Gemarineerde Tong - Marinated Tongue - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 beef tongue
1 cup vinegar
1 cup water
salt and pepper

Preparation

Cook tongue in salted water until very tender, 3 to 4 hours or until easily pierced with a fork.
Cool the tongue in the cooking liquid.
When cool, drain; remove skin and roots, slice thinly.
Mix vinegar, water and salt/pepper together.
Place sliced tongue in liquid, adding more salt as needed.
Let stand 3 to 4 hours in the brine.
The meat may be eaten cold or heated and served with a nice gravy is made to go over it.