Soak the smoked tongue in cold water for at least three hours, change
the water once or twice during the process. Then take off the thin skin
or strip around if there is any; put the tongue in a saucepan with two
sprigs of thyme, two of parsley, a bay-leaf, two cloves, six small
onions, and a clove of garlic; fill the pan with cold water, and let
simmer about six hours. If the water is boiling away, add more. Take
from the fire, let cool as it is, then take it out of the water; clean
it, let dry, and serve it when cold.
Cut the tongue, when prepared as above, either in slices or in strips,
and use for sandwiches, or serve it whole, with a cucumber, _piquante_,
_poivrade_, or tomato sauce, at breakfast or lunch. It may also be
served in _vinaigrette_.
When prepared as directed above, serve it as a fillet of beef _en
Bellevue_, for supper, lunch, or breakfast. It makes a fine and
delicious dish.
It is used also to stuff boned turkeys and other birds, as directed in
those receipts; always boil it as directed above, before using it.
When served with any of the above sauces, it may be decorated with
skewers the same as boiled beef.
_Larded._--When boiled, lard it with salt pork, and bake it for about
one hour in a moderately heated oven, and serve it with the same sauces
as above.
Cut in slices and served with parsley, it is a _hors-d'oeuvre_.