito or a taco. I guarantee you'll have no idea it's tongue. Chances are you'll enjoy it if you can get over the mental block.
@@GeorgeWTush NOPE!
@Chad Neu It's one hell of a mental block for me! Tho... perhaps in a Taco.
That look of pleasant surprise at the end was perfect. Good on you!
I love pickled tongue. I call tongue "the meal that tastes you back!"
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Lengua (beef tongue) tacos are soooo good and are a great way to introduce it to someone for the first time :)
My mum used to cook “ox tongue” when I was little, it was my favourite. I just can’t bring myself to deal with skinning it. 🇦🇺
I was tired of all cooking channels making the same recipes, happy to found your channel yours videos are funny and very well produce
That actually looks really good honestly. So I've always heard that if cooked properly, it's just like eating a really good pot roast. I keep wanting to buy one and try cooking it, but its the having to boil and skin it that always stops me. So I have a really weak stomach and get sick very easily and I'm afraid I'll 🤢🤮 while skinning it. I may have to bribe someone to help me, like I'll do the rest of the cooking, if they'll skin it for me. Cause I would really love to try it.
Also, I have what is to me a funny story. So I have family out in California (I'm in Florida). So my uncle took my cousins (his 2 daughters) out to dinner and ordered what he told them was basically just pot roast. Well, they liked it and bragged about it. Then he told them what it was and they didn't like it anymore and were so mad at him. And sure, he should have been honest, but I thought it was funny. Besides, they liked it, at first. 😅
Jaime, so proud of you 😊! When I was 17, Colombian girlfriends made tongue and I went eeeeww. They challenged me to take a bite and I never groused about it again. Thanks for the video and this recipe. Loved it!
Absolute delicacy in my country (Lithuania)! You can eat it as the main dish (like in your episode, but we would cook some potatos instead the baguette), as a snack/appetizer (served with mayonese (/mixed with canned green peas) or mustard and bread - old fasioned style), or just put on a sandwich - it always brings just a pure happiness (every time can't resist to chew few pieces like a candy, with nothing else). Yes, it's expensive, so we usually eat it for the special occasions like Christmas, Easter or some other important family gatherings. Also here not easy to find it fresh (uncooked) which is preferable instead of just buying already boiled from the supermarket. Your dish looks delicious, inspires me to make it as soon as I can find a beef tongue to buy. P.S. No need to trim that part you did - same good if not even better, felt like a treasure waste.
Tongue was my favourite meat - as a child. My mother used to cook it in three different ways, the best ones being a tomato stew and boiled tongue in a garlic marinade. I can imagine lots of other recipes, tongue in gravy, sandwiches etc It's quite versatile and it melts in your mouth. An excellent meal. Please get used to it and try other recipes.
Growing up in the 60s, Mom made it on a regular basis. A few years ago my daughter's then boyfriend worked at a local commercial butcher and was always bringing home the "unwanted" parts, including, liver, kidney and tongue. I enjoyed tongue once again and another daughter is a huge tongue fan and loves it when the local taco truck has it available.
In the U.K. we used to preorder and buy pickled (I think brine and nitrate not vinegar) tongue from the butcher. The pickle turned it pink like ham. I would then boil it for several hours and press it. We would then eat the tongue cold delicious. I use the past tense because butchers are hard to find, I doubt if even they pickle and supermarkets definitely don’t have any.
I love when Jamie surprises himself and his face brightens up. He's already ridonkulously attractive, but the surprised look takes it to 11.
Lmao someone was too drunk to deal with the severity of this recipe 🤣 the tongue peeling got me
Thanks for this. When my stomach settles back down I will consider eating tongue the next time it’s offered. The issue is, as we say in medicine, supratentorial. ❤
16:14 Uh-huh😋
We ate it regularly when I was a kid. Sometimes as a "potroast" like this but most often it was cooked and then ground into a spread and eaten on sandwiches or with crackers. As an adult, I would simmer, peel, then slice it paper thin, add the layers to deep ramekins, add herbed schmaltz to cover, then cook in a low oven several hours to make a confit/potted meat. This is very soft and spreadable but with a different texture than when the meat is ground, and so unctuous with the schmaltz.
Hope that toungue is a delight to yours! 😜
Seriously one of your most memorable shows. Well done. I’ve had it at Basque restaurants. Quite good actually 🎉
here first!
I can thank my Mother for my love of this dish. When I was young it was considered a cheaper option. Now it's the reverse, but I still love it above all else.
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I love tongue - In the UK it is often boiled, pressed and eaten cold, sliced like ham. it is delicious.
beef tongue is actually one of my favourite dishes! the way my mum and now i make it is by boiling in a pressure cooker with aromatics until tender, peeling, cutting into not too thick slices, quickly giving them a small pan fry, then serving warm in a tomato sauce with peas and baby carrots over rice. delicious and comforting, with the tongue practically melting in your mouth!
It should be a testament to your content - the fact you have over 7,800 likes and not a single downvote, even when cooking a cows swallowing device. I love you’re videos man ❤
One of your best episodes! Bet you would be a great DAD! Love you Jamie!
I don't like the thought of tasting something that might be tasting me back... You're a braver man than I, Jamie. Congrats!
My beloved dad made incredible beef tongue and I was fortunate enough to learn the proper process from him. If cooked properly, it melts in your mouth. My friend group requests it for any celebratory meal just to snack on. It also makes fantastic sandwiches for lunch the next day.
I'm old enough to remember when jellied tongue was generally available in grocery stores in Ontario. It was sliced very thin like any other deli meat, and it was good.
Beef tongue tastes like the best roast you've ever had. I make mine with onions and mushrooms. People really need to try it.
Beef tongue stew with peas and carrots was one of my favourite dishes as a child. So good.
Here in Argentina it's customary to make Lengua a la vinagreta (Tongue vinaigrette) every christmas. It's really good, and you kinda forget how weird it actually is. We also eat chinchulines, if you wanna find something even more disturbing!
Thing is, for Black Americans, chinchulines (known in USA as “chitterlings”, pronounced “chittlins”) are a traditional, fairly common food. So it’s not even as though it’s unknown in the country!
When the red wine came out, you TRULY CHANNELED JULIA!