Name: Head Cheese
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 fresh pig; 1 strong muslin bag; 2 flat surfaces; 1 heavy weight on top

Original Recipe

Boil the forehead, ears and feet, and nice scraps trimmed from the hams of a fresh pig, until the meat will almost drop from the bones. Then separate the meat from the bones, put in a large chopping-bowl, and season with pepper, salt, sage and summer savory. Chop it rather coarsely; put it back in the same kettle it was boiled in, with just enough of the liquor in which it was boiled to prevent its burning; warm it through thoroughly, mixing it well together. Now pour it into a strong muslin bag, press the bag between two flat surfaces, with a heavy weight on top; when cold and solid it can be cut in slices. Good cold, or warmed up in vinegar.

1 fresh pig
1 strong muslin bag
2 flat surfaces
1 heavy weight on top

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Boil the forehead, ears and feet, and nice scraps trimmed from the hams of a fresh pig, until the meat will almost drop from the bones.
2

Then separate the meat from the bones, put in a large chopping-bowl, and season with pepper, salt, sage and summer savory.
3

Chop it rather coarsely; put it back in the same kettle it was boiled in, with just enough of the liquor in which it was boiled to prevent its burning; warm it through thoroughly, mixing it well together.
4

Now pour it into a strong muslin bag, press the bag between two flat surfaces, with a heavy weight on top; when cold and solid it can be cut in slices.
5

Good cold, or warmed up in vinegar.

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