An entire cow head for $49.99...tongue included.

[Hulagn1971]

If I had a cooker large enough to cook this, I'd give it a go. This is about 30 minutes from my house, located in Madison, NC. FB link included.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1D75G6eGsC/

[dpearce]

What would I do with that?

[dpearce]

texastweeter Oh! Out of my range!

[SheilaAnn]

Tacos de cabeza!!

Tacos de lengua!!

[Lynn Dollar]

@Sheila Ann we have a great taqueria here that offers cabeza and lengua, I've tried both, they're good, but I'll stick with al pastor or carnitas.

[Richard Chrz]

Thats awesome!

[Hulagn1971]

https://www.homesicktexan.com/cow-head-barbacoa/comment-page-19/#comments

[dpearce]

That's like expert mode. I defer to better pimasters.

[Oak Smoke]

The Mexican guys that worked for me in the oilfield would wrap them in foil then wet burlap if I remember right. They would then bury them on top of a bed of coals for several hours. Their barbacoa was incredible.

[barelfly]

There’s so much goodness right there!

[Hulagn1971]

My assistant manager who is Mexican said people might laugh at that but it is delicious. She said her family cooks it in a big pot and pulled it up online. Huge pot with an insert so it steams, doesn't boil. They cook it outdoors over coals. Meat just pulls off easily. Excellent tacos Lily said.

[SheilaAnn]

Lily ain’t wrong!

[Richard Chrz]

I bet it’s incredibly delicious, like you I wish i had a cooker to put it on. But now i have to go check out the pot that fits this. Roughly a 100 quart pot,

[barelfly]

TACOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jerod Broussard]

Dude needs beard net and hair net something fierce.

[SheilaAnn]

Hulagn1971 one of my past posts….

https://pitmaster.amazingribs.com/forum/the-pit-mastery-program/misc-or-general-food-discusison/1561627-los-angeles-bbq#post1561627

[Hulagn1971]

Great article. Love reading about the origins and history behind it.

[Oak Smoke]

That would be fun to do! I may see if my son in law will help me this fall. Right now we’re under a burn ban. If we try this I’m going to invite you SheilaAnn.

[captainlee]

Looks like The Godfather paid a visit.

[LA Pork Butt]

I am guessing if you don’t have space you’ll need to dig a hole in the ground or disassemble.

[Richard Chrz]

Hulagn1971 Id be curious if the butcher would willing to cut it in 4 segments?

Im certain my family and most friends would be turned off by the visual, i most certainly am not. My wife was, and i asked her how is it different from the front shoulder bone in a pork but, or eating meat off rib bones. Its bones and meat either way.

But i’m not buying a bigger grill, nor digging a pit in my yard when i can already buy beef cheek and tongue, which we keep in our free er at all times.

[TomfromtheSoo]

At the that price you should get two!

[TripleB]

Common to find on Mexican food trucks here in LA. Use to work for a company in Sylmar, CA and the majority of the workforce was Hispanic. When the food truck came in morning, the guys would try to get me to eat cow head tacos. I tried it once. Just not my cup of tea. They had a hoot watching me eat them though.

When I ordered my regular tacos, I always ordered them ”Gringo style”

[Manxman]

My grandparents lived in Liverpool during WW2, he worked for Marconi on direction finding equipment which was the forerunner of radar. They were austere times, constant threats from the Luftwaffe and everything severely rationed.

They had a dog who unbeknownst to them used to pop down the local butchers where they would feed him a few scraps. One day the dog went missing and during the search someone spotted him slowly making his way back to the house backwards dragging something... which turned out to be a whole cows head complete with ears which the dog was using as a tow tool, apparently some comedian of a butcher thought it would be funny to see what the dog did.

Anyway the head was fresh and the family cooked up a number of dishes from this unexpected offering, and till the day she died my mum always loved cow (ox) tongue!