Oh gawd, the most awful thing to put on your plate.
We used to be told that liver is a great source of iron, and it is, but it is also packed full of cholesterol and what ever chemical crap is in the cow’s body.
I think liver is usually overcooked, it only needs quick frying. Liver and bacon is a great combination although I wouldn’t have agreed when I was a child.
As @Adagio says, liver has to be cooked properly. Most people overcook it. I grew up eating it and still enjoy it as an occasional meal. Nobody else in my family does so it’s a bit of a rarity.
I love chicken livers. Since the vast majority of chickens are killed and sold at such young ages, there’s obviously less toxicity buildup.
I will very occasionally eat regular liver if I’m in a restaurant which does a good job and knows how to cook it. However, thats extremely infrequent since most places cook it way too long so it’s more like shoe leather. Yuck.
@Buttonstc, there is one restaurant in the city that cooks liver perfectly. If we go there for dinner, I always have that. I can’t remember seeing it on another menu over here. Australians seem to really dislike offal.