Hello, are you guys perhaps interested in seeing how headcheese is made?
>>7191731
Not before this thread was made but now I am
Actually, I am. Unhealthy but I really like the texture.
>>7191734
What this guy said. My dad used to buy that stuff when I was a kid, it freaked me out but as an adult I'm intrigued.
>>7191731
No, but I'll keep this thread up while I jerk off and I'll come back and read when I'm done
Alright, here we go then...
Meet Mr Porky
Yes.
I already like where this is going
A little surgery in my kitchen and he's ready for a new face...while I use the old one.
Need ideas for next years Halloween?
Are you a /pol/tard who hates Muslims?
>>7191754
holy shit OP, that's way too impressive to be disturbing
Here's what it looks like from the inside. I trimmed off some of the fat and evened out the meat sections.
>>7191731
Already know but by all means spread the piglove
After taking its face off, I picked off the meat from all the head crevices. It took a while to unhinge the jaw which actually hid quite a lot of meat.
I used fresh parsley and rosemary plus salt and pepper for the seasoning.
I then layered the ears with the meat scraps in the middle followed by the other ear. Added some garlic for extra flavor.
>>7191760
kek, OP you're pretty based.
Monitoring this thread.
Rolled everything up...
Wrapped it all in cheese/muslin cloth and tied it up again. Please do not comment about my skills with the strings. I kinda butchered it........
I then threw it into a pot with boiling broth (made from the pig skull, some onions and carrots) and a smoked ham hock.
After 5 hours of boiling it looked like this.
Dirtiest countertop ever.
I then took it out, tied off the strings and cloth and slid it into a bread pan.
>>7191801
Piss off.
I boiled down some of the broth and poured it over the meat.
I put a piece of cardboard on top, wrapped it in plastic foil and put a couple of tomato cans on top. Left it in the fridge overnight to set.
It came out of the pan pretty easily.
If you look at the original photo you can see where the ear is in the middle. It's that little white cartilage.
Very interesting OP!
Sliced it real thin and made a sandwich with some mustard.
>>7191825
Does it have a mild or strong taste OP?
Remember that ham hock I threw in the pot? This is what it looked like after 3 hours of boiling. I didn't add it into the head cheese.
>>7191831
I made pearl barley and lentil soup with the broth and the ham hock meat.
>>7191826
Quite strong imo. It tastes very swine-y. I really enjoy it.
After peeling off the face I realized the brains are still inside so I used a metal saw to get into the cavity and scooped it out.
>>7191769
yep. clap dem cheeks
>>7191825
Fuck that looks tasty. Good shit op.
I added some flour, salt and pepper, and fried it in some butter.
Had the fried brains with scrambled eggs.
This is my last photo. Thanks for watching, hope you enjoyed the process of making headcheese. I will have enough for the next couple of days and will leave some for Christmas dinner as an appetizer.
Already knew how head cheese was made, but this was a good thread. Enjoy your meat and gelatin block OP, it looks good.
>>7191848
Good shit Opie. Better than my jerking off anyway
>>7191796
5hr is kinda light IMO me ol' pappy used to do overnight at a minimum.
>>7191857
The recipe I watched mentioned only 5 hours so I went with that. Turned out decently IMO.
Here's the recipe I followed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVuUcAK0x0
>>7191848
Isn't the brain supposed to be ludicrously fatty?
>>7191874
Yes, like super fatty. It basically has the texture of butter. Apparently it has a HUGE amount of cholesterol.
>>7191844
this is fucking gross as shit, I'll eat all kinds of offal, but not only does the idea of eating brains scare me on a fundamental sanitary level, but its also pretty much pure cholesterol.
360 nope scope out.
>>7191838
I'm impressed by your dedication but is that a fucking hair on the countertop
My dad tells me he used to eat scrambled eggs and calf brains when he lived on a farm, are you gonna try that?
>>7191909
Yeah it's probably a hair from the pig head. Something I failed to mention earlier is that you have to either shave or burn off hair from the pig. It comes scraped but they never do an adequate job. I just used a lighter to burn off as much as I could and then scraped off the rest with a knife.
Nice thread.
How much would one pay for a pigs head?
Cool shit, screencapped. Someone else can add the bigger images if they want, this is as far as my effort goes.
I enjoyed how well you removed the skin, OP.
OP is based.
>>7192452
About tree fiddy
>>7191746
>no eyes
you already fucked up, those are the best part
>>7191862
Based Scott Rea, that guy has one of the best cooking channels on YouTube. His butchering vids are interesting as well, although I've never butchered anything I find the way he explains while demonstrating to be very informative.
