Home-made Potted Tongue

Ingredients

• one pound weight of tongue
• four ounces of the best butter
• a salt-spoonful of pounded mace
• a coffee-cup of beef gravy
• a tea-spoonful of 'spiced pepper'

Method

1. 1

   Remove the skin from the tongue and mince the meat.

2. 2

   Pound it thoroughly, adding butter and gravy.

3. 3

   Pass through a sieve to remove gristle, then mix in mace and spiced pepper.

4. 4

   Pack tightly in a jar, smooth the surface, and pour melted butter on top.

5. 5

   Let it cool.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Culinary jottings (1885) by A. R. Kenney-Herbert, page 123. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

home-made potted tongue as a trust- worthy method of using up meat advantageously : — Take one pound weight of tongue, home-cured, (do not hesitate to pay eight or ten annas for it when fresh : the sum w411 not ruin you, and you will get you money's worth) four ounces of the best butter, a salt-spoonful of pounded mace, a coffee-cup of beef gravy, a tea- spoonful of " spiced peppe

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