I had Night Terrors after making Julia Child's BEEF TONGUE 

"I love cooking with wine, and occasionally I use it as an ingredient" Julia Child's. My all time favorite quote from her.

Shredded beef tongue tacos are a staple of Mexican cooking. They’re soooo good if done right. Hard to match that tenderness with other meats.

"Things are moving along SWIMMINGLY!" and Jamie is on his second glass of wine. Truly channeling Julia now.

I'm from Germany and grew up eating tongue. My American husband thought he'd do something special for me and make a tongue for me. This video brought back a lot of memories of the poor man taking a look at the tongue (it was apparently from a Holstein because it was black and white) and struggling not to pass out. Peeling it almost did him in. I felt for you, Jamie - you were very brave!

We Lithuanians ate beef tongue regularly. It was VERY cheap in the 1950s. It was stewed with carrots, celery, garlic, parsley, bay leaf, and onions. Then, allowed to cool in the liquid, it was removed and skinned of the "buds". It was then sliced thin and served with a sour cream, very finely minced garlic, horseradish, capers, and a bit of lemon juice. YUM!!.

My mother used to make boiled tongue about once a month and it was a family favorite. Right at the beginning I KNEW you'd have to get to the peeling part. We always used to fight for the privilege of peeling the tongue after it was cooked, but it's quite daunting for somebody who is not used to it. I laughed so hard. Thanks for bringing back those memories.

I love how he needed more and more wine as he handled the tongue. 😂❤

Grew up in a haitian household and this was a staple meat for us too! It has THEE best texture. I would get excited to eat this on sundays. Although I grew up in America, I'm always so shocked at how many North Americans don't use all of the animal in their cooking. Proud of you for trying new things.

Years ago when I was visiting friends in Belgium, the family grandmother prepared tongue which was apparently a great honor for us. They only had it on very special occasions. It was new to me but being young (yes...many many years ago) and adventurous and definitely not wanting to offend this lovely lady, my friends and I plunged in. Like Jamie, I was so surprised at how good it was. Of course being a special recipe, grande-mere (she insisted we call her that) had gone to great lengths to make it a real celebratory feast and we couldn't have been more appreciative. She giggled at all our compliments and applauded our appetites. A great memory that was brought back to life by this very welcome video. Thanks Jamie.

I truly love that you push yourself outside of your comfort zone with these dishes. Next time you order Mexican food, check the menu for a burrito or taco “de lengua” (tongue). They’re awesome!

✨Jamie adds an extra allspice corn✨ "What the heck? I'm not driving" 🤣❤️ I love this channel.

This reminds me so much of my moms cooking. We're German and she made tongue for dinner often. I didn't realize I was supposed to be grossed out by it until I was older and chatting with friends about dinners growing up. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Love the special guest appearance from hers truly! Beautiful lady!

I'm so glad you liked it! Take some of that leftover tongue, chop it into small chunks and saute' it for a bit. Take a corn tortilla, chopped onions and cilantro and make a soft taco. Add salsa and give it a squirt of lime. Delicious!

Watching Jamie get drunk just so he can make this recipe is everything.

You had me laughing so much - tears running down. I love tongue -- my mother used to cook it in a tomato and onion sauce, delicious. I used to serve it pretty regularly to my own family, all blissfully unaware of the whole cooking process. But I remember my teenage daughter catching me in the act of peeling the tongue one day. She ran out of there screaming and when she finished gagging, she made me swear NEVER to cook tongue ever again, and I haven't.

Tongue was a Christmas staple around our house, with a mushroom cream sauce, mashed potatoes and peas. It's great, and I hope people remain squemish about it, because that means it's cheaper for us! I've also made calves tongue, which is even more tender (though like all veal, a bit blander in flavour), and makes for a fun 1 person portion if you can get over the horror of eating a baby cow's tongue.

If you actually slice it thin it makes great sandwiches. I served it once at a party and simply told the guests it was hot roast beef sandwiches. They all commented at how tender it was.

Lengua is one of those things where my parents allowed me to proudly say is "my favorite meal" and "I would never eat tongue" in the same sentence. It's very mind over matter, peeling the outer layer is definitely the hardest part so you did great!!

For Christmas one year I went to my friends’ house for their holiday dinner and tongue was part of it. It was good - reminded me of pot roast! But I made the mistake of looking in the pot it was boiled in, and there were the tips of 5 big-ass tongues pointing up at me. It was disturbing. I think I deserved credit for actually eating it after the visual. You’re brave, Jamie, and you were rewarded!❤❤

I am always excited when I run across a new channel. If I like it as much as this one, I go on a marathon watch. I relate to same many of his experiences. As a child, my mother would cook cow kidneys. I could smell them from the bus stop and would dread every step home.

