Is it worth cooking a pigs head?
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king horrible that is.otolith said:
That sounds a bit grim 
I'd be willing to give something a go just out of interest... but not something like that with a 24 hour cooking time 
Saw a programme over Christmas http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ndb8c/Tudo... where they prepare and cook a pigs head, used to be the centre piece of the Christmas meal it seems. I did consider giving it a go until I saw the amount of work involved, like digging out the skull without mincing up everything else for instance. Also I suspect I'd be the only one to want to eat any as the rest of the family might just not fancy it.
KFC said:
otolith said:
That sounds a bit grim I'd be willing to give something a go just out of interest... but not something like that with a 24 hour cooking time 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN9UiiMbEBI
http://www.projectfoodie.com/spotlights/cookbooks/...
A Fergus specialty - pretty good, although the cheeks seem to have already been taken.
As a matter of interest, how much did you pay for it? Presumably not much, if it's going to the dogs.
Cheapest I can find in the UK is £14 for mail order. The local butcher would probably get one in, but I doubt it would be much cheaper.
I might have a go at one. Done properly, brawn is delicious.
Cheapest I can find in the UK is £14 for mail order. The local butcher would probably get one in, but I doubt it would be much cheaper.
I might have a go at one. Done properly, brawn is delicious.
Mobile Chicane said:
As a matter of interest, how much did you pay for it? Presumably not much, if it's going to the dogs.
Cheapest I can find in the UK is £14 for mail order. The local butcher would probably get one in, but I doubt it would be much cheaper.
I might have a go at one. Done properly, brawn is delicious.
2.035kgs, 1.98 euros/kg, 4.03 euros in total. Cheapest I can find in the UK is £14 for mail order. The local butcher would probably get one in, but I doubt it would be much cheaper.
I might have a go at one. Done properly, brawn is delicious.
That was for half a head, ie split down the middle already. I had them half it again before they bagged it. I should have had them quarter it, it was too much and had to wrestle the bits back off the dogs and bag them again for tomorrow.
Its more expensive than they normally get, I just seen it and thought why not. I bought turkey livers too (1.49 euros a kg) and a full chicken but portioned up (so including all the bits humans generally dont want like feet, heart etc) for 3.49 euros a kg.
My local butcher sells for £3 each, cut up in quarters.
Put in a big saucepan,bit of salt and boil for about hour and half.
Get a nice size bowl,then get the head out and pick all the meat away, you will be surprised how much meat there is, after a good boil the meat will fall off the bones.
Break the meat into small rough bits and bung in the bowl, when you filled the bowl squash it down with a tea plate then put in a bit of the water it was boiled in, this is natural gelatine and will set like jelly.
Let it cool put the tea plate on top of the meat in the bowl weigh it down with a tin of beans and bung in the fridge overnight.
When set pop it out the bowl.
Home made brawn, brown bread buttered,nice slice of brawn with some Daddies brown sauce..
Put in a big saucepan,bit of salt and boil for about hour and half.
Get a nice size bowl,then get the head out and pick all the meat away, you will be surprised how much meat there is, after a good boil the meat will fall off the bones.
Break the meat into small rough bits and bung in the bowl, when you filled the bowl squash it down with a tea plate then put in a bit of the water it was boiled in, this is natural gelatine and will set like jelly.
Let it cool put the tea plate on top of the meat in the bowl weigh it down with a tin of beans and bung in the fridge overnight.
When set pop it out the bowl.
Home made brawn, brown bread buttered,nice slice of brawn with some Daddies brown sauce..
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