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Imitation Hog Head Cheese made with pork shoulder, pork feet and pork tails. In the style of Dixie.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,909
    edited January 2016
    Austin Egghead said:
    Thanks for the post.  Looks spot on.  Hubby's father loved to make head and eat cheese.  
    My pleasure. I love making it myself too. It's a lot of work, but I love fooling with it. I always have. Sadly, it's a dying craft. 

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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    Very cool!!!  Looking forward to seeing it and eating it!
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    Oohhh ioihhhh more mooore
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • jarc
    jarc Posts: 241
    @SGH ----it already looks amazing. As always great job. Can't wait to see the final. A chuck of French bread, mustard and hog head cheese. Life is good.

    LBGE

    Misplaced Cajun-----Blytheville, AR

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  • Roadpuke0
    Roadpuke0 Posts: 531
    My dad use to make the real deal in the day and was always scared of all the jelly looking crap. I can say your defently looks more appealing and would be all over it. Wish I had the time and sources you have to make this. I'm jelly
    Plumbers local 130 chicago.     Why do today what you can do tomorrow

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  • Drkdante1977
    Drkdante1977 Posts: 23
    @SGH that looks incredible..  Thank you for the killer thread.  I enjoyed following the process. 
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,909
    Roadpuke0 said:
     Wish I had the time and sources you have to make this. I'm jelly
    It doesn't require anything special my friend. You can make a smaller version of this by simply using a 4-5 pound Boston butt for the meat and 2 pounds of pork feet found at most any grocery store for the gel. All you need as far as equipment is a pot big enough to boil it in and a small meat grinder. A $12.00 dollar hand crank will work just fine. The cheese made with shoulder instead of head meat tastes identical. No one can tell the difference. If you have access to a butt, a few feet, a pot and a grinder, then you are in business my friend.  

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  • annjamaican
    annjamaican Posts: 152
    SGH said:
    @jarc
    Here is a very close "close up". As you can see, it contains far more meat than gel. 
    Good job!
    - Jamaican living in rural Western Washington
    - Got my first egg (XL) in October 2015
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  • jarc
    jarc Posts: 241
    Heaven

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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    I've never had any other Hogs head cheese. So I have no basis for comparison. But I ate about a package of saltines and a half pound of this stuff over the last 24 hours.!! Thanks for the care package @SGH
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,909
    Thatgrimguy said:
    Thanks for the care package @SGH
    My pleasure brother Grim. Hope y'all enjoy it. 

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  • jarc
    jarc Posts: 241
    Heaven

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,909
    jarc said:
    Heaven
    Thank you brother. 

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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    @SGH Where are all the money shots!?!?!?!?!?!!?
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