If you have not been to a New York deli and ordered a tongue sandwich on rye with mustard you have missed a much better sandwich than a fatty corned beef sandwich. It's good Mexican style too. I have cooked it at home too. It never fails to delight.

I am always amazed by your courage. I'm French, and I don't dare to tackle this dish that I like so much. My parents used to make it when I was little. They had two fantastic recipes: Tongue in Madeira sauce, (Madeira is a cooked wine a bit like Porto, I think) and tongue in gribiche sauce, a sauce with capers. You can also make it with a hot sauce, it's very good. At home, we used to eat it with tagliatelle or rice. Sometimes with baked golden potatoes. Just a strange detail for me, the way to prepare your asparagus. First time I've seen someone "massacring" poor, nice asparagus that didn't deserve to be chopped so much. I mean, if you enjoyed your dish, well, that's all that matters. Maybe thanks to you I will find the courage to try this dish that I haven't eaten in years. So, thanks to you and Julia. Long live good food, good wine and... Greetings from France 🇫🇷

What a fantastic episode! I wish more people had your attitude toward trying new things. I love the terror and enlightenment of discovery in this episode. Been enjoying these Jamie and Julia segments for a while now. You’re an excellent raconteur and your videos never disappoint! Thank you!!!!!

I’m not sure there’s enough wine 🍷 for me to do this. But I so appreciate you.

We ate cow tongue quite a bit growing up. I like it a lot in Mexican dishes.

Braised, pulled apart, finished under the broiler, into some fresh homemade corn tortillas with cilantro, chopped onions, a squeeze of lime, salt, and some tomatillo salsa- that's a pro level move right there.

You just cranking out top tier videos! Every single one is such a treat. I also love reading all the comments from people who grew up with all these various dishes. Really heartwarming.

Damn, this should've been the halloween episode 😂

In japan they have whole restaurants that do beef tongue (negishi). Some of them slice it thin and barbecue them and it tastes incredible

It's a shame that offal is so rarely found in the US. There are some seriously good recipes out there for it. Our ancestors made sure to eat as much of an animal as possible and dressing up offal is one way. I remember that we occasionally ate tongue at home with a very mustardy sauce. Leftover sandwiches were great too!!!

I grew up eating tongue & still love it. Peeling it after mom boiled it used to be one of my tasks and I always thought it was fun. I had a lengua quesadilla for lunch on wednesday!

Coming from a family with roots in rural Ontario, my father who grew up in 1920s was every so often overtaken by the urge to recreate foods from his childhood, tongue included. The difference was not however to create a hot meal but to make cold tongue sandwiches.

TONGUE! The food that tastes you back! We had a Middle Eastern place neaby that served braised sheep tongue - it was so good. Yours looks fabulous! Glad you liked it - I think it tastes like beefier beef. Around here tongue is crazy expensive now - heavy Brazilian and Mexican neighborhood - all offal is expensive. But FREE lamb bones for soup at the Moroccan grocery store!

Probably my favorite episode by far. Different in a very pleasant way. Felt like I was a guest at your table watching you prepare a meal. What an episode!

What a hoot! Wine and more wine... only to discover just how good and flavorful tongue can actually be. As an American in Scotland many years ago, our family was introduced to tongue and as it was sliced very, very thinly, we used it in sandwiches on rye with mustard and sliced onions and it was fantastic! LOVED this episode.... thanks for the laughs and being able to read all the comments below on the memories you invoked from all the other subscribers who have enjoyed tongue over the years.

You are a brave man. Not shying away from these recipes. 👏

Tongue is one of my absolute favorite meats. Here in Mexico we have tongue tacos, but also different stews which are absolutely incredible.

I’m laughing at your courage through wine. That peeling was something to get through. I’m glad you enjoyed the dish!

LOVED this video! Grew up LOVING beef tongue. Up until 5 years ago beef tongue, ox tails were amongst the cheapest meats. Now beef tongue and ox tails can run $20! Beef tongue done well is akin to perfectly cooked filet mignon.

OH NO I'm getting flashbacks to that one time when I was a kid and my mom made beef tounge for a holiday party. When I realized that the tounge was actually, you know, a tounge, I cried for hours. I was so scared of it.

The great thing about this channel, it is more interesting to watch the recipes you will never plan on making than ones you want to make.

