Calf's Head

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Time
Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
Status
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Ingredients (15)
Instructions (10)
  1. Take a calf's-head with the skin on, and dress off the hair.
  2. Rip it down the face, and take out all the bones carefully from the meat.
  3. Steep it in warm blue milk till it is white.
  4. Lay it flat, and rub it with the white of an egg.
  5. Strew over it a tea-spoonful of white pepper, two or three blades of beaten mace, and one nutmeg, a spoonful of salt, two score of oysters chopped small, half a pound of beef marrow, and a large handful of parsley.
  6. Lay them all over the inside of the head.
  7. Cut off the ears, and lay them in a thin part of the head.
  8. Roll it up tight, bind it up with a fillet, and wrap it up in a clean cloth.
  9. Boil it two hours.
  10. When it is almost cold bind it up with a fresh fillet, and put it in a pickle made as above, and keep it for use.
Original Text
TAKE a calf's-head with the skin on, and dress off the hair, then rip it down the face, and take out all the bones carefully from the meat, and steep it in warm blue milk till it is white, then lay it flat, and rub it with the white of an egg, and strew over it a tea-spoonful of white pepper, two or three blades of beaten mace, and one nutmeg, a spoonful of salt, two score of oysters chopped small, half a pound of beef marrow, and a large handful of parsley, lay them all over the inside of the head, cut off the ears, and lay them in a thin part of the head, then roll it up tight, bind it up with a fillet, and wrap it up in a clean cloth, boil it two hours, and when it is almost cold bind it up with a fresh fillet, and put it in a pickle made as above, and keep it for use.
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