Head Cheese?????????

This lovely picture is a pigs head. We took great pride on our pig. We knew we had to brine it, cook it, pick it and gelatin it. So after learning all the parts of the head we could eat, we continued on to the HEAD CHEESE. So our little pig went into a brine and soaked. Then he was cooked in the large pot you see below. Right to left is our Chef, Eddie, Greg, and Jordan. They worked real hard getting that baby out of the pot. The last picture is the picked over head. Not so pretty. We all cleaned and cut the meat and prepared it for the finished
product. We all tasted it before it was wrapped and put in to cool. It was not bad. That is all you will get out of me. Jordan really loves head cheese, his dad used to eat it all the time. My dad ate sardines out of the can but I still did not like those. Jordan must be a better child than I was. We then wrapped it like a sausage in plastic wrap and put it up to cure. The refrigerator went out, we sadly lost our head cheese. The whole class was at a deep loss. So I cannot tell you if I like head cheese or not. I could go out and buy some, NOT. Save that for another time. I am not sure why my font changed , but so what. This was a class project and it was fun doing it. I feel blessed having such a great group of people to spend this time with. We have so mant personalities and everyone is nice, helpful, and wanting this to be a great time. All of that works into the best class ever. Our Chef even said we were a really good class. I have 12 days before I leave for Italy. I am not so nervous because of the people I get to spend all day with.
Catch you later this week. I was home for the holiday and just got back. I wanted to catch up on some back blog stuff, when the internet was down.
Yvonne