Beef heart

When I bought beef heart, I bought 40 lbs. at one time. I cut them in half and put a half in a gallon ziplock bag and froze them. Then as I needed it, I thawed a half and cut it up into half pound amounts and bagged them separately like that.

Thanks.

Don't cook it.  You would loose a lot of the nutrient value that way.

its one of our staple foods - others might chime in but be aware that it is high in iron
I feed it raw and my dog loves it
I cut into 1/2 lb pieces cause that is what i feed him and individually wrap them and freeze them
we buy about 10lbs at a time

I will feed it raw.
 
I also got a great deal on beef liver which I never fed before either. 
 
Which should I feed first? 
Should I cook the liver?  If I freeze without cooking, will the liver decompose? Which has less propensity for causing stomach upset?
 
Thanks.

Liver is too rich for some dogs and causes diarrhea. I've found (which my dogs at least) that it's better to just give them a small amount (a couple of teaspoons or tablespoons, according to size) mixed in with their food (I home cook) 2 or 3 times a week. More than a teeny bit at a time, and they get runny butts.

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I will feed it raw.

I also got a great deal on beef liver which I never fed before either.

Which should I feed first?
Should I cook the liver? If I freeze without cooking, will the liver decompose? Which has less propensity for causing stomach upset?

Thanks.

Liver should only make up 5% of your the total amount your dog should eat for the day.

My dog is 60 lbs. She would eat 1 lb. 3 oz. of raw food a day to maintain that weight. 5% of that is .96 oz. daily. That's ALL she would get a day. Not even an ounce. And I used to have to feed it to her daily or every other day because she'd get bad poop if I fed her a lot of liver at once.

Thanks, guys.  When it comes to liver, I'd better get an eye dropper and tweezers!

"they" say, when homecooking, for organ meat to be between 5-10% of diet.  Organ meat would include kidney, but not heart. Heart is considered a muscle meat, but shouldn't be given in large amounts either.  So, maybe do 4% liver, and 3 or 4% kidney.  edited:  I've not done this yet, just read up on it.

Now, I have not done this yet - still gearing up to do organs, but what I am thinking about doing is getting the liver and kidney and weighing them.  Say I get a pound of each, for a total of two pounds.  I would figure up the percentage per day based on that and figure out how many "portions" or days I would have.

Then, I think I will blend this together with an immersion blender with added water for blending.  It doesn't matter how much water I add, b/c I already know how many portions, in ounces.  Then I could weigh the entire amount after blending with water, and divide that by the number of portions.  I would then have more in ounce weight due to the water, but the organ meat would work out.   Then I will freeze in portions in ice cube tray (rubbermaid makes one where things slide out easily).    Haven't done it - but that's what I am planning for days when I have not pot cooked a lot.

If you pot cook a big reciepe, then you can just add in bulk the appropriate amount to your bulk cooking and then you can put it all into baggies and freeze a couple days worth at a time and then you won't have to worry about a "dropperful" per day since you would be bulk cooking.