The Best Slice of Charcuterie Comes Out of a Whole Pig's Head - Prime Time

On this episode of Prime Time, butchers Ben and Brent solve a problem many whole animal butcher shops face: what to do with the pig head? The answer? Turn it into delicious charcuterie
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This is very true. I can watch 10 episodes easily.

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Same, so true I love this friendship

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Try dining on a dime

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There are other shows? gross

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Missed an obvious "Tongue in Cheek" joke opportunity

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very unlike these two lamos

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Grade A+.

they squeezed few others

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Nabil Alam I was waiting for a Hannibal/Dwight joke

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2:20 got me

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Sous Vide Everything your turn Guga

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Sous Vide Everything please teach these guys how to sous vide

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Guga!

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Guga you must do the same thing and then flamethrower it!

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Yo!!! Never thought I’d see guga here!!!

[@babyhuey6342]

Thin slices would be perfect on a wood-fired pizza.

[@GuyNamedSean]

That's EXACTLY what I was thinking.

[@VillainousHanacha]

I think they did that in their "meatlovers" pizza episode.

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wood fired pizza?! hows pizza gonna get a job now?!

[@keithcrain]

Would have been nice to see how you cut out the glands. That's probably the most ellusive part of this whole process.

[@loudmouf9246]

Keith Crain yeah this is true. If I knew how to remove glands I would be a qualified butcher.

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Who else thought the "skip ad" button didn't work?

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"Video will play after the ad."

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cuz literally every commercial nowadays is for a basic ass car XD

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Where the hell is skip button!

[@whiplashThree]

Slice it half inch thick, grill, minced it up. Add chilis, lime, onion, mayo, pepper, soy sauce, and you get Sisig. That's just me. 😁

[@benjamincanapi5849]

J Valle I knew I couldn't be the only Filipino reading the comments.

[@JE-zj1mj]

💯

[@thehumbleonion6929]

made sooo much of this! love it. I've served it hiding wood roasted oysters + mushroom vinegar, wrapped around a boiled new potato with cultured cream + truffle, fresh focaccia, zucchini pickle, preserved lemon..... such an amazing product and total respect shown to the beast, turning something most would waste into something decadent and lovely

[@mob5613]

Im glad you guys do these kind of videos along with more mainstream meats. I grew up eating pigs head - made in a traditional east Asian way - and it's good to see it becoming more and more accepted and normalized in western culture.

[@dominicangeles3595]

Hi guys! Just wanna say i'm thank you for this show! I am a culinary student tryin' to be a chef and i'm learning a lot of information from this show! I watched and will watch every episode of it! I'm learning stuff i'm sure i will not learn in my internship or my work because we don't exactly handle those ingredients that much! You guys are very very inspiring! More power!

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!!! Make a basic pork skin crackling tutorial all us viewers can make at home!!! Respect from new Zealand!!!

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Heat up lard, Throw skin in Walla

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[@zzmcno1]

this was your best video so far, really informative and respectful of the food

[@karstenvonfjellheim5321]

Pro Tip: Use hot water from the tap for sous vide, no need to wait for it to come to temp and you really don't wanna drop any food in that will linger around the dangerous 20-30C. Make sure the water you drop the bag in is 45-50C, the temp will drop depending on how cold the meat is, but rarely go below 40C. This is food safety.

[@rcmarcelo68]

Clever tip!!

[@0x80O0oOverfl0w]

Whenever I sous vide something, the water is always the first thing I start. Well before I even think about taking the meat out.

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Love the show, i get so much inspiration

[@paldrangsholtevensen7147]

2:16 "just a heads up", is that supposed to be a pun? xD

[@gizanked]

👈😁👈

[@ursamines7643]

I have been wanting an episode like this for months!!! You guys rock!

[@watchthis7767]

This is how leather face got his start.

[@franciscodania]

Really love this guys, they should be on skill shared to teach all those good charcuterie things

[@tongkatali7643]

Thanks for showing us on how to use all animal parts. Love your show.

[@tomaszjagusiak9583]

What i like is that You make use of WHOLE animal. It is not pleasant but, if you can't kill/use whole, animal that you don't deserve to eat it. AND Tongue is delicious if you can prepare it, it's delicious with horse radish sos ! Cheers!

