The Gift Of Chicken Livers

My very good friend who was preparing a meal for her family to celebrate Passover called me from the big supermarket in town. She was standing in the meat aisle looking at chicken livers. Apparently the ‘big store’ chicken livers looked a bit pale and she was considering what kind of additives were included in a 1 pound package of commercial chicken organs. From what she described, they didn’t look too appealing and let’s face it… if you’re going to eat organ meat, then eat good, healthy, organ meat. From the store aisle, she decided to call me while thinking, “I bet Denise has some chicken livers”. Of course, we have chicken livers! I told my friend to come on over and get what she needs, but to please come before 9:00 a.m., we have a group coming to walk the gardens. “Can you leave them in the mailbox?” she asked. Of course, I’ll put them in a container with some ice (the chicken livers were frozen).
She quickly shared the recipe she’d be using passed down from her great-grandmother. We spoke about the journey different cultures have travelled to get to safe shores, so often leaving so much behind. Family recipes were at least one thing people could take with them, and here was Cathy, several generations forward making use of this family heirloom…a Passover dish made with chicken livers. My great joy is that I live in a place where diversity is celebrated, that my friend can call me to see if I have any extra chicken livers, and that it doesn’t seem strange at all to leave them in the mailbox. Does anybody need chicken livers? there’s still more!