I'm eating my own head-cheese.

lashbear · 07-30-2007, 07:54 PM

See attached pics.

I know it as Brawn, but old-fashioned USA cookbooks call it head-cheese, (because it was made of a pigs head, usually.)

I used Ox-tongue and Corned Beef Silverside, both boiled, then chopped fine, then added Veggies.

Made up a nice stiff Aspic (using beef stock and French gelatine sheets with spices: Cayenne, Mace, Cloves, Peppercorns, Juniper Berries.)

Mixed Meat/Veggies and Aspic together, Set in a loaf, and sliced using my roundy-roundy Deli Slicer.

Heaven. I LOVE Brawn.

Love it.

blueerica · 07-30-2007, 08:06 PM

It's like fruitcake for the damned.

OK, I have no idea if it's good - it's just the first thing that popped into my head.

Does it taste as funny as I imagine?

lashbear · 07-30-2007, 08:09 PM

Spicy-meaty. Have you ever had a cold English Pork Pie (with the jelly inside) - it's sort of like that.

I could call it Molded Meat Jello Salad

flippyshark · 07-30-2007, 08:13 PM

But has it got Vegemite in it?

Head Cheese was a food item my friends and I used to joke about. There was a prepackaged version of it available from Oscar-Mayer, and we used to dare one another to touch it (not directly, just through the package). We might have been less horrified if it had been called Brawn. I don't see this product in the sandwich meat case anymore.

Of course, the big cultural touchpoint for head cheese was the hitchhiker in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, who delivers a monologue on the quality of his family's homemade head cheese, just before he starts cutting his hand.

If it weren't for the gelatinous quality of it, I might brave it. Maybe next time I'm in Sydney.

Capt Jack · 07-30-2007, 08:15 PM

Ive had the americanized version. it can make one hella tasty sammich

now Im craving some really good head...cheese that is.

(cant believe I actually posted that)

lashbear · 07-30-2007, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

But has it got Vegemite in it?

Nope ! Maybe next batch

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

There was a prepackaged version of it available from Oscar-Mayer

"My Head-Cheese Has A First Name,
It's O S C A R,
My Head-Cheese Has A Second Name,
It's M A Y E R"

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

If it weren't for the gelatinous quality of it, I might brave it. Maybe next time I'm in Sydney.

But it's the wobbly, gelatinous goodness that makes it special !

Morrigoon · 07-30-2007, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lashbear

Spicy-meaty. Have you ever had a cold English Pork Pie (with the jelly inside) - it's sort of like that.

Yes. Meh.

lashbear · 07-30-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Yes. Meh.

I once bought a Pork Pie, bit into it, thought it tasted funny, and on inspection saw that the jelly was covered in blue-green mould.

THAT was Meh.

blueerica · 07-30-2007, 08:49 PM

Scary!

Though I like your avatar. I'm intrigued by the shapes within the head cheese.

I'll have to try it someday, but I am leery.

BarTopDancer · 07-30-2007, 08:55 PM

It looks like fancy soap you would buy at Basin.

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	But has it got Vegemite in it? Head Cheese was a food item my friends and I used to joke about. There was a prepackaged version of it available from Oscar-Mayer, and we used to dare one another to touch it (not directly, just through the package). We might have been less horrified if it had been called Brawn. I don't see this product in the sandwich meat case anymore. Of course, the big cultural touchpoint for head cheese was the hitchhiker in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, who delivers a monologue on the quality of his family's homemade head cheese, just before he starts cutting his hand. If it weren't for the gelatinous quality of it, I might brave it. Maybe next time I'm in Sydney.
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