Sausages
Head Cheese
Tobă
Romania
Pork head meat, tongue and skin set in aspic inside a stomach casing, sliced thin and eaten cold with mustard.
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What it is
A closer look at Head Cheese.
Pork head meat, tongue and skin set in aspic inside a stomach casing, sliced thin and eaten cold with mustard.
What to look for
Know it when you find it.
The slice should be a clear mosaic of meat in jelly rather than a paste. Made at the winter slaughter and eaten through Christmas.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Head Cheese.
Romania
Country-wide tradition
Names around the table
One food, more than one name.
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