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Mock Turtle

A dish made by boiling a calf's head, removing the skin and tongue.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Mock Turtle

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Scald and wash the calf's head very clean.

  2. Boil the head for half an hour.

  3. Remove the skin and set it aside.

  4. Take out 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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