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Pig's Cheek, Pickled

From Cassell's dictionary of cookery, 1892

Serves 2

Sufficient for eight or ten 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 1181. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Pig's Cheek, Pickled.— Split open a pig's head, take out the brains, cut out the snout, and chop off the upper bone, to make the cheeks a good shape. Rub the cheeks with salt, and let them lie for two or three days. Put a handful of common salt, half a pound of bay salt, half an ounce of saltpetre, four ounces of moist sugar, and a pennyworth of cochineal, PIG ( 554 ) PIG in a pint of strong ale

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