H's really channeling his inner Julia with this episode. She was a big fan of drinking while cooking. I would also really like to see an episode of James & Julia were he's drunk(on wine of course!) and has to make one of Julia's more complicated dishes.

I haven't gagged and laughed at the same time this hard in my life, thanks Jamie, I think I needed that. Another fine job, bravo!

I grew up on a cattle ranch and we ate tongue somewhat often! Even as a kid I enjoyed it, so crazy tender! There was definitely some cringing the first couple times preparing it though hahaha

There is not enough wine in the world for that one. But dang, I love this channel.

I always think of tongue as similar to oxtail in the way that people don't eat it so much in America, but I don't know why. They're both meaty and beefy, inexpensive, and taste nice braised. Apparently cow tongue is something my grandparents and great grandparents cooked and ate often, but I've only had once.

Tongue tacos and a tonguewich at the deli. Two of my favorites. I always was reminded of bologna.

Cow tongue is so good! Ate it all the time growing up in Colombia and I’m always excited to see it on menus in the states! Happy to see that the more adventurous recipes you’ve made so far didn’t keep you from giving this a try 😁

Great presentation. For someone who has cooked numerous tounges this was a new way to serve it. I used to serve cold, thinly sliced with mashed potatoes and braised veggies and salad. Just reducing the stock for sauce or save it for something else. Soup perhaps. Left over meat for sandwiches

I dunno how it's prepared but, along the southern Texas/Mexico border, the Mexican bakeries sell things like tamales, prepared beef cheek, and prepared beef tongue. The beef tongue and beef cheek are so tender and goes so well in tacos.

I pressure cook my beef tongue, it cooks quickly and comes out great. A lot of cultures eat tongue and while it seems gross, it is actually very good. I like it served with mustard, that is how my family always served it.

Beef tongue is delicious! Never understood why some people are so freaked out by it. It's just muscle meat. Tender, delicious muscle meat. You should try pork cheeks some time (I'm positive Julia has a recipe for those). Another overlooked cut that people are grossed out by even though it's some of the tastiest, most delicate meat in existence. Easy to prepare, too.

Try cut it in small cubes and mix with potatoes, onions, boiled carrots, pickles (all in cubes) and mayo. I absolutely love this salad :)

Having some freaky memories of my parents making beef tongue as a kid, gotta be honest, I was not prepared for how much this video makes me want to get some beef tongue and make it. 😃

You are the best. I laughed so much when you started slurping the wine!!! I don’t care how one rationalized it, tongue is weird. Great job on your part. Thanks.

En Colombia es un plato muy normal de la gastronomía,mi mamá hacía y sabe muy rico

The best yet. 18 minutes of much needed humor. Thanks!

This video is everything I love about this channel: You are pushing the boundaries of your comfort and technical skills, making well informed decisions along the way, and being genuinely surprised at the end!

In my country, we boil the tongue until fork tender, scrap the outer skin and all the tendons attached to it. We sliced it thinly and cooking in a buttery creamy mushroom sauce. It's one of my favorite Filipino dish. It's called Lengua 😊

I love pickled tongue. I call tongue "the meal that tastes you back!"

Beef tongue is legit delicious. Fussy to prepare, yes, but the taste is just like roast beef. Highly recommend.

Cheers! This was a great episode, and of course, I love tongue, you made this look like a 5 star meal, and it was a lot of fun to watch you cook it.

This is DEFINITELY one that I will live vicariously through you. Well done! Bon appetite. Auvoir.

My mum used to cook “ox tongue” when I was little, it was my favourite. I just can’t bring myself to deal with skinning it. 🇦🇺

You are a braver man than I. No way could I do Tongue. Aspic, no problem. Tongue, Big problem!! Love the Channel!!!

I grew up on a beef farm. Beef tongue was a treat. Tongue sandwich with homemade chili sauce on toasted bread…heavenly.

Bro your killin it your getting better with every video good job!

Growing up in the 60s, Mom made it on a regular basis. A few years ago my daughter's then boyfriend worked at a local commercial butcher and was always bringing home the "unwanted" parts, including, liver, kidney and tongue. I enjoyed tongue once again and another daughter is a huge tongue fan and loves it when the local taco truck has it available.

