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Can you freeze souse meat?

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HEAD CHEESE / SOUSE, COMMERCIALLY PACKAGED — UNOPENED
Unopened meat may be kept in its original packaging when freezing — if freezing for longer than 2 months, overwrap packaging with airtight heavy-duty aluminum foil or place the package inside a heavy-duty freezer bag in order to prevent freezer burn.


Subsequently, one may also ask, can headcheese be frozen?

Keep refrigerated and wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil. Freeze in covered airtight containers or heavy-duty freezer bags, or wrap tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil or freezer wrap.

Subsequently, question is, how do you serve souse meat? The slices of meat may be marinated in some lemon juice for a few hours in the fridge, then served with cucumber and some kind of dressing. On some Caribbean islands, pork souse is more of a hot dish.

Just so, is hog head cheese and souse the same thing?

Sulz is a very similar product to souse (and also sounds more appealing than "head cheese"), except sulz is made with only pig's feet, whereas souse should contain head meat. Both souse and sulz contain around 75 percent meat, 23 percent gelatin and 3 percent vinegar. wiseGEEK: What are Sweetmeats?

What part of the pig is souse meat?

Caribbean souse is made with various parts of a pig, cow, or chicken. Pork souse is the most common and is made with the ears, feet, knuckles, and the shoulder part of a pig. Beef souse is made with the heel of the cow and the head, which becomes gelatinous when cooked.

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HEAD CHEESE / SOUSE — SLICED AT GROCERY DELI COUNTER
  1. Keep refrigerated and wrapped tightly in plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
  2. Freeze in covered airtight containers or heavy-duty freezer bags, or wrap tightly with heavy-duty aluminum foil or freezer wrap.

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