A cow heart was my first dissection in school. It was kind of difficult IIRC, we had to OBTAIN our own heart, and that gives you more ownership over the process. Nothing was exactly ruled off limits.
We chose a butcher's
shop and he was like "Why?" and I was like, "The school is going to make me take it apart and examine its structures, apparently."
So he brought out this ENORMOUS oxen heart I mean it was a bit like thanksgiving where you are frantically showering the Turkey for two hours and you STILL eat at 10 pm and it... You are like, every year, "Mom, yes, meat DOES spoil if left unchecked but a giant frozen turkey in the fridge is essentially the same as the freezer unless it's like 3 weeks or whatever." But, it was the biggest heart in the room. We asked if we could use the teacher's um, lounge microwave was a hard NO. So yeah again with the faucet business.
I found it pretty gross, then I discovered my deep love for organ meat. Like ground giblets in GRAVY YES!! Then people ask how you made it so good, and you tell them this special like gluten free corn starch. Which is a total lie.
Under no circumstances go near a Tofurky. Don't do it. I warned you.
Anna
Defrost your meat at the right time, and it will lead you to nirvana. Meatvana. Meat Loaf. Meat Loofah. IDK.