CULTURETECHLENSSouse
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Combined Graph record U-00913 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0513. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Peer-reviewed journal article (William Sayers, Cornell) quoting the OED definition: souse is 'various parts of a pig or other animal, esp. the feet and ears, prepared or preserved for food by means of pickling,' pickling esp. one made with vinegar; medieval portions were cheek, ear, and foot; souse was an important food for enslaved Africans in the English Caribbean, the pork preserved in casks of salted cider vinegar. Stored vinegar and pickling ('pickles') established; feet established, head represented by cheek in the source's account.
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Peer-reviewed journal article (William Sayers, Cornell) quoting the OED definition: souse is 'various parts of a pig or other animal, esp. the feet and ears, prepared or preserved for food by means of pickling,' pickling esp. one made with vinegar; medieval portions were cheek, ear, and foot; souse was an important food for enslaved Africans in the English Caribbean, the pork preserved in casks of salted cider vinegar.
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- Also known as: hog head cheese
- Work type: dish
- Category: mains
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- https://journal.equinoxpub.com/ppc/article/download/28871/29385 (verification source · master store)
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Peer-reviewed journal article (William Sayers, Cornell) quoting the OED definition: souse is 'various parts of a pig or other animal, esp. the feet and ears, prepared or preserved for food by means of pickling,' pickling esp. one made with vinegar; medieval portions were cheek, ear, and foot; souse was an important food for enslaved Africans in the English Caribbean, the pork preserved in casks of salted cider vinegar. Stored vinegar and pickling ('pickles') established; feet established, head represented by cheek in the source's account.
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