Head cheese Head cheese Head cheese or brawn is a cold cut that originated in Europe. A version pickled with vinegar is known as souse. Head cheese is not a dairy cheese, but a terrine or meat jelly made with flesh from the head of a calf or pig, or less commonly a sheep or cow, and often set in aspic. The parts of the head used vary, but the brain, eyes, and ears are usually removed. The tongue, and sometimes the feet and heart, may be included. It can also be made from trimmings from pork and veal, adding gelatin to
Cheese make hard cheeses for their legionaries' supplies, a new word started to be used: ', from ', or "molded cheese" (as in "formed", not "moldy"). It is from this word that the French ', standard Italian ', Catalan ', Breton ', and Occitan ' (or ') are derived. Of the Romance languages, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Tuscan and Southern Italian dialects use words derived from ' (', ', ' and "" for example). The word "cheese" itself is occasionally employed in a sense that means "molded" or "formed". "Head cheese" uses the word in this sense. The term "cheese" is also