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Calf's Head Brawn

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 10

Time: three to four hours. Sufficient for six or seven persons.

Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 298. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Calf's Head Brawn, — Take half a large calf's head with the skin on. "Wash it well, take out the brains and the soft bone, and lay it in a pickle made of one pound of salt, a quarter of a pound of bay salt, half a pound of moist sugar, and one ounce of saltpetre, boiled in three quarts of water

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