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"I've wanted to try kidney pie, but just can't seem to get past the name...........BTW when was the last time you visited a English Restaurant (in America)?......"

It's not the name, there are beef kidney's in it. Honestly, I recommend you try offal. Everyone has been force fed liver as a kid (I actually do like it with onions and bacon), but kidneys are alright, tripe is great (but chewy), sweatbreads are great on toast, and beef heart (if you cook it fast and serve it fast) is like the most tender steak you've had, with a little of the organ "it kinda falls apart when you chew it" texture.

The last time I've eaten in an English restaurant in the US was maybe five years ago at some little tea place in Greenwich Village, NYC (right next to a fish and chips place actually). I had the lentils, they were what you'd expect.

You can't cook beef heart "fast". You either have to stew it forever or drag out the old pressure cooker. Otherwise you will be chewing it from now until next week.