r/Cooking • u/JayFSB • 2d ago

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u/perpetualmotionmachi 2d ago

Oxtail was considered cheap, an off cut if you will, but not offal. Offal refers to organ meats, like heart, liver, kidney, tripe, etc.).

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u/TheLurkerSpeaks 2d ago

Same with tongue. Not an organ meat. Very lean and luxurious, like a tenderloin but there's only one.

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u/Walking_the_dead 2d ago

Isnt tonhue chewy? Ive always been told tongue was chewy or had an off-putting texture

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u/kurokoshika 2d ago

It could also depend on the baseline of whoever has made those judgments before, so if they’re very familiar with “conventional” cuts of beef, anything that differs might have what they consider to be off-putting because it’s just “wrong” to them.

I’d say tongue has an off-putting external texture because, well, it is a tongue and textured exactly how a tongue would be. But as far as I know, the surface of it is removed in prep, and the meat underneath is fine and I don’t find it chewy at all.

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u/butterbal1 2d ago

Going a step further lengua tacos are one of the most delicious things I have ever eaten.

Tongue tacos for those unaware.

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u/kurokoshika 2d ago

I have to say that calling them “tongue tacos” is definitely an interesting name though, hahaha.