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or as we call it here in the South...head cheese. My good friend and hunting partner, Christian, and I were at the Memphis in May International Bar-B-Que cooking contest back in May and after a night of eating pork and drinking lots of Bourbon we found ourselves to be in the possession of a Birkshire hog head. 
Last week we decided to break it out of the freezer and make head cheese...a real Southern delicacy.
Here's what we started with:
After several hours of cooking and drinking more Bourbon, it was time to remove the meat, debone it and chop it up, eyes, tongue and all. We poured off half the stock and froze it to use for gumbo later in the fall. The other half got the chopped meat and we cooked that down until it was ready to go into the casings. After it cooled down we stuffed it into casings and refrigerated overnight so it would congeal. We wound up with about 10 pounds of head cheese well worth all the work that went into it.
After pics:
Probably not something most of you would do...but if you get the chance don't be afraid to try it. It's a lot of hard work but it's hard to beat a head cheese sandwich with a little hot sauce and this is 10 times better than the store bought stuff.
Last week we decided to break it out of the freezer and make head cheese...a real Southern delicacy.
Here's what we started with:
After several hours of cooking and drinking more Bourbon, it was time to remove the meat, debone it and chop it up, eyes, tongue and all. We poured off half the stock and froze it to use for gumbo later in the fall. The other half got the chopped meat and we cooked that down until it was ready to go into the casings. After it cooled down we stuffed it into casings and refrigerated overnight so it would congeal. We wound up with about 10 pounds of head cheese well worth all the work that went into it.
After pics:
Probably not something most of you would do...but if you get the chance don't be afraid to try it. It's a lot of hard work but it's hard to beat a head cheese sandwich with a little hot sauce and this is 10 times better than the store bought stuff.
