I throw them away too, and feel bad about it, because I grew up eating and loving chicken liver pate. Old russian comfort food. The thing is, no single chicken has enough to make a pate 
And I donāt want to store them. And frankly, no one ever taught me to clean organ meat or prepare it, and I kind of donāt have the motivation to learn. But I will happily eat it out, or if Iām in a city large enough to support a Russian store with built in deli. We have a Russian store, but all their goods are canned or frozen or packaged. Nothing fresh except sausage and some pickled fish.
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Oh, I nevereverever throw out the livers and heart(s). Those get lightly dusted with seasoned flour, fried up in some ghee, splash oābalsamicā¦ and in my mouf they go. But F gizzards 
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Gizzies are hard to love. Been eating them since I could eat, though. In the bars by me one of the more popular pickled organs are the turkey gizzards. More meat on those, still have the mid grissle, though.
Love livers.
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Reviving this just to post my picture of that amazing roasted duck dish from La Bodega I mentioned a few posts above. They show you the goods, and then carve it up in the kitchen and bring it back out 
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Wow! I mean, āWow!ā. Do you have photos as-carved, too? If so, please share when able. Looks wonderful as-is.
I wish I had thought of it, but we pretty much attacked it as soon as it came back to the table. There were 4 of us and no leftovers. The roasted veggies and fruit on the side were all gone. Iāve had poached pears and fruits, but this had roasted nectarine on the side and that was an eye opener. It was soo good with the duck.
Edit: I just laughed when I noticed that the background to that dish is just a row of butts.
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Same, same.
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Now thatās all I see in your photo. 
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Calamari fritti
Linguine with clams
Mussels
Cheese enchiladas (at real Mexican restaurants)
Chicken fried steak
House-made corn tortilla chips
Oyster/chanterelle/lionās mane mushrooms
Truffles
Gizzards
White menudo
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Yes to the linguine and clams and mussels.
How do you like the lionās mane mushroom prepared? I JUST posted a query. Lionās mane mushroom recipes
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Just sliced and sauteed in butter. I grew them once with one of those home kits. They were too good to tart them up with anything, plus with the hobby kits you (I) donāt get all that many shrooms out of it.
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Clean butts. I can see why you didnāt think to pop a photo of the finished product. I think your eyes were definitely on the prize. Quite a prize (the bird, not the butts.)
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Ordering dishes or ingredients for me is not a must order because I need to know the restaurant and how they prepare their dishes so that I can be free to order anything. So I order food according to the type of restaurant and their best foods.
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Sounds perfectly reasonable to me! Welcome.
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The stuff I like has already been covered, with one exception: anything with chestnuts for dessert.
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Gnocchi alla gorgonzola
Croque Monsieurs, Croque Madames and spinach Croques lately.
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Steak tartare
Tater tots
Hand-cut fries (especially with malt vinegar)
Banana pudding or key lime pie, if homemade
Shrimp poā boy
Dƶner kebab
Eggs Benedict, particularly if there is an inventive twist (fried green tomatoes, etc)
Shrimp and grits
Fish sandwich
Okra
Italian pasta with ragu (Bolognese, lamb, etc)
Wiener Schnitzel (if it seems properly made)
Cabeza, al pastor, lamb, and birria tacos, nopales
Reuben or Cubano
Haitian pork griot with pikliz
House-made pickles
Pupusas and curtido
Sachertorte
Chocolate ganache whatever
Jerusalem artichoke
Fried calamari or grilled octopus, the latter not without a side of guilt
Muffaletta or Italian grinder
Whiskey (bourbon/rye) cocktail of most any stripe, not too sweet
Sparkling wine
Oregon Pinot noir
Alsatian Riesling/GewĆ¼rztraminer
There are many moreā¦
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Holy shit, thatās quite an extensive list. How do you decide what to get when the restaurant has multiples on your list?
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Never found that to be the case! I donāt frequent a lot of Greek diners.
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Iāve not seen about 98% of that list at any Greek diner 
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