Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for May 19, 2021

Wow. Thanks, Baldo. I’ll never think of lengua the same way again. (shudder)

Never had that problem with my tongue sandwiches. Thin sliced pickled beef tongue with just a touch of spicy mustard and some sauerkraut.

Offal is just awful to some folks. (Tongue is the only offal I’ve tried; would like to try Scottish haggis if Uncle Sam regulates ovine stomach and ovine lungs and other ovine “pluck.”)

If it’s an old family recipe, then let the old family eat it.

My mother used to make me tongue sandwiches for lunch. I used to love it then, but not so much now.

I’m with Baldo on this one.

Pigs feet was the old family recipe that drove me bananas. Nothing like opening the fridge and seeing a jar of porcine feet floating in cloudy liquid. Ugh.

Carmen is insulting them.

It’s tongue I pass too

Oh Baldo, you can lick this one.

Our family is from Romania, Transylvania Saxons and all the old folks enjoyed their “old country” dishes, including tongues and testicles.

The first time my ex wife made lengua, she didn’t tell me what it was

I didn’t like it, liked it a whole lot less when I found out what it was

I did try it a few more times, still didn’t like it

How is it an insult to not eat something you don’t like?

I wonder how he feels about Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Tia Carmen is insulting the family by making food she knows they don’t like.

I grew up eating tongue because we were poor and didn’t waste any part of the cow we raised each year. However i never really cared for it and haven’t eaten it since i left the farm.

Waiter to customer. "Would you care for a beef tongue sandwich?}Customer responds “I couldn’t eat something that came out of an animal’s mouth! Give me ham and eggs, please. Oh and a cup of civet coffee”

When I was a boy my mother made tongue a lot and I thought it was delicious. Then one day I suddenly realized what it was and could never eat it again. Or even look at it.

Fact Dad you make something out of toungue lots of people will pass it up.

One of my favorite breakfast dishes is Guatitas. It’s a delicious tripe stew! Served with rice, mote, sliced red onion, lettuce, tomato, and a large slice of avacodo. It’s the national dish of Ecuador!

Bringing fast food to the table where someone someone has prepared a meal is just rude. And after all she she had done for him that is unacceptable behavior. He can just not come home to eat.

I have a vague recollection of trying tongue when I was a very little boy. I don’t think I made the association with an animal’s tongue (guess I just thought it had an odd name); I just recall not liking the taste. Now I do make the association, and I just don’t find it appetizing.

Walking past the meat and seafood section in Mexico City is like walking into a biology labs storeroom.Everything but the squeal.I was teased about having ojos.I couldn’t see it! (rimshot!)

Baldo, I never thought I’d have such a connection to you!

But Baldo, that lengua casserole gives extra force to your tongue-in-cheek comments.