Omelet wrote:
> I'd promised to upload and caption this series a couple of days ago. I
> originally made this back in 2007 when there was a cooking challenge on
> a.b.f. to cook something you'd not tried before, and it had to be
> complex, time consuming and on the edge of your comfort zone. <g>
>
> I'd been curious about Calves feet since I first saw them for sale
> around here so googled for recipes. This aspic (aka Calves Foot Jelly)
> is supposed to be good as a tonic for the elderly and it turns out that
> dad really fell in love with this recipe so I'll make it as often as he
> wants me to. It generally takes me two days to make a batch due to the
> cooling times, but I _can_ get it made in one day if I start early.
>
> It really is quite tasty...
>
> Pics here:
>
> <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet/CalvesFootAspic#>
>
> Or:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/y8us6du>
>
> Enjoy! :-)


That looks delicious!!!!! I've had that... my folks made it when I was
a kid. My Father also made Head Cheese... same idea but made with a
calves head. As kids, we were all pretty grossed out when he did that
but the results were great.

When I lived in PA, the Amish/Mennonites would make "Souse". Very
similar to Head Cheese except they added some better cuts of meat and
ground the meat into finer pieces and added some vinegar and diced
pickles to the mix I like that a lot but you don't see it around here
very often.

George L