Potted Tongue

Ingredients

• Root of a tongue
• 4 tablespoons butter
• i cup cold roast beef
• Cayenne
• nutmeg
• Pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Remove the hard outside, also the under side and gristly parts of the tongue; chop it fine.

2. 2

   To the tongue, add the roast beef, chop and pound both, adding the butter, cayenne, and a pinch of nutmeg; add salt if necessary.

3. 3

   Press into pots, run some clarified butter over it; it will keep any length of time.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Left-overs made palatable (1902) by Isabel Gordon Curtis, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potted tongue and potted meat make excellent sandwich fillings. POTTED TONGUE Root of a tongue 4 tablespoons butter Cayenne and nutmeg i cup cold roast beef Pepper and salt

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