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jellied tongue?

posted 13 years ago by belalugosihouse
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This was the supper his wife mentioned (before he had to leave--LOL)--I was so curious I looked it up and apparently it was common mid-century. There is a website for mid-century cooking and I looked it up. It sounds pretty gross to me and also to the blogger. If you want to know, look up "Mid-Century Blogger", which is an excellent site, and it gives a recipe for this. (If you can stomach it.) Funny how you find the strangest things through movies. It is a bit of history of food, which is what this blog promotes, and thank you for doing that--there's a lot of food from the 50s, 60, etc. that brings back old memories..

[–] nedhorn 12 years ago

I guess you didn't grow up in New York! Tongue is still a deli favorite here. I grew up on the stuff and order it all the time. And by the way, once you've eaten it you'll want more!

[–] bradford-1 10 years ago

I'd rather scarf braunschweiger and chipped ham than jellied tongue, anyday.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 10 years ago

*__* Yikes. Makes me even gladder to be vegetarian. And I live near New York; I've been there plenty of times...never seen anybody sell or order a...tongue. *retch* _._

[–] rmh_228 10 years ago

Go to the Big Apple Market, on 9th Avenue between 39th & 40th Streets. You'll find beef tongue for sale in the meat section. Very popular in real delis here.

[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 10 years ago

Eeeep...I'd rather not see it...I mean, sure, it's better to use every part and waste nothing, but...still. I just can't. 

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