Potted Head

Ingredients

• Take the half of a bullock's head
• also a cow heel
• let them stay in the water three hours
• season with pepper
• season with salt

Method

1. 1

   Soak the bullock's head and cow heel in warm water for three hours, then boil until tender.

2. 2

   Cut into small pieces and set aside.

3. 3

   Strain the boiling liquor, let it cool to skim off the fat, then boil for half an hour.

4. 4

   Season with pepper and salt to taste.

5. 5

   Pour into a mold and cool to form a jelly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 445. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

POTTED HEAD. Take the half of a bullock's head and clean it ; soak it in warm water ; also a cow heel ; let them stay in the water three hours, then boil them until tender. When done cut them in small pieces and lay them aside ; then strain the liquor in which they have been boiled ; let stand until cold, so that the fat may be easily skimmed off; put the whole into a saucepan ; boil for half an hour ; season with pepper

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