tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post3629546543706823999..comments2007-02-13T19:06:47.710+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Pig, with Onions.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-16608315795652867992006-12-21T09:18:32.563+10:002006-12-21T09:18:32.563+10:00Hello Nene - that's a great story! My guess is tha...Hello Nene - that's a great story! My guess is that that is the exact reason "head cheese" is not more popular.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-44079356523016360682006-12-21T08:05:34.033+10:002006-12-21T08:05:34.033+10:00Speaking of pigs... in my father's childhood, he l...Speaking of pigs... in my father's childhood, he lived in a rural area of Florida, and the neighbors kept pigs. At slaughtering time, one of the women was boiling a pig's head outside in a cauldron to make what's known as head cheese (brawn in the UK). My father asked her, "how do you get the boogers out of its nose?" Needless to say, he never ate head cheese himself.Nene Adamshttp://theyearround.punt.nlnoreply@blogger.com