Spiced Beef Tongue

Ingredients

• Rub into a tongue
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• a piece of saltpetre the size of a kernel of corn
• a tablespoon of ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
• Put it in a strong brine of salt and water
• Put in a small dripping-pan with a little water

Method

1. 1

   Rub a mixture of brown sugar, saltpetre, ground cloves, and black pepper into the tongue.

2. 2

   Put it in a strong brine of salt and water to cover, and let stand for a week or 10 days.

3. 3

   Take out, wash, and dry.

4. 4

   Roll in a paste made of flour and water.

5. 5

   Bake slowly until done.

6. 6

   When done, remove the paste and skin, set away to cool.

7. 7

   Serve very cold, sliced thin.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 239. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SPICED BEEF TONGUE.— Rub into a tongue a mixture of 1 cup of brown sugar, a piece of saltpetre the size of a kernel of corn, a tablespoon of ground cloves, and y^. teaspoon of black pepper. Put it in a strong brine of salt and water, enough to cover, and let stand a week or 10 days. Take out, wash and dry. Roll in a paste made of flour and water. Put in a small dripping-pan with a little water

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