To Cook a Pig's Head
From How we cook in Tennessee .., 1906
Serves 4
Add water when needed. Clean the head well at first, soak it in salt and water overnight so it will be white and gravy light color.
Presented as published in 1906. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from How we cook in Tennessee .. (1906) by Jackson (Tenn.). First Baptist Church. The Silver Thimble Society., page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
To Cook a Pig's Head. — Parboil it for half an hour, then take it out, wash and scrape off the scum; then put on again and cover with fresh water and boil till perfectly done and the water reduced by boiling till just enough for gravy. Dress with hard-boiled eggs sliced; decorate with parsley. It takes from breakfast till dinner, say four or five hours
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