Nikas Culinaria

Growing up, my mom would feed us homemade whole wheat bread and forbade sodas and sweets and junk foods of all types. We had our own garden (an acre plot in Iowa, anything would grow in that dirt) and we ate out of it in the summers. My mom grew up on a farm so she loved to serve us some foods that may not be on all of America’s dinner table, things like pig brains, head cheese, and liver (although, liver is much more common than the other two).

I remember fondly the pig brains dredged in crushed saltines and sauteed in butter. It was so creamy and decadent. I ate lots of head cheese until my mom described what it was. I was off the head cheese after that. Sorry mom.

My Colombian heritage brought deep fried pork skin (chicharrones), tripe (mondongo), and cow’s tongue to the table.

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