headcheese
headcheese — noun
1. a savoury block of meat made from a pig's head (or sometimes a calf's) that is s
a savoury block of meat made from a pig's head (or sometimes a calf's) that is simmered with seasonings, then de-boned, compacted into a firm loaf, and eaten cold in thin slices on bread or with tangy sides such as pickles.
Astrid bought headcheese and served it cold on rye bread with spicy mustard.
uncountable noun; collocation: headcheese with mustard/pickles
The old deli in Philadelphia serves their headcheese thinly sliced with pickle spears and a dollop of horseradish sauce.
served cold at a deli counter
Andrés ate headcheese sliced cold on rye bread with spicy mustard at the deli.
At the family picnic, Uncle Josef set out a platter of sliced headcheese with crusty bread and spicy mustard.
- brawn
used in British English for the same dish
- hog's head cheese
regional American term, especially in the southern US
- pork cheese
less common regional name in some parts of the US and Canada
文法句型
headcheese [uncountable]
a [type/portion] of headcheese
用法筆記
American English term. In British English, the same dish is usually called 'brawn'.