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Veal's Tongue in Vinaigrette Sauce

I have never been a fan of the Rollings! I have never thought Mike Jagger was sexy, nor good looking, nor appealing (in any way) to me! Soooo skinny and so provocative and with those big falling lips and those tight trousers and his ribs showing through opened shirts... not my type at all. Subtlety is not a word that could define the Rollings! I only have two Rollings' albums in my musical collection... so they are not my type of music either. I would rather go for Beatles' music and esthetics's. I felt more comfortable and identified with their harmonic songs and lyrics.

But, I must admit that the Stones have been there all these years... with good music! My opinion doesn't count when one sees those crowds of people going to their concerts and buying their albums and consuming their products.

I wonder what do they EAT to be in such good shape when they are so old, and their faces are wrinkleland. Do they follow a Mediterranean Diet? Or maybe their secret is in the tongue? If you are looking for subtlety, then try this Veal's tongue in Vinaigrette sauce. Maybe you don't like the idea of eating tongue... you are wrong!!! Sorry about that, but you should give it a try! It's one of the softest, tenderest and tasty meats ever! If you were my host and thought you might feel funny about eating tongue, then I might not tell you what you were eating until you didn't leave a single piece in your plate. ;-) No, no, I wouldn't do that; I would try to convince you.

Can you get no satisfaction in other veal's pieces anymore? Come along with me to the market to see how this starts :D

There's special shops in our markets with this kind of "meat": tripe, feet, brains, lungs, tongues, and so on, they are called Casquerías and they are a bit impressive!!! One could think he/she is in Hannibal Lecter's pantry ;-). I made a picture to show you... but, I deleted it without knowing, awwwwhhhh. It's ok, I'll take it again some other day when I post about a pig's feet recipe I have in mind!!!

You can either buy the tongue cooked or raw. My choice this time, was cooked and without the outer skin. Things are easier this way.

Prepare a vinaigrette with the following ingredients: 2 spring green garlics, 1 carrot, 1 green onion, 1 red pepper, a bay leaf, salt and a bunch of colored peppers (pink, Hawaiian, black, white). Extra virgin olive oil and Jerez vinegar. There should always be 3 times oil, 1 time vinegar; this is the perfect proportion.
I used 600 cl of oil and 200 of vinegar, whisk and add the veggies cut in dices (the smaller, the better), add some salt, the bay leaf and the colored peppers.

Now cut the tongue the thinnest possible or ask your butcher to cut it this way. Place the slices in a recipient and add the vinaigrette on top.

Place it in the fridge and eat after 12 to 24 hours. The longest they marinate the better all flavours will mix.

Serve with some thick sea salt on top. Can you get no satisfaction? Then you should insist!!!

A tongue would serve 6 to 8 people.

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