Being an oldie and growing up in times of genuine austerity after WWII - not like now, snowflakes - my Mum woul cook up any offal she could get hold of. My favourite was pig's liver casserole, oven-cooked with root veg in a pot till it was crumbly. Nutricious, cheap and delicious, I still love it.

Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious

I don't agree that people who don't like offal are snowflakes. I grew up poor and so we had cheap food but my mother could never get me to eat offal. Its not snobbery or being squeamish I hate the smell the taste and most of all the texture.

I can't explain it as I love black pudding and eat snails, mussels etc. It's a shame as people tell me I am missing out but there you go.

One more point

My wife doesn't like liver or kidney because of the texture which suits me as whenever we have steak and kidney pie she gives me all of the kidney.

I think that it's quite common to dislike it on the basis of it's texture and none of us like all the same foods anyway. My bête noir is celery as I can't abide either the smell or taste of it and I recently read somewhere that coriander leaf divides the public into haters and lovers.

Cheese and egg pie I'm going to have nightmares tonight!

I bought one from Sainsbury last week and didn't like it very much. The liver was fine but the cheap bacon didn't do it any favours.

The worst thing that anyone can do to liver is to overcook it and it's the people cooking it for hours in a casserole that puts others off.

I tend to cook the onions and bacon etc for an hour and then flash fry the liver and mix it in with the other bits for about five minutes

I'm having one now
Made me sick for two days when I were a nipper.
Might have been the thirds that done it
Racing up for seconds then being totally greedy for thirds.
Think I earnt the sickness for that effort.

Ref the offal again
What liver is the sweeter one
I know one seems drier than the other but one is sweeter as well.
I just order it when I see it but never ask.

Ta