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headcheese

head·cheese [ héd chz ] (plural head·chees·es or head·cheese)


noun 
Definition:
 
type of cooked meat: a mixture of chopped cooked meat, mainly from the head and feet of a hog, that is pressed into the form of a loaf or sausage and eaten cold

[Because the ingredients are pressed together as in cheese-making]

Regional History

The word headcheese prevails in all parts of the country except in the South Midland and Southern regions. In the South Midland, usual terms include press meat, pressed meat, souse, souse meat, hog souse, and pressed souse meat. The souse forms prevail across all of the South as well, except in the coastal regions. There, the terms hoghead cheese and hog's head cheese are mainly used.

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