The Adventures of Cato, Tara and Jasmine

The Tzu Crew would be envious, it's a good thing I'm reading this from work...otherwise there would be an uprise!

Hmmmmm - lamb hearts.  Never ever seen them in grocery stores.  Are they commonly eaten there?

Sophie and Shorty would be jealous........they get beef heart and I use thinly sliced chicken hearts for training treats.  Yesterday they got a whole chicken done in the crockpot for them.....but no lamb hearts.  I'm never going to hear the end of this if they find out.

Hearts for the two Sweethearts ..now thats just perfect 

On 28 July 2017 at 11:48 PM, Marlene said:

Hmmmmm - lamb hearts.  Never ever seen them in grocery stores.  Are they commonly eaten there?

Sorry @Marlene.

i was sure I had answered your question - but it has disappeared! 

so, i dont think lamb hearts are all that popular, but they are very inexpensive!  And there are some great recipes for stuffed or stewed hearts.  They are lovely after a slow cook. 

they have a lovely flavour and we all four all love them!

Can't say that mine have had lamb hearts... 

Sounds like you guys enjoyed them. How often do get eat hearts and stuff? 

I try and do some kind of offal (heart, kidney, liver) once a week or so.  They are soooo nutritious!

tend to do chicken liver with red wine and rosemary, the heart replaces goat/lamb in a curry, and the kidneys sometimes at breakfast (but they arent as much of a favourite, so they often get pureed into gravy.  Those and fish a couple of times a week, and i think we have a nice variety... 

We do a similar thing.  Beef twice a week (often it's beef heart) Chicken twice a week, Fish once, eggs once and awful offal once.  Along with a variety of veggies and fruit.  I feed part premium kibble which I rotate - none of my dogs have had a problem switching over (probably because they eat a wide variety anyway).  Also in an emergency I don't want their food to be an ordeal for someone to care for them.

I don't think mine would eat them 

HAHA!  I was talking about us eating that variety - although, the mutts do always always have some of what we are eating, even if it is only a small part rinsed in water and then chopped up over the rest of their frozen dinner.

I think because mine eat Raw in 4-5 different flavours (beef, lamb, venison, chicken, tripe, each with veg mixed in) and we switch flavours every few meals, they are basically used to constant changes.  Add in the toppers (blueberries, apple, cheese, our human dinners, bone broth, sausage, burger or steak bits) and they will eat just about ANYTHING.  Although Cato is always a bit suspicious of the fish.  Tinned fish sometimes gets rejected.

It is very hard to recall the times when he turned his nose up at meal after meal... especially now I have shrunk the portions, and change flavours so often.