Head Cheese

I remember homemade head cheese when we butchered a hog on the ranch. I liked it. Probably better than the overly processed foods we now consume in quantity.

I worked in a slaughterhouse. When a old emaciated or sick diseased animal came through the line, the standard joke was "Take good care of this one, boys. She'll be in your lunch box next week." I can't eat bologna to this day.

No one has mentioned Rocky Mountain Oysters?

Deep fried rocky mountain oysters with a healthy dose of Tabasco...good eatin'.

Pretty well proven that many folks here will eat virtually anything if they eat fast food. RM oysters and other delicacies mentioned in these posts taste better and are probably better for you than fast food.
 
Head cheese was described by that weirdo the kids picked up in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Probably the grossest part of the movie.
My Grandpa Taylor used to let me watch him make his sandwiches for lunch at work. That’s when I learned about cow tongue. He would joke, “This is why cows can’t talk.”
This lunch meat sausage talk is why I only eat Hebrew National hotdogs.
One of my exes and I were at a bar and they had pickled lamb tongue in the six pack cooler and she asked for “whatever is in that jar.” She actually liked it. I’ve eaten quite a few Mezcal worms in my time but they are small and not moving and are pretty well pickled, as I’m sure I was.
 
I'll stick with fried livermush and grape jelly sandwiches.
 
This thread brought back memories. Bout only part of hog haven't had is chittlins and testicles. Saw here what Mama said bout hogs...only part we didn't use was 'the squeal'. She grew up in Depression years. Her conservative ways lasted a lifetime and carried over to me. Make with what's provided.

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Well...now that you mentioned testicles...

This thread brought back memories. Bout only part of hog haven't had is chittlins and testicles. Saw here what Mama said bout hogs...only part we didn't use was 'the squeal'. She grew up in Depression years. Her conservative ways lasted a lifetime and carried over to me. Make with what's provided.

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There is a very small town named Tiro in Ohio near where I live...annually the town has the "Tiro Testicle Festival"...the advertisement for the festival states: "Come to our Tiro Testicle Festival you'll have a ball"...
 
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I prefer blutwurst (blood sausage), made with mystery meat and pig's blood instead of gelatin.
I especially like the version with large junks of beef tongue.

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