The Wordless Picture Thread

[RezDog]

They are very popular with the Eastern Europe side of my family.

[MikeB52]

We shipped the head, and everything in it straight to China. No market for those components in NA on the mass production scale any longer. Easier to get bacon from the belly then the jowels, and the rest, not marketable over here.

[RezDog]

I imagine it’s a niche market at best. I suspect that large volumes would have gone for fertilized production, but shipping to China is likely more profitable.

[32t]

We shipped the head, and everything in it straight to China. No market for those components in NA on the mass production scale any longer. Easier to get bacon from the belly then the jowels, and the rest, not marketable over here.

When I worked at a packing plant which is getting close to 40 years ago. (Where did the time fly?) There was a station with an air cylinder and 2 prongs. The operator put the head in upside down and tore the nose off. I often wondered what that person told people when they asked what they did for a living.

There is some kind of sausage that they used the noses in ground up for texture. I have convienently forgot the sausage that they mentioned if it is true.

[32t]

Not exactly what my freinds grandmother cooked up but close.

https://www.recipetips.com/recipe-ca...asant-food.asp

[RezDog]

I’m not sure how the process went, but my relatives would make head cheese from it. Bits of meat and fat suspended in a heavy gelatine. It never agreed with my digestive tract so I steered clear of it. The other things they made from it are a mystery to me.

[PaulFLUS]

That pic was taken in an Asian supermarket. They have a pig's ugly ass severed head but no ground mutton. Actually they did have goat cut in chunks with the bone. That I use for curried goat Jamaican style but they didn't have it ground. I had to go to the halal market across the street and even they didn't have mutton. So I guess my shepherds' pie will be goat-herds' pie.

[PaulFLUS]

Not exactly what my freinds grandmother cooked up but close.

https://www.recipetips.com/recipe-ca...asant-food.asp

That smacks of goat's head soup...

[32t]

Mutton is just a term for old sheep....

[PaulFLUS]

Yep, anything under 12 months old is called lamb. Anything 2 years or older is mutton. Lamb is milder in flavor good for chops and roasts. Mutton has more fat and a stronger flavor which some prefer for dishes like pies or curries.