Beef Tongue

I don't see beef tongue for sale much anymore, but I don't shop that much either. Beef tongue sandwich is about as good as you can get. I used to buy the tongue and cook it myself. I always boiled it with pepper corns and garlic. Let it cool and then slice and serve with onion and relish. A heavy beer or ale complements it.

My mother used to send me to school about once a week with a tongue sandwich. God it was horrible. Since then, however, I've had it a few times in a deli and its not bad. The key difference is that the deli slices it thin, with a sharp mustard, whereas my mother sliced it in slabs with just butter.

never tried one but have seen the whole tongue displayed so probably too chicken to try it. may be better than I anticipate but will never know.

I'm gonna pretend this doesn't say beef tongue and imagine that this is a company that makes towels that I'm rating instead....

I could think of about 100 other sandwiches I'de rather eat!

Never heard of it, and if it has the word tongue in the name, I don't want to know what's in it.

There is no sandwich that tastes better than beef tongue on a bagel with cream cheese. Now the person who has to prepare this sandwich I can't vouch for. Give it a try with a nice draft of light ale very chilled in a tall glass. You will look classy eating a tongue sandwich this way.

Gag me

Tongue sandwich is my favorite. The flavor just can't be matched by any other cold cut. I also like what they call in this neck of the woods, A Cousin Nathan -- Corned beef (fatty, of course) with tongue. In my big eats era (when I could down a ton of food and not gain a pound), I could easily down a pound of sliced tongue in two thick sandwiches in one sitting. I will admit, the concept of where it comes from is kind of grotesque. But if you ever sucked face with anyone, it shouldn't be that unpalatable. In fact a boiled tongue has less bacteria than a kiss from Heidi Klum. Not to drudge up that Upton Sinclair kind of patranoia, but if you knew how scrapple or, sausage, or even hot dogs were made, you would be disgusted. Fact is, most of the stuff made behind the restaurant kitchen door is best left unthought of.

On nice days, my husband and I like to stop by a farm to feed the ducks, geese, goats and cows they have in their yard (it seems a LOT of people like doing it; we're usually not alone there. The residents don't seem to mind at all that their home is a local children's attraction.) The cows are used to people feeding them, and they're quite friendly. In fact, they'll come to the fence and open their mouths when you walk near. One of them in particular is a little more overzealous than her friend, and she'll even stick her tongue out of her mouth and to the side; strands of saliva connect the top and bottom of her mouth, and drip from her tongue. And it is with THAT image in mind that I absolutely refuse to eat beef tongue. Yeah, I know a lot of my food comes from equally or worse places than that, but I can't get past that mental image. Oh, and by the way, that cow happens to be really friendly, too--I turned around once and she licked the back of my head. Though a nice gesture,... Read more

Very much an aquired taste and I don't think I have ever had it on a sandwich. If you did not know what it was, you would not know what your eating after it is cooked, very distinctive taste.

A beef tongue sandwich, by all accounts is enjoyed nation wide. But as much as I love them, I can't seem to meet other people who enjoy them, but I know they're out there. I eat it as I would a meatloaf sandwich.