To Boil Tongue

Ingredients

• A tongue that has been salted and dried
• a bunch of savory herbs
• twenty-four hours before it is wanted

Method

1. 1

   Soak the tongue in water, then put it in plenty of cold water with herbs.

2. 2

   Gradually warm for an hour, then simmer for 3.5 to 4 hours.

3. 3

   Choose a plump tongue for best results.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TO BOIL TONGUE. an-d salt if needed ; mix one tablespoonful of melted butter with one heaped tablespoon of flour, and stir into the hot cream ; cover, and keep very hot till served. — Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke. (By per. Pub. of Good Housekeeping .) To Boil Tongue. “ A tongue is so hard, whether prepared by drying or pickling, that it requires much more cooking than a ham : nothing of its weight takes so long to dress properly. “ A tongue that has been salted and dried should be put to soak (if it is old and very hard, twenty-four hours before it is wanted) in plenty of water ; one fresh from the pickle requires soaking only a few hours. Put the tongue into plenty of cold water, with a bunch of savory herbs

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