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I've gotten a full beef heart from my butcher. The butcher wanted to trim away all the connective tissue and fat on the heart for me, but i thought i'd like to see for myself. Upon cutting the heart i noticed that the saturated fat "encrusted" in it is incredibly appealing to me. I sometimes bite into butter, but it's a little too oily for me to appreciate fully. This saturated fat, however, has the same consistency, yet is much dryer. I could eat it raw.

Considering the beef heart isn't grass fed, should i just throw the fat and connective tissue away? Can i feast on the hard, dry fat "raw" as my instincts tell me to, or should i use it in some other recipe, like a stew? Thank you in advance.

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Bread-Eating Beelzebub · Answer 1 · 2012-07-21 15:32:56Z UTC

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you can save the scraps, freezing them until you have a decent bag of them, and then render them into tallow (low heat crock pot). Or throw them into the stock pot. Or just eat it.

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Diane · Answer 2 · 2012-07-07 15:05:15Z UTC

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Some people really like the fat. The connective tissue on the other hand is difficult to eat and doesn't get easier with cooking.

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PaleoOutfitters · Answer 3 · 2012-07-21 20:20:32Z UTC

If it's not grass-fed, then you may want to avoid eating too much of the fat. The fatty acid profile of grain-fed meat is far less optimal than of it's grass-fed equivalent. For instance, there will be less Omega 3 and way more Omega 6. Less conjugated-linoleic acid (CLA), as well. But, in general, it's fantastic that you are eating beef heart!

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