Calf head, boiled

Ingredients 

• Calf's Head
• Salt 
• Water
• Spoon 
• Butter
• Flour
• Lemon Juice
• Tomatoes

Directions

1. Clean head. 

2. Soak in water with salt.

3. Wait until it's white. 

4. Remove eyes with a spoon.

5. Take the tongue out then add salt.

6. Remove the brain for a separate dish. 

7. Put head in lukewarm water then boil.

8. Wait till it's tender.

9. Next make a sauce with; butter, flour, water.

10. Add the sauce to the head.

11. Add lemon juice and tomatoes.

12. Set in hot oven with water which it will boil.

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Ivan Colunga

Louisiana Anthology

March 23, 2022