Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If left potted for a while does it more or less pickle? ----- Original Message ---- From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:27:25 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Dead pig head Clean them extremely well, and boil them; take for sauce part of the liquor, and add vinegar, lime or lemon juice, salt, cayenne, black and Jamaica pepper; put in, either cut down or whole, the head and feet; boil all together for an hour, and pour it into a deep dish. It is eaten cold with mustard and vinegar. Must be similar to what P O'B meant, this is for the whole head and feet, but the only really meaty bits of the head are the cheeks and a bit of the snout anyway. Cheers Douglas H. Ball Arche wrote: >> >From time to time the discussion here has wandered into the realms of >> >various sorts of pig products (scrapple comes immediately to mind) many >> >of which include face meat. I'm not at all squeamish about it and have >> >enjoyed some of these food more than others more than others (Tamales - >> >Yum! Headcheese, not so much). >> > > But there's something that, having read Patrick O'Brian's novels I've > never seen and am quite curious about. > What, exactly is Soused Hog's Face; how is it prepared, and what does it > look like on being served? Is it any good? > > Firsthand descriptions and images would especially be appreciated - I've > already googled it without much luck. > > And oh yeah, if you've ever actually had a Drowned Baby I'd like to know > about that too. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >