Ham and Tongue Mould

Four sheeps' tongues, 2 or 3 slices bacon or ham, 2 teaspoons gelatine, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, hard-boiled eggs, pinch pepper.

Method: Boil tongues until tender; remove skin and bones and put through mincer with the boiled bacon or ham.

Dissolve gelatine in one cup of liquid in which tongues were boiled. Add to the mince with parsley and pepper. Line a mould with slices of hard-boiled egg and fill with the tongue mixture and allow to set firmly.

Source: contributed by Mrs D. Ward (Crystal Brook) in The South Australian Country Women's Association Inc. Calendar of Meat and Fish Recipes in Metric. One for Every Day in the Year. Also Special Mornay Supplement (Adelaide: 1975), p.2 [Jan. 3].