headcheese

noun

head·​cheese ˈhed-ˌchēz How to pronounce headcheese (audio)
: 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

Recent Examples on the Web 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. 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

Time Traveler
The first known use of headcheese was in 1831

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“Headcheese.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headcheese. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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