I don't see much of him on /ck/, wonder why.
>>7191825
This may be a stupid question to ask, but are you able to sear it quick in a pan for some bacon-esque crunch? I've never had head cheese before so I'm unsure what it tastes or feels like.
Great thread. The soup looked outstanding.
>>7191848
Enjoy your prion disease.
Good thread
The one food thing that scares me is strong pork stank so I'm too much of a pussy to try head cheese
>>7193026
im sure you could but dont.
If you have ever had really good soft fatty carnitas its kind of like that.
Its melt in your mouth porky fatty deliciousness
>>7193495
>prion disease
>from pig brain
yeah no m8 pal bro chum friend
>>7193026
The gelatin will melt very quickly and the whole lot will dissolve before frying. You'd get a puddle of stock and some lumps of flakey meat... not that that's a bad base for a soup now that I think of it.
>>7192452
>>7192517
Pretty much tree fiddy. I paid $4.99 in a local Chinese grocer.
>>7192531
I have never had pig eyes. In fact, I'm able to eat the brains but the eyes are kinda freaky to eat. I have eaten salmon eyes which taste very very fishy...
>>7193013
For sure, I love butchering videos but his in particular are very well presented for both beginners and more experienced cooks.
>>7193026
I don't think it would work. Basically the fat and gelatin would melt and the meat wouldn't be held by anything so it would fall apart.
>>7191746
I have the exact same countertop
>>7194028
>$4.99
I wouldnt have the butchery skills to do it, but at that price, a few mistakes dont mean anything. Im going to have to go talk to a chinaman and see what price they are.
My housemate is a vegetarian. She will fucking freak which is a bonus.
>>7191754
The real faceoff
This is what I've been eating? Oh God help me...
>>7194073
Yeah if this thing was like $20 a pop I wouldn't have even attempted cooking it. But for $5 I might as well play around. This is the 3rd time I bought a head. I roasted one, I think I posted photos of it on/ck/.
>>7192506
Neato, thanks. Gonna hold onto this one.
>>7191874
Pork brain has about a 1:1 ratio of fat to protein. Intact it has slightly more protein than fat. It's almost identical to eggs in terms of fat.
It's ludicrously high in cholesterol. Intact its the highest source of cholesterol of any food.
>>7191731
Are you anon from chiken kebab meat?
>>7194273
Please repost that roasted head and explain the process.
Well done, OP.
>>7194659
I took a head, rubbed in Chinese 5 spice powder and roasted it.
That lil piggy got some ear muffs.
>>7194691
After roasting.
would eat/10
i usually prefer head cheese to be more of a paste though so i can spread it on crackers and eat with actual cheese.
>>7194092
Did you really think they'd waste prime cuts for headcheese?
>>7194703
I served it with rice and spicy green beans. I just pulled off the meat from different parts of the roasted head. Everyone got some ears and some cheeks etc. The skin is amazing.
>>7191848
Nicely done OP
best thread Ive been in on ck for quite a while
any other animals you would consider doing something similar with or are pigs just primed for headcheese?
>>7194703
you do anything with the veggies in there?
>>7191814
>size 8
>double wide
OP's feet are aircraft carriers xDDDD
In seriousness though based thread GJ mate
Everything in this thread looks absolutely nauseating. The end product looks like it's at least 75% fat and cartilage chunks. Why the fuck would you want to eat that unless you were dirt poor?
This might be the best OC I've seen on ck
>>7195041
It tastes good.
>>7191731
If there was ever a thread that deserved this picture, it's this one.
>>7194958
I don't have access to heads of other animals but goat head dishes from Mongolia and Scandinavia look intreaguing. Would love to try some day on my travels. I have cooked with all pig parts however, snout to tail. It's why everyone loves pigs, they're so versitile and the meat so varied in flavour and textures. I made cracklings last night with the fat I picked off the head, plus got a lot of lard out of it.
Thank you OP, enjoyed this
>>7191862
BITCH YOU KNOW GOT DAM WELL YOU BETTER LISTEN TO OL' PAPPY! OVER FUCKING NIGHT NEXT TIME! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE@@@@@!!
Poor piggies.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7194703
10/10 would chase vegan flatmate around the house with while doing an impression of piglet
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
Excellent thread. I think I may try this out soon myself.
Anyway, I haven't fucked with mammals much. Was it difficult to remove the skin from this dude's skull?
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7191838
>I used a metal saw to get into the cavity
Great thread OP
fucking ewwwwww
>>7191844
enjoi ur prions
This thread is a bunch of gross fucked up rural european trash and southern trash
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7191731
Imagine covering that with cake frosting and candles
>>7195041
Why wouldn't you?
