HEAD CHEESE (HOGS)

Thanks for posting Peggi... very educational....

Thank you Colleen!

I have fond memories of the wonderful headcheese my mother used to make. I have no idea of the ingredients she used, but I do remember that she put the mixture into cheese cloth and then turned it until it was real tight against the mixture and put a heavy weight on it to squeeze any excess moisture out of it.

I think I have heard of doing something like that Carol. We used to eat it on sandwiches like lunchmeat. How did you guys eat it?

We also used it as a sandwich meat. I really loved the taste of that meat. I recall my mother would can beef and also they would keep it in the basement in huge crocks covered with a thick layer of fat. All of it tasted good, but, I liked the canned beef best. It was so good. You don't get flavor like that out of a can of store bought meat. I am trying to find how to can like mom. I recall that she would have large quantities of chunks of beef browning in the oven before she canned it, but that is all.

I've read up on doing meat that way. I can deer meat but I pressure it in quart jars. I have several old cook books & ones from about 10 yers ago on doing things the old ways. When I get a chance, maybe mid week next week, I will look some up for you.

I thought this club was going to be fun, but I think I'll look for more civilized recipes. You don't find "stuff" like this on Taste of Home, THANK GOODNESS. Just reading the recipes makes me go Blechhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Margaret, there are literally thousands of recipes on this site & you are judging it on one recipe?? Have you even tried this?? No!! There is nothing uncivilized at all about this recipe. It is actually very good! It tastes like a good lunch meat!

Do you know what goes into hot dogs or bologna?? My husband worked at a meat packing company & he will eat this & he will eat mountain oysters & turkey fries (nuts), but he won't eat a hot dog or bologna!! Because he knows what goes into them.

If you knew what was in some of the things you buy from the grocery store, you WOULD be sick. Do you know they allow a certain number of flies to be ground per pound of hamburger meat that goes down the conveyor belt?? No way of keeping them all out. Seen that on a documentary!! No joke!!

Oh, & not to mention the rats that go down the conveyor belt that carries your civilized store bought canned vegetables, BEFORE they are canned. They crawl all over the so called fresh vegetables. Knew several people that worked at a canning factory! Knew some that quit because of it. Now that makes me go Blechhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Question??? If these recipes offend you, why don't you just stop reading them when you come to them & go on to the next recipe?

I'm simply stating what is, & in no way jumping onto you about what you like or don't like. You have the right to express your opinion, but you should broaden your horizons & realize what is before speaking up.

To each his own I guess. In my mind, there is nothing more uncivilized than killing something and then letting some of it go to waste. Headcheese tastes better than almost any of the sandwich meats you buy nowadays. Only a fool would turn their nose up at using all of what the good Lord gives us to work with.

And, Peggy, I thank you in advance for any of the old recipes you can give me.