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Where do you get organ meats and which ones do you like? I'm interested in starting to eat them.... I do all of my shopping at organic grocery stores and I don't even know where to start.

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Eugenia · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-09 06:45:35Z UTC

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I get offal from the Farmer's market (grass fed beef innards), Asian market (duck gizzards, pork hearts), and a Mediterranean store (all kinds of goat/sheep innards, including tripe) close to where I live in the Bay Area.

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Please, please, get them at a farmer's market from pastured animals. If you do get them from the grocery store, at minimum require that the organs are from "all natural, antibiotic free" animals. – greymouser Mar 9 2012 at 14:38

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The Farmer's Market does NOT have sheep/goat offal, only beef. They do have sheep meat, but not offal, and no goat at all. Also, goat/sheep in the US aren't treated as bad as cows are, so the meat is probably pastured. From the Asian Market I get pork hearts, but then again pork is just pork, most of the time. The duck gizzards are also good, because they have a very healthy color compared to the chicken ones next to them to the aisle. So basically, the stuff I buy, are very acceptable. I used to get beef liver in the Asian market btw, and was bad, so I stopped getting it there. – Eugenia Mar 9 2012 at 16:48

Firestorm · Answer 2 · 2012-03-09 14:32:31Z UTC

I get mine from the butcher from whom I get all my holistically-raised, locally-grown meat. I buy all the 'spare parts' by request -- I just ask at the meat counter if they have XYZ. For example, yesterday, I asked my butcher if he had chicken necks and livers -- he had the necks, but no chicken livers... but he told me he DID have some duck livers... which I happily took off his hands.

If you ask, the people in the butcher's section can help you find what you need.

Suz - Paleo Oz · Answer 3 · 2012-03-09 06:05:01Z UTC

Do the stores you shop in have a butcher section? Or is there a good butcher you could ask locally?

I get everything from my local butcher, he has so much more than is on display - and if he doesn't have it in the store he can almost always order it in. I think they actually like it when people ask for the things they rarely sell!

Carl_Stawicki · Answer 4 · 2012-03-09 12:53:34Z UTC

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I buy directly from the processor. I get liver, tongue and heart for $2/lb.

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Mazer · Answer 5 · 2012-03-09 14:33:43Z UTC

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I don't have a butcher nearby, so I usually go to Whole Foods- grass-fed organs are usually $4.99/lb. I like heart and liver, but kidneys taste like old urinal.

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Nicole · Answer 6 · 2012-03-09 15:43:08Z UTC

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U.S. Wellness Meats if you need an online source

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Nicole · Answer 7 · 2012-03-09 15:45:10Z UTC

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U.S. Wellness Meats

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Where do you get organ meats?

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