BTW head cheese is pretty popular in upscale eateries.
>>7196543
Not at all. Watch the video linked above and follow directions. The face just peels off without much effort.
I don't get it. Most people on this board flip shit over aspic, but they're creaming themselves over this.
Either way, good thread op. I can't bring myself to eat aspic, but I enjoyed this thread.
>>7191731
Vegans on suicide watch
the thing i don't get is what fucking idiot decided to call it headcheese? seriously, was there not a better name someone could have come up with? sounds like scrapings from a rancid cock t b h
>>7196678
So sensitive.
>>7191862
"...you can use a muslim cloth..."
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7191902
>old beaner friend of my dad gave him some tacos
>taco meat in it apparently was cow brain
>Dad didn't want to eat one yet but put them in the fridge and went out to play with beaner friend
>while they were gone mother eats one of the tacos
>Dad comes home, asks her if she ate one
>she freaks out
>texts his beaner friend
>"What are you so upset about? You could use some more brains anyway!"
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker
>>7195859
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>>7195859
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>>7195859
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>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7196770
>Scandinavian aspic cake
Are you talking about this? It's Russian.
http://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/kholodets/
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
This thread is amazing and educational. OP you are one classy gentleman. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker
>>7195859
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>>7195859
sleep tight porker
This is really interesting.
How porky is the flavor? part of me wonders if just roasting the whole head or saving the ears for something else would be a good choice.
Always wondered what headcheese was like, but I live in an area where getting basic offal isn't really possible.
>>7191754
>those knife skills
god damn OP
>>7191746
Oh god I remember when I was in art school (call me a faggot go on) and for our final exam our principal brought in 3 of these and we had to make 3 artworks based on them using 3 different media. So we sat from 8 to 5 in a classroom with one tiny window while the pig heads putrefied slowly in the summer heat.
Art school is fucking weird
>>7197680
S-sorry, Chef-Sama, I didn't m-m-mean to make you upset
>>7198049
It's stronger than cuts most people are used to. Shoulder has very little flavor compared to it. If you ever tried hocks it's still a little stronger than that.
I decided to put the ears in as basically there are few other uses for them. I have in the past just boiled them and made pig ear sandwiches. If you look on youtube you will find a vid of Bourdain eating something like that in Mississippi. Pig ears can also be pickled (Chinese style) however I never made that, only tried in a restaurant.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
OP are you the one who made the reddit thread with these exact pictures about a week ago?
I mean, I hope you are
you fuck
>>7191801
Dude, that's marble. It's supposed to look like that.
>>7191731
Yes very! We called it p'ftia in my dad's culture.
>>7191731
I already know how it's made. My brother makes it real good.
>>7198839
I just looked up "pig ear sandwich" out of curiosity and found this news report on a place in Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHO8ajMEjQ
>dat $3 deal
Makes me wish I lived in Memphis
>>7199685
Yeah I put it up there as well. But the replies made me realize Reddit is full of fucks.
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker <3
Interesting thread op. Feel bad for the pig though.
Might go vegetarian after seeing this shit. Can't help but think that was a living thing at one point with feelings and sensations, only to end up having its face peeled off and its skull sawn to pieces so that you could eat something and post it to a Taiwanese sex robot forum.
Something isn't right about this whole thing. It just doesn't feel right.
>>7201618
Top of the food chain, motha fucka...
>>7201632
>when you have a hammer you should smash everything because you have a hammer
Fuck off dickhead
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker
Looks interesting OP. Not sure how I feel about how the texture would be, but I'd give it a shot.
Thanks for quality posting/10
>>7191795
bruh do you even read
>>7201618
You wouldn't be saying that if you've ever had it before.
And its wasteful to not utilize every bit of the animal. The skull was likely boiled to make a stock as well.
>>7201648
"I call it the law of the instrument, and it may be formulated as follows: Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding."
Until people make vegetables tastier than meat, we will eat more meat than veggies
>>7201618
Be concerned perhaps for its suffering in life, but do not worry for the dead. This pig skull could know no better or worse fate than to be made into headcheese. If OP did not eat it, another part of the universe would. And something will soon eat OP. Nothing is permanent either.
Blame the west for teaching you that the face is some sacred soul-filled entity. You and I and that pig will all look the same within a century.
>>7195859
Sleep tight, porker.
>>7195859
S-sleep tight porker
>>7195859
: "sleep tight porker"
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker
>>7191848
Are you fucking Hannibal Lecter or something ?
