Minutes of the Organ Meat Society at Porsena

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First course: An amuse of broiled rabbit hearts with garlic and olive oil.


On Friday evening the Organ Meat Society met to celebrate the 14th anniversary of the organization.


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Porsena, in the East Village.


Long-standing member Sara Jenkins agreed to cook a nine-course organ-o-centric meal for the society at her restaurant Porsena on East 7th Street in the East Village.

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m., Friday, March 25. Eight members not including the chef were present: Dan O., Becky O., Melissa E., Gretchen V., Aparisim G., Bipasha G., Jeanette S., and Robert S.

We were seated at the long wooden chef's table in a white-tiled alcove looking into the kitchen. A stuffed boar's head presided over the table from the wall above. The wine selected was a Grechetto from Umbria, Italy. Bread was served with very green olive oil from the chef's house in Cortona, Tuscany.


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The meal began with a toast.

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Samt
Samt

porsena is amazing. im sure anything sara jenkins makes is going to be awesome. few people in the city can cook that dead on without being fussy. i wish i knew about this dinner i surely wouldve tried to attend. lucky people who went

JK
JK

Haha I dunno, Bob. Braineater isn't far off the mark. Absolutely the club should enjoy good food in whatever form the club wants. However, if I'd known this was the menu, I might well have joined this time. I have a feeling I will NOT be joining for Taiwanese in Flushing. :)

Braineater
Braineater

Only three courses out of nine had actual organ meat, though. Come on...

rsietsema
rsietsema

First off, the tongue is an organ, and the by-laws of the Organ Meat Society specify that we include other so-called "variety meats" such as pig foot and beef shin -- so six out of nine courses fall within our purview. Also, the objective of the society is not only to gorge ourselves on organs, but to eat well, and that having the usual dinner accoutrements, and not merely organs. I think you need to start your own club.

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