Liver yield from one bison

[Guest guest]

I just ordered some liver, and since our recent discussion of organ meat

yields had gotten me curious, I asked how much a bison's liver weighs. The

answer: about ten pounds. I didn't get to inquire how old the bison are

when slaughtered, so it could be that an older bison has a somewhat larger

liver, but certainly this gives us a good ballpark sense of how much liver

a cow or bison has.

Since I ordered 20# of liver, that means I'm accounting for the livers of

two whole animals, and at, say, 8oz/day 5d/wk (I'm consuming a therapeutic

dose, obviously) it'll last me a couple months. Hmm, funny how that works

out -- basically one liver per month. Maybe someday I'll be able to cut

back. Hope springs infernal, anyway.

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