Prepared Calf’s Head

The Cook’s Receipt

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Complex

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By Eliza Acton

Published 1845

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Method

Take away the brains and tongue from the half of a calf’s head, and then remove the bones, being careful in doing so to keep the knife as close to them as possible, and to avoid piercing the outer skin: in this consists the whole art of boning, in which an attentive book m