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TV Cooking Shows

grandmoon — Fri, 02 May 2014 23:30:42 GMT

My OH has been watching My Kitchen Rules and some other cooking shows.

He has been asking me to cook some of the recipes he has seen. He wants me to cook the pigs cheeks he saw on MKR.

My butcher is having trouble getting the pigs cheeks. He can only get the whole pigs head.

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soul_art — Fri, 02 May 2014 23:34:15 GMT

Maybe it's time for your OH to start learning how to cook these dishes himself?

or you could make a suggestion on where to put the pigs head?? lol

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grandmoon — Fri, 02 May 2014 23:38:17 GMT

He was a cookin the Army. When he coooks he makes some much we are eating the same food for weeks.

He told me he knows how to cook the whole pigs head. But I don't want the head.

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lloydslights — Fri, 02 May 2014 23:44:24 GMT

Uh, I think your saucepans are too big

DEB

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*crikey*mate* — Sat, 03 May 2014 00:08:23 GMT

Get the head and cut the cheeks out?

Substitute Beef Cheeks?

Then let the OH go wild with the rest of the head - stock, whatever he does, or dry it out and stick it on a pole at the front door to deter unwanted visitors.

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*crikey*mate* — Sat, 03 May 2014 00:14:31 GMT

Does the head come with the tongue and ears?

Can do some great stuff with those if you're into that kind of stuff.

Pigs ears and snout make the best crackling if you singe the hairs off first (and wipe his little nose)

Tongue you can make a pressed terrine etc and use it for cold meat on sandwiches and the likes.

The eyes would be an interesting Trick or treat Gift for Holloween.

String the teeth on a necklace - perfect gift for that someone special in your life, or Mother's Day is soon, tell hubby you're all set, got the gift of your dreams!

The fat under the chin is good lard for cooking with or greasing the terrine molds etc for the terrines or pastry cases

maybe substitute the Babe fat for the suet in your Christmas Pudding and have Christmas in July a little early?

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cherry*135 — Sat, 03 May 2014 00:14:56 GMT

Make Brawn with the rest if the pigs head.

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grandmoon — Sat, 03 May 2014 00:45:51 GMT

He was telling me his mother used to make Hladetina as a special dish at christmas time. It is a type of brawn make with the head and the trotters.

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katymatey* — Sat, 03 May 2014 05:05:21 GMT

ERK!

My father used to make brawn when I was a kid. I wouldn't eat it. He used also to heat buckets of tallow on the wood stove. This was used to spray on pastures to prevent bloat. The smell was atrocious.