What is Salceson?

Salceson is a type of meat made of by -products, including liver, ears, tongue and stomach. There seems to be no set rule about what the by -products go to the salceson, but usually formed from parts of the animal that would otherwise be thrown away. It is most often made from pig -products, but sometimes there are veal, lamb and beef. Salceson is a kind of food that is also referred to as headcheese, and it is assumed that it came from Poland. It consists of cooked meat that combines as a kind of porridge, and then inserted into the meat case. The case is often made of stomach lining of the animal. Recipes for Salceson are often very different and in some families recipes and techniques for its production are handed over from generation to generation. Various headcheese incarnations are a historically common part of most cultures.

During different points in history, it believes that the animal glands and have givenThe side products were commonly consumed and were often considered delicacies. Over time, however, more food selection was available, fewer and fewer cultures were willing to eat by -products. For this reason, Salceson and other types of headcheese are considered less popular in modern cultures. Historians are not entirely sure when and how Headcheese has become popular, but most believe that sausage was an invention of a necessity, because poor families could not afford any edible part of the animal body. Some historians believe that since the saltson has not been smoked or kept, it could be intended for the rich because most of the poor families smoked or salted their meat to preserve them.

One way to make salceson is to cook Byproducts in a large pot. Some recipes require the addition of spices when the meat is cooked while others recommend adding them when grinding. After the meat is cooked long enough to cook, they are generally sufficiently nin order to crush or grind. At this point, most cooks add pepper, garlic or sage. When the meat is well enough to be supple, it is usually time to put it in the meat case.