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7200271
Good post
>>7195022
>OP's feet are aircraft carriers xDDDD
>tfw I wear size 12 extra-wde
Just ate this. Would rather have OP's headcheese but this was really good
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
sleep tight p0rker
>>7209375
OP here, is this scrapple? I see scrapple on Guy Fieri's show all the time and would love to try some. It seems to me like it's just pig head parts that were ground and mixed with cornmeal. So you can't really tell one part of the pig head from another.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195022
>size 8 is considered big around here
I wear 15's
>>7211041
Former shoe store employee: size 8 is big for a Mexican.
>>7211043
Jesus, what's the average shoe size there? I think it's something like 9 or 10 here in Canada.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195022
>8
dude those are small feet for anyone over 5' 8"
>>7191834
dat soup
>>7191902
>cholesterol comes in different types
>isn't even unhealthy
lrn2biochemistry m80
>>7191862
i'm salivating.
>>7207053
>I only eat the arm leg and torso muscles of a dead animal.
>everything else is creepy
Might as well be a vegan.
>>7210852
I've had scrapple a few times. It's big in Pennsylvania. It's ok, depending on the consistency and how it's cooked. If you slice the loaf into thin pieces and fry it it's pretty good. Had it at a diner where they put it in a fryer. It was crispy on the outside but still mush on the inside and wasn't that good.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7211393
Have you ever had headcheese? It's delicious. Charcuterie is becoming quite popular in hipster restaurants now.
>>7191902
>dietary cholesterol is bad!
Can this fucking meme die already. Get an education you fucking troglodyte.
>>7195041
We get it. you're vegan
>>7210852
Yeah, it's basically scrapple with a chorizo-like seasoning. I will be buying it again
>>7196796
In Mexico it is called "queso de puerco" or "pork cheese"
I too thought of rancid wang goo when i first heard it called head cheese
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7193013
>I don't see much of him on /ck/, wonder why.
They're not meme material, like Cooking with Jack so /ck/ doesn't care
>>7191848
Great job OP! You did great!
I have been wanting to try hogs head cheese this past week and what a surprise that I stumbled upon this tread
Nice skills OP
I am going to local deli to try some for the first time
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7191754
why the fuck aren't you wearing it?
>>7213845
Not really fan of cold gelatinous meat things but damn if that isn't one good looking head cheese OP.
also that roasted hog head looked delicious as did the soup.
>>7200304
mother of god that food looks delicious. Hell even if faygo is shit I would be okay with it if I was drinking it with a couple sammiches like those.
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7195859
sleep tight porker
>>7200343
lol ok, then why do you still post there pretty much every day?
https://www.reddit.com/r/food/comments/3xs9w5/making_headcheese_warning_photos_of_butchering/
>>7214001
I have a very boring job. I might have 5 hours of work a week but I'm there in the office 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. There's not enough content on 4chan to keep me satisfied.
>>7214001
that thread is so fucking shitty
reddit makes me so mad
>>7198252
fucking faggot
>>7191834
Forget the headcheese, give the recipe for the soup.
>>7214095
You know, what pisses me off is not the fact that it's shitty, it's that there's little discussion at all.
In between all the trolls and shit, some anons here are actually asking really good questions. I'm surprised this thread's still up honestly. Whereas the reddit thread had maybe 15-20 people respond to it with very little if any in depth discussion. If they can't make a fucking stupid comment joke chain, or milk something for karma, why even look at it?
Man reddit sucks.
I would eat OPs stuff but usually it's like (probably uncleaned) cow tongue in salty jelly.
>>7215683
OP here, that stuff in your pic is god-tier. Cow tongue is some of the best eats out there, lengua is definitely the best taco meat.
>>7215286
I used to think that Reddit was a more intelligent and less trashy version of 4chan but since I started posting there in the last few months I realize that ledditors are just as if not more fucked up than channers. And threads like this one where trolls don't bother to ruin it too much are much better than the 'decent' threads there. It's pretty funny though how desperate some people there are for approval and get mad when downvoted.
My mom used to make this a long time ago.
Similar to what the OP did, but instead of peeling off the skin and everything, she'd just boil it till it fell off.
Then you drain it, mince up the meat and mix it with your spices, and then toss it all into a giant bowl with some knox flavorless gelatin.
Pour all that into loaf pans and stick it in the fridge till it turns into a nice loaf.
Slice and make some sandwiches. nomnom
The whole house usually smelled like death when the pig head was boiling, but it was always worth it. Also we used to put the pig skulls on our fence in the front yard, like a trophy for being so fucking white trash in a well to do neighborhood.
>>7195859
Sleep tight porker.
>>7195859
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