Red Ox Tongue

Ingredients

• Wash the tongue thoroughly
• rub it with saltpetre
• a little brown sugar
• season it with whole pepper
• add a little cold salted water
• an onion
• a carrot
• a bay-leaf
• a little parsley

Method

1. 1

   Wash the tongue thoroughly and soak for two days.

2. 2

   Rub with saltpetre and brown sugar, season with whole pepper, and add cold salted water.

3. 3

   Soak for four days, turning daily.

4. 4

   Boil in water with brine, onion, carrot, bay leaf, and parsley.

5. 5

   Once done, skin and place in a dish, pouring the strained liquor over it.

6. 6

   Let it cool in the gravy for better flavor.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The thorough good cook (1895) by George Augustus Sala, page 126. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Red Ox Tongue Ck l':Scarlate). Wash the tongue thoroughly, and leave it to soak during two days, after which rub it with saltpetre and a little bro-wTQ sugar ; season it with whole pej^per, and add a little cold salted water; leave it to soak in this four days, taking care to turn it every day ; then put it on to boil in water, to which you may add a little of the brine, an onion, a carrot, a bay-leaf, and a little parsley

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