headcheese
noun
head·cheese
ˈhed-ˌchēz 
: a jellied loaf or sausage made from edible parts of the head, feet, and sometimes the tongue and heart especially of a pig
Examples of headcheese in a Sentence
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Wide ceramic troughs of homemade country pork pâté and rough, aspic-jiggly headcheese, wheels of crusty brown bread, fat links of saucisson sec, more oysters.
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Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2019
Pigs’ heads are cooked, picked, and made into headcheese.
—Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit, 15 Aug. 2017
Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2019
Pigs’ heads are cooked, picked, and made into headcheese.
—Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit, 15 Aug. 2017
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Word History
First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Headcheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headcheese. Accessed 30 Sep. 2023.
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