Lmao someone was too drunk to deal with the severity of this recipe 🤣 the tongue peeling got me

I've been watching you for awhile but after the tongue and you just being you I finally had to comment and say thank you for making me laugh out loud EVERYTIME I watch you! TY for another great video! Au revoir! 👍 😆🤣

That actually looks really good honestly. So I've always heard that if cooked properly, it's just like eating a really good pot roast. I keep wanting to buy one and try cooking it, but its the having to boil and skin it that always stops me. So I have a really weak stomach and get sick very easily and I'm afraid I'll 🤢🤮 while skinning it. I may have to bribe someone to help me, like I'll do the rest of the cooking, if they'll skin it for me. Cause I would really love to try it. Also, I have what is to me a funny story. So I have family out in California (I'm in Florida). So my uncle took my cousins (his 2 daughters) out to dinner and ordered what he told them was basically just pot roast. Well, they liked it and bragged about it. Then he told them what it was and they didn't like it anymore and were so mad at him. And sure, he should have been honest, but I thought it was funny. Besides, they liked it, at first. 😅

Absolute delicacy in my country (Lithuania)! You can eat it as the main dish (like in your episode, but we would cook some potatos instead the baguette), as a snack/appetizer (served with mayonese (/mixed with canned green peas) or mustard and bread - old fasioned style), or just put on a sandwich - it always brings just a pure happiness (every time can't resist to chew few pieces like a candy, with nothing else). Yes, it's expensive, so we usually eat it for the special occasions like Christmas, Easter or some other important family gatherings. Also here not easy to find it fresh (uncooked) which is preferable instead of just buying already boiled from the supermarket. Your dish looks delicious, inspires me to make it as soon as I can find a beef tongue to buy. P.S. No need to trim that part you did - same good if not even better, felt like a treasure waste.

I probably won’t be trying beef tongue, but I really just enjoy watching you and your cooking skills progress. Thank you!

That look of pleasant surprise at the end was perfect. Good on you!

beef tongue is absolutely delicious!

I love when Jamie surprises himself and his face brightens up. He's already ridonkulously attractive, but the surprised look takes it to 11.

When I was a child (we׳re talking the 1960s here) we sometimes had tongue for dinner. I remember it as a real treat, but I also remember my dad cooking it because my mother refused to go anywhere near it. I don't think we had any fancy sauce, but there were several bay leaves involved, Dad's cooking repertoire being limited. Anyway, it was a family favorite (except, of course, for Mom). Thanks for the memories and a new idea for when and if I ever get back to cooking.

I was tired of all cooking channels making the same recipes, happy to found your channel yours videos are funny and very well produce

So strange that Americans don't consider tongue to be regular meat, but they do consider "American cheese" to be cheese. I grew up eating tongue in Germany. It was my favourite kind of meat as a child. Btw, your tongue looks amazing, much fancier than what I got back then.

Thanks for this. When my stomach settles back down I will consider eating tongue the next time it’s offered. The issue is, as we say in medicine, supratentorial. ❤

Loved today I learned about the joys of tongue in high school- have never cooked one. Bravo!

Loved the segment.

Let’s goo

You are absolutely correct the hardest part is getting over the visual of eating "a giant a** tongue." That takes my mind to a completely different place.......but a very funny one.

I loved this video. We eat beef tongue as often as we can and it's delicious, your sauce and asparagus is perfect!. You really are a marvel of encouragement to people, showing just what determination can do!!!

Jaime, so proud of you 😊! When I was 17, Colombian girlfriends made tongue and I went eeeeww. They challenged me to take a bite and I never groused about it again. Thanks for the video and this recipe. Loved it!

I'm only 4 mimosas deep but i'm all ready for some boiled beef tongue nawimsayincuz

Hope that toungue is a delight to yours! 😜

Love your channel!! I found it not too long ago, but I wish I found it earlier. I know you're gonna have 1M+ subscribers one day!!

This video was perfect from top to bottom! It was also adorable watching you get more and more tipsy in anticipation of the T O N G U E 😂

I will eat a lot of things but tongue is not on the menu.

here first!

I'm so proud of you! I avoided tongue for sooooo long because I didn't realize it had to be peeled. Once I tried it though I was hooked! Lingua (tongue) tacos are very yummy, and I highly recommend them.

Lengua (beef tongue) tacos are soooo good and are a great way to introduce it to someone for the first time :)

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One of your best episodes! Bet you would be a great DAD! Love you Jamie!

I kept skipping this video but finally decided to suck it up & watch since you, Jamie, were able to do so to cook it. I doubt I’d ever cook beef tongue but at least I know how it’s done. So glad you enjoyed the wine!!!

I appreciate how you acknowledge your discomfort and still forge ahead.

Your program is excellent. The complex recipes and intricate techniques don't seem so daunting, when executed by someone whose skill level is closer to my own. Which I mean as a compliment.