traditional polish head cheese

[TasunkaWitko]

lynsey -

if you do make it, feel free to take some pix and post up at FOTW, and to here, so folks can see that it's not enarly as bad as they might think ~

hey rich -

it just occurred to me that your local slaughterhouse would probably give those things away.....

[Mark R]

. Prolly won't find ears tho, dangit. My favorite.

......................Any petfood store..................

[Richtee]

Any petfood store

No, silly...they gotta be FRESH! Sheesh!

[Mark R]

The pet store stuff isn't fresh, Max will be so offended.....Naa don't care they gone.

[lynsey123]

First what's FOTW and second I can't wait to make it I love headcheese.

[Mark R]

Why do they call it head cheese when it's made from feet...and knuckles?












Never mind, I really don't want to know! REALLY

[crusty ol salt]

Allright. I don't have any pix of the dish or process so I'll look around and see if I can get some fresh feet. Prolly won't find ears tho, dangit. My favorite.

you just need to move a little closer to smithfield va, just walked by the pork case @ food lion and they had fresh ones... eck!

[TasunkaWitko]

hey, lynsey - FOTW is my foods of the world forum (see link in my signature line).

it's a great place to find some real, world-wide eating from just about every corner of the globe, and we're getting better every day ~

hope to see you there!

http://foodsoftheworld.activeboards.net

[lynsey123]

hey, lynsey - FOTW is my foods of the word forum (see link in my signature line).

it's a great place to find some real, world-wide eating from just about every corner of the globe, and we're getting better every day ~

hope to see you there!

http://foodsoftheworld.activeboards.net

Thanks Buddy looks good.
I will post it there when I make it for sure.

[erain]

you know you want some ~

sorry Tas... been around the stuff my whole life. cannot force meself to eat it... just something about that jello stuff from the joints etc. am sure to those who are into that stuff it great but couldnt help myself from posting when i read the "you know you want some"... nope nope and nope...

my dad used to dunk it in vinegar... he said he loved it too, i always thought the vinegar to kill the taste lol!!!

[GratefulDave]

traditional polish head cheese

2 ham hocks
2 trotters, split down the middle
2 thick-cut pork chops
1 bulb garlic
1 onion, diced
2 tbsp salt
10 laurel leaves
any desired flavors such as pepper flakes, herbs etc.


it's a process that takes a few hours, but with a little investment of time (click here for the entire method) you can take this:



and turn it into this:



and it really, really tastes great. the gals at the office might be afraid when they see it at the pot-luck:



but maybe they will try it and discover something good.

That looks freakin awesome! I'd hit that for sure, and if you want the gals at work to try it, just don't tell em what it is until they have tasted it already. But seriously though, what's wrong w/ hocks and chops? Nothing imho. I have been wanting to do this at work recently as we have an abundance of actual pig's heads. Would this method work the same way if I was to boil down skinless heads? I thought thats what 'head cheese' was.

Dave

[TasunkaWitko]

mark and dave - yep, that's exactly how head cheese was originally made- with heads, hence the name. i am assuming that the head had enough colalgen to make the gelatin, but just to be sure, it probably wouldn't hurt to throw in a couple of feet as well.

erain - i know what you mean and i put it off for years because of the same reason. finally tried it and glad that i did! the kdis were pretty amazed to find out that the jell-o they love so much come from the same source. just different flavours.

lynsey - hope you try it and like it, and hope to see you at the FOTW. we can always use more members from outside the USA to help teach us about the foods of the world!