[@samuelculper7125]

Stop me.

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@@samuelculper7125 No ;)

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@@tomaszjagusiak9583 (Insert clever retort here)

[@IvanCruz-tl8jp]

I feel that pigs eyes at the start is judging me bout how i drooled over him at the end. Lol

[@thienpham317]

Love your work and as always it makes me hungry!

[@selimcelik3494]

Where I live we make soup with cow heads and feet. It's usually eaten with tons of spice, lemon and vinegar. Its a glorious meaty soup and also a great thing to have when you're sick.

[@Jason-vn5xj]

Interesting! From the title I was expecting a sausage/salami/head cheese. Very creative whole-animal product. I love the things you guys come up with. Also: Is Brent ok? He kept looking to Ben like he was expecting him to insult/roast/haze him any second. He looked like a stray puppy who really needed someone to pet him. It’s ok Brent. We’ll validate you.

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

"Just a _Heads_ up" Oh lord you had to get that pun didn't you

[@travelhungry1019]

You two compliment each other so well as cohost!!!!!!!

[@BST1000SoccerStuff]

Thanks!

[@Redbeardblondie]

Scott Rea at the Scott Rea Project did this a while back, y’all check out his vids and send him some love. Dude is a great old-world, old-style butcher unafraid to explore the cuts we “civilized” folk find iffy or gross!

[@Reveltt]

"What do we do with the pigs head?" Asian: "what do you not do with a pigs head??" Seriously, though. OG no waste cooking is a Chinese and pigs.

[@bsarioz]

It's the same with lamb in Turkey. Head to toe, soup to grill. Every part is used.

[@daddyBinoyRN]

Make some pork sisig! A Filipino dish that you guys will really love especially with beer, of course! Hope you go and feature some Asian cuisines in this channel that showcases meat products! Much love guys!

[@BST1000SoccerStuff]

You got it! A bunch of people are asking for this, so we'll discuss it!

[@daddyBinoyRN]

@@BST1000SoccerStuff Thanks Ben! Been following you since I myself is a meat lover! I wish I could visit your shop soon!

[@michaelvanzyl9418]

In South Africa cooked sheep head is called smiley😂

[@chandlerluce9392]

Amazing video! I would love to see a video utilizing the beef knuckle / sirloin tip. I think it is very underused and underrated.

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YES !!! The gents are back. Time to freshen my drink and settle in. : )

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No exaggeration, this is my favorite show on YT right now.

[@BST1000SoccerStuff]

Thanks man!

[@balazsgezakadar7927]

In Hungary we eat pork cheek and tongue often. The pork cheek is cooked slow in water with bayleaf, onion, garlic, pepper and salt. As it cooked we cower it it with paprika powder. It will be cut thin and eaten with wheat bread, onion and pickled paprika/cucumber/water melon. The tongue is cooked in water with salt, pepper, bayleaf. As it cooled will be served with mustard and wheat bread (like a wiener). There are lots of recipes, like tongue goulash etc.

[@briangleason5597]

I like how all of the meat is used. I would like to try this. Thank You Guy's God Bless.

[@yyyyyy6206]

Just want to say that this is really a great video! Full package perfect

[@galicano]

Make “sisig”. Offer to beer lovers. Best combo ever!

[@TheDdaavviiddrr]

Thank you for producing videos like this. People shouldn't forget, what they are eating, when they are eating meat.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I would love to visit you, at some point in the future, and taste things like that. I would imagine our grandparents, if they were around during the Great Depression, in Canada and America, would make amazing things with cuts of meat that many people would not consider using today. In other countries, offal cuts are made into great dishes. Great video. Cheers!

[@alphonsecatan2]

In the Philippines, we just dice the whole mask, add salt, pepper, chillies, mayo(optional). Sizzle on a pan until cooked nicely. The dish is now called a SISIG. Tastes great and matches pretty well with beer too!

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I love this channel.i wacth every episode

[@michaelhall5429]

Hey, that cured pork cheek is going in the bin or the pan right away, right? I love this recipe, