Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I suppose it does keep for quite a while thanks to the vinegar, salt, lime and lemon. I just found it in an old farmhouse recipe book on curing pork, so it must be a form of preserve from the days before refrigerators. Actually sounds pretty horrid to me - pig's cheeks are best deep fried - the skin goes lovely and crackly Douglas H. Ball Arche wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >