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To Boil Smoked Tongue

A smoked tongue is boiled in cold water for several hours, then peeled and trimmed.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Boil Smoked Tongue

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Soak the smoked tongue in cold water overnight.

Cook

  1. Place the tongue in a pot of cold water and bring to a gentle boil.

  2. Boil gently for four to five hours.

  3. Once done, peel and trim the tongue.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Smoked tongue
Provides the main meat, which becomes tender through long, gentle simmering.

The step that matters

Boil gently for four to five hours. A rolling boil toughens the meat and can break it apart, while a gentle simmer slowly breaks down connective tissue and keeps the tongue tender and moist.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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