I am sure a lot of you are asking, What the heck is Liver Mush? In North Carolina Liver Mush, or Livermush is considered a delicacy, fried crisp and served for breakfast, along with grits and scrambled eggs. Livermush is also know as poor boy's pate'. But, again you ask, what IS liver mush?

I had never heard of this until I watched the tv show last night called Taste Of America with Mark DeCarlo!

Okay, here goes, this is a basic recipe for Liver mush:

Basic Liver Mush

1 fresh hog liver
1 1/2 lbs. fresh fat pork
2 c. cornmeal
Red pepper
Salt
Black pepper
Sage

Cook liver and fat pork until tender. Remove from broth the liver
only and grind. Add corn meal, peppers, and sage to taste. Add
enough of the broth to soften mixture. Cook in saucepan until meal
has cooked, stirring constantly. Put in mold. Press down until
cold. Slice and serve cold or broil or fried.

This is just of the recipes for liver mush. You may find another one more
to your liking!

Shelby North Carolina puts on a Livermush Expo every year, and draws thousands of people. They first started the expo in 1987.

Ted Alexander, the mayor of Shelby North Caronlina, has proclaimed it "the world's most perfect food."

Livermush is high in protein and low in fat, and is not real expensive to make.

It would be interesting to read comments on this recipe!