Meanings
plural sousemeats
- countableuncountableA foodstuff made by boiling souse (pickled feet, ears, etc of a pig) into a glutinous mass, seasoning it heavily, and shaping it into loaves.
Meats eaten included many pork entrees such as salt pork, chitterlings and sousemeat.
1983 -, Vivian Brake, Development of a Methodology for Menu Planning Through the Analysis of Food Preferences, Consumption and Waste, page 163 more examples
One of his favorites was what we called sousemeat, a conglomeration of feet, ears, faces, and other parts that were cleaned thoroughly, boiled into a homogeneous glutinous consistency, seasoned heavily, and then formed into a large loaf.
2001, Jimmy Carter, Christmas in Plains: Memories, page 54Mr Fox rose and donned a white apron, old bloodstains bleached light pink, tied it in the back and approached the meatcase and switched on a light that illuminated rolls of baloney and rounds of cheese and a tray of thin sliced pork chops among the sausages and sousemeat.
2007, Cormac McCarthy, Child of GodBut it was over to Jimmy's father, James Earl, for the really big gestures in cooking; he would conjure up waffles or battercakes for breakfast and a remarkable “special occasion” conglomeration called sousemeat of pigs' faces, ears, feet, and "other parts," which was boiled into a gloop, richly seasoned, and then shaped into a loaf.
2016, Fiona Ross, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 24
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