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Post by gridbug on Mar 30, 2011 13:23:53 GMT -5
Does anyone know any good tips, tricks, or recipes for cooking pig heads?
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Post by ssmynkint on Mar 30, 2011 13:48:09 GMT -5
Tip: Don't do it.
Have butcher split the head.
Typically it would be "cleaned" by boiling it in water, drain and rinse, reboil, skimming "foam" (scum) from surface.
Flesh can be used in making force-meat or sausage, stews with other end parts (ears, feet, tails) or served as boiled meats with a pungent sauce (horseradish). Can also be spiced, oiled and baked after cleaning.
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Bryan Stone
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I'll give it six months.
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Post by Bryan Stone on Mar 30, 2011 13:56:50 GMT -5
sounds disgusting
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Post by ssmynkint on Mar 30, 2011 15:10:02 GMT -5
Yeah, pretty much.
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Post by TNBear on Mar 30, 2011 19:32:05 GMT -5
Sounds disgusting indeed. I love me some headcheese no matter what it sounds like.
Umm, BS you may wish to no longer partake of any form of sausage, including hot dogs, if those ingredients make you quesy.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Mar 31, 2011 10:34:22 GMT -5
I remember watching my grandmother preparing head cheese....my uncle would carry a hog's head into the large kitchen sink, and gramma would do everything else.
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Post by BlackFox on Mar 31, 2011 10:53:54 GMT -5
I was sent to Turkey in 1998 by the company I work for. While I was being driven around in the abject poverty of Gazentep, my driver pulled over to a little roadside, open air, "restaurant", and proceded to try and get me to to try a soup that was boiling in a large cauldron. I looked in and a pigs head was bobbin around in there. "No thanks", I said.
That was one CRAAAAAAZY week.
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Post by ssmynkint on Mar 31, 2011 11:56:21 GMT -5
Pig head in Muslim Turkey? Crazy indeed.
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Bryan Stone
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I'll give it six months.
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Post by Bryan Stone on Mar 31, 2011 12:25:20 GMT -5
not a problem
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Post by BlackFox on Mar 31, 2011 12:58:29 GMT -5
Pig head in Muslim Turkey? Crazy indeed. You know what? You're right. It was a goats head. My bad. I'll have to re-tell that story in a future goat head thread. |
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Post by ssmynkint on Mar 31, 2011 13:36:59 GMT -5
As you wish. ;D
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Post by SunnyKC on Apr 1, 2011 14:41:41 GMT -5
I'm going for a crispy skinned roasted pig head.. not really interested in head chese or souse meat.. not gonna even ttake out the brains.. gonna let starr do that!
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Post by gridbug on Apr 6, 2011 7:27:00 GMT -5
What a way to start the day. I look in the fridge to find breakfast and see dinner looking back out at me  |
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Even cuter?
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Post by Babs on Apr 6, 2011 9:13:49 GMT -5
Put a little black bag over it's head.
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Post by gridbug on Apr 7, 2011 8:41:22 GMT -5
Cover it? I am more tempted to draw a Frito Bandito mustache on it!
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Post by harsh on Apr 7, 2011 8:58:47 GMT -5
Put a little black bag over it's head. Are you one of the cooks at Gitmo? |
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Post by gridbug on Apr 11, 2011 12:00:34 GMT -5
BTW - the head turned out rather delicious. Most of what was there was skin and fat, but once separated the meat was very good. Of course that skin & fat got boiled to make stock. I can't say I'll rush out and get another, but then again this probably won't be the last pig head I cook.
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Post by ssmynkint on Apr 11, 2011 12:25:51 GMT -5
Good job!
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Post by SunnyKC on Apr 12, 2011 10:32:19 GMT -5
Quite tasty!! I have yet to give the skull to Starr.. I'm going to ahve to separate them.. since we got 2 parts of pig head.. and 3 big dogs!
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Post by Justin Thyme on Apr 12, 2011 10:50:23 GMT -5
I just need to know, did you serve the pig head with cat head biscuits?
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Post by gridbug on Apr 12, 2011 11:49:30 GMT -5
One can make biscuits out of cat heads?!? Hey KC - how many cats are hanging out at your house these days?
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Apr 12, 2011 15:42:31 GMT -5
You could have used dog-eared napkins.
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