headcheese

American  

[hed-cheez] / ˈhɛdˌtʃiz /

noun

1. a seasoned loaf made of the head heads meat, sometimes including the tongue or brains, of a calf or pig and molded in the natural aspic of the head. heads.

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headcheese British  

/ ˈhɛdˌtʃiːz /

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): brawn.  a seasoned jellied loaf made from the head and sometimes the feet of a pig or calf

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Etymology

Origin of headcheese

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; head + cheese ¹

Example Sentences

The combo ham banh mi has three types of meat — ham, pork roll and headcheese.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2021

Rebecca Brooks, one of the employees, worked at Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market and has visions of making whipped lardo, headcheese and scrapple.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2021

Like nose meat, headcheese is traditionally a food for elders.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2017

Which means lots of dishes with lots of flavors, from a banh mi salad with headcheese to a short-rib pot pie with lemongrass.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2015

There was the heart and the liver and the tongue, and the head to be made into headcheese, and the dish-pan full of bits to be made into sausage.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder