Beef Tongue & Vegetables - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 -4 lbs fresh beef tongues
water, to cover
3 -4 teaspoons salt, 1 per pound of meat
1 medium onion, whole
3 -4 garlic cloves, 1 per pound of meat
1 stalk celery, cut into chunks
6 peppercorns
4 whole cloves
1 1/2 - 2 teaspoons sugar, 1/2 per pound of meat
2 -3 bay leaves
6 -8 medium red potatoes, scrubbed, unpeeled
6 -8 medium carrots, scrubbed, unpeeled
turnips (optional) or boiling onions (optional)
fresh horseradish

Preparation

Wash tongue thoroughly.
Place in large pot and cover with filtered water about 2-3 inches.
Add garlic, onion, bay leaves, salt, pepper corns, whole cloves, sugar, and celery.
Cover pot and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour per pound or until tender.
Remove tongue from the pot and cut the leathery skin off--kitchen scissors work well for this job.
Cover and keep the meat hot.
Add the vegetables you want to serve, except cabbage.
Simmer until almost done.
Add cabbage (quartered) the last 15 minutes or cook separately.
Serve with lots of butter for the vegetables and horseradish for the meat.