I love head cheese! But isn't real "head cheese" made with pig or calf's head? I made something like this recently with pigs feet and pigs tongue. It had vinegar and cajun spices - in cajun country they call it "souse". People are grossed out by the idea, but it is low fat, nutritious and utilises the odds and ends. I look forward to recipes for scrapple and blood sausage.
I love head cheese and I'd like to try this recipe. If I can get the various shanks which here seems not so easy to do. I will have to ask the proper butcher.
I love pickled pigs feet too! When I was a kid my mother would marinate pickled pigs feet with olive oil, garlic,roseemary and parsley. We may have been the only kids in town who liked pigs feet.
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OK, I won't be trying this but it brings back memories, my daddy loved it~
ReplyDeleteEw...I had to pick today to come back? I'm familiar with the product, was never sure what was in it. It gives me a chill.
ReplyDeleteI love head cheese! But isn't real "head cheese" made with pig or calf's head? I made something like this recently with pigs feet and pigs tongue. It had vinegar and cajun spices - in cajun country they call it "souse". People are grossed out by the idea, but it is low fat, nutritious and utilises the odds and ends. I look forward to recipes for scrapple and blood sausage.
ReplyDeleteI remember my grandfather eating pickled pig's feet. Sorry but I can't even THINK about eating either!! Thank you for the chuckle though!
ReplyDeleteI love head cheese and I'd like to try this recipe. If I can get the various shanks which here seems not so easy to do. I will have to ask the proper butcher.
ReplyDeleteI love pickled pigs feet too! When I was a kid my mother would marinate pickled pigs feet with olive oil, garlic,roseemary and parsley. We may have been the only kids in town who liked pigs feet.
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