headcheese

American  

[hed-cheez] / ˈhɛdˌtʃiz /

noun

1. a seasoned loaf made of the head meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head.

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headcheese British  

/ ˈhɛdˌtʃiːz /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): brawn.  a seasoned jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf

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Etymology

Origin of headcheese

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; head + cheese ¹

Example Sentences

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headcheese

The combo ham banh mi has three types of meat — ham, pork roll and headcheese.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2021

Like nose meat, headcheese is traditionally a food for elders.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 4, 2017

Which means lots of dishes with lots of flavors, from a banh mi salad with headcheese to a short-rib pot pie with lemongrass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2015

The guests chewed over that question on Friday night as they sampled the pig’s tongue slivers, the blinis with caviar, the headcheese and the smoked sardines.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2011

There was the heart and the liver and the tongue, and the head to be made into headcheese, and the dish-pan full of bits to be made into sausage.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder