The liquor of the head Enjoying Guernsey Dishes of 1815, (Edited by J Stevens Cox FSA and published by Guernsey's own The Toucan Press in 1979) which Anna and Anton gave me. The language is wonderful, for example: REMARKS FOR CALF'S FOOT JELLY BY AUNT GUILLE 2 quarts of water per neat foot with the leather on; 2 feet without the skin are equal to one with the leather on; 2 Calf's feet with the skin are equal to one Neat's foot:-- to clarify the jelly you require the whites and shells of 5 eggs to each quart of water. Stir all the time till it boils. Sounds disgusting. A neat I think is an old word for a cow. This one is worse: MOCK TURTLE SOUP. Mrs. BRETT'S RECIPE Take a calf's head--to be well cleaned and laid in cold water for an hour cleansing it twice after--take out the brains and boil them in a small piece of linen cloth with a few leaves of sage for a quarter of an hour. Boil the head 2 hours, put the liquor into a separate dish and the next day remove ...
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