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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,068
    OhioEgger said:
    Ate lots of head cheese as a kid, and some butcher shops around here still carry it. Bloodwurst was more of a favorite though.
    I only had headcheese once, when someone gave my Father a huge hog head. I remember to this very day (and I’m now 79 years old) when I started out the kitchen door and saw that HUGE UGLY head in a box staring at me by the door! I was probably 9 years old and it startled me!!!

    Anyway my Mother made that headcheese while I was in school…so I never saw what she did to make it! 

    But the memory also connected to the headcheese was Dad brought home the other first time taste treat…French onion sour cream dip for potato chips…

    I honestly loved it all! 


  • RRP said:
    OhioEgger said:
    Ate lots of head cheese as a kid, and some butcher shops around here still carry it. Bloodwurst was more of a favorite though.
    I only had headcheese once, when someone gave my Father a huge hog head. I remember to this very day (and I’m now 79 years old) when I started out the kitchen door and saw that HUGE UGLY head in a box staring at me by the door! I was probably 9 years old and it startled me!!!

    Anyway my Mother made that headcheese while I was in school…so I never saw what she did to make it! 

    But the memory also connected to the headcheese was Dad brought home the other first time taste treat…French onion sour cream dip for potato chips…

    I honestly loved it all! 


    They sure don’t make them like they used too.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    RRP said:
    OhioEgger said:
    Ate lots of head cheese as a kid, and some butcher shops around here still carry it. Bloodwurst was more of a favorite though.
    I only had headcheese once, when someone gave my Father a huge hog head. I remember to this very day (and I’m now 79 years old) when I started out the kitchen door and saw that HUGE UGLY head in a box staring at me by the door! I was probably 9 years old and it startled me!!!

    Anyway my Mother made that headcheese while I was in school…so I never saw what she did to make it! 

    But the memory also connected to the headcheese was Dad brought home the other first time taste treat…French onion sour cream dip for potato chips…

    I honestly loved it all! 


    They sure don’t make them like they used too.
    Do you think the head was a warning to RRP's dad for crossing the wrong person?

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • RRP said:
    OhioEgger said:
    Ate lots of head cheese as a kid, and some butcher shops around here still carry it. Bloodwurst was more of a favorite though.
    I only had headcheese once, when someone gave my Father a huge hog head. I remember to this very day (and I’m now 79 years old) when I started out the kitchen door and saw that HUGE UGLY head in a box staring at me by the door! I was probably 9 years old and it startled me!!!

    Anyway my Mother made that headcheese while I was in school…so I never saw what she did to make it! 

    But the memory also connected to the headcheese was Dad brought home the other first time taste treat…French onion sour cream dip for potato chips…

    I honestly loved it all! 


    They sure don’t make them like they used too.
    Do you think the head was a warning to RRP's dad for crossing the wrong person?
    It was probably sent by Wes Johnson’s father.
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 450
    Not the head cheese, the whale! 
    Focus, people.
    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,537
    i would assume that one could make head cheese from a whale, why not
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    edited December 2023
    i would assume that one could make head cheese from a whale, why not
    9 kilos of brain, but I wonder how much meat there is to scrape off to make head cheese?

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,537
    i would assume that one could make head cheese from a whale, why not
    9 kilos of brain, but I wonder how much meat there is to scrape off to make head cheese?

    i dont know but it could be served with whale milk (more like a cottage cheese)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    I wonder if the OP contracted a once thought extinct parasite from the whale and is in the ICU?

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    edited December 2023
    Curious as to what a whale nipple looks like, thankfully that terrible night at the tri-Delt sorority at ISU has been successfully erased for life.   :s  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • iudex
    iudex Posts: 80
    Hi everyone! Very sorry for not getting back to you, things were weirdly hectic and I didn't get time to cook (for real), let alone engage in the forum!

    That sneaky father-in-law already tried a part himself, without including me. Luckily, it worked out and even more luckily, I will be able to have some for Christmas.

    I will make sure to report how it was afterwards. I do feel bad for not being able to cook it myself, but on the other hand, I also cannot mess anything up ;).

    I will let you know how it turned out. 

    Happy holidays for everyone here!


  • Botch said:
    Curious as to what a whale nipple looks like, thankfully that terrible night at the tri-Delt sorority at ISU has been successfully erased for life.   :s  
    Classy.  My grandmother was a tri-delt, so was my mother and my three sisters.
  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,291
    Ewps!  :blush:  
    ___________

    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


  • Botch said:
    Curious as to what a whale nipple looks like, thankfully that terrible night at the tri-Delt sorority at ISU has been successfully erased for life.   :s  
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjC0vMIrOAk
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 450
    iudex said:
    ....I will make sure to report how it was afterwards. I do feel bad for not being able to cook it myself, but on the other hand, I also cannot mess anything up ;).

    I will let you know how it turned out....
    Thanks for checking in!  Please do let us know; I for one will likely never see whale or get to taste it.

    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,161
    ^^^^^WoW^^^
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
  • Corv
    Corv Posts: 450
    Thanks for the update, photo and description. Very interesting. I'll probably never have a chance to try that.
    Somewhere on the Colorado Front Range
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,265
    4th look at your post, I just can't believe the picture!  Looks like beef, taste like salmon.  Crazy.
    Love you bro!
  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    I love salmon.
    I love beef.
    I love butter.
    That is amazing.  Thanks for sharing.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
    I would have never thought whale meat would look like beef!  Cool!
  • Ybabpmuts
    Ybabpmuts Posts: 963
    My cousin Billy dated a whale in high school. Whenever I got close to her I thought she smelled a lot like gamey salmon. For years I wondered if she had underwear made of old salmon skin, but now I just think she was just all whale. This forum is amazing, the things you learn on here.
  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,265
    Ybabpmuts said:
    My cousin Billy dated a whale in high school. Whenever I got close to her I thought she smelled a lot like gamey salmon. For years I wondered if she had underwear made of old salmon skin, but now I just think she was just all whale. This forum is amazing, the things you learn on here.
    @StumpBaby For the purpose of this post, I'm going to call you Donnie.  You know what to do.


    Love you bro!
  • Ybabpmuts
    Ybabpmuts Posts: 963

    Donnie Donnie BoBonnie ...
    Shirley Shirley BoBurley...