On Eating Fat Liver and Kidney
ON EATING FAT, LIVER AND KIDNEY BY DAVID ARTHUR WALTERS During a cursory review of sacrosanct cooking rituals, I encountered the ancient origins of my early dislike of fat, liver, and kidney, evidently an instinctive repugnance, similar to that for killing and eating humans, rooted in the sacred Unconscious. I already knew I was ancient when I was a little boy, so remarks by grownups that I was 7-years old were extremely annoying, but not as annoying as having fat, liver, and kidney put on my plate at that age. Today, fat is out and lean is in, but in those days, at least in my foster home, fat was often literally the order of the day for growing boys. I'll never forget how many times I was told, "Eat your fat, David, it's good for you." And the bountiful Lord had provided for that purpose some of the fattiest meat in Oklahoma. The elders who found too much fat on their beef would trim it off and put it on my plate with the mature observation that growing boys need ...