I think I would have ended up in the business anyway. In college I baked bread and sold it to friends and at the local co-op to pay my rent, was very interested in food. I suppose that job may have set me on that path. Hm.
It's pressure fried. I think ours was battered but I'm not sure.
I love livers (had beef livers for dinner tonight), except for pork livers. Yuck. I think the only hearts I've ever had were chicken.