{"id":6863,"slug":"boiled-tongue-sweet-and-sour","title":"BOILED TONGUE, (SWEET AND SOUR)","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["fresh tongue","cold water","salt","1 tablespoon drippings","1 onion","1 tablespoon flour","about 1 pint of liquor in which the tongue was boiled","1 lemon","two dozen raisins","a few pounded almonds","a stick of cinnamon","a few cloves","4 tablespoons brown sugar","1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon","1 tablespoon molasses","2 tablespoons vinegar"],"ingredients_norm":["fresh tongue","cold water","salt","dripping","onion","flour","liquor in which the tongue was boiled","lemon","raisin","few pounded almond","cinnamon","few clove","brown sugar","ground cinnamon","molasses","vinegar"],"steps":["Lay the fresh tongue in cold water for a couple of hours and then put it on to boil in enough water to barely cover it, adding salt.","Boil until tender. To ascertain when tender run a fork through the thickest part.","A good rule is to boil it, closely covered, from three to four hours steadily.","Pare off the thick skin which covers the tongue, cut into even slices, sprinkle a little fine salt over each piece.","Prepare the following sauce: Put one tablespoon of drippings in a kettle or spider (goose fat is very good). Cut up an onion in it, add a tablespoon of flour and stir, adding gradually about a pint of the liquor in which the tongue was boiled.","Cut up a lemon in slices, remove the seeds, and add two dozen raisins, a few pounded almonds, a stick of cinnamon and a few cloves.","Sweeten with four tablespoons of brown sugar in which you have put one-half teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one tablespoon of molasses and two tablespoons of vinegar.","Let this boil, lay in the slices of tongue and boil up for a few minutes."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w21:3","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.9,"content_hash":"e1ba5654401fa2498ec8524fc21d4a6f241491c55451639e43fc07e47f70454a","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:56:16Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T16:56:16Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/boiled-tongue-sweet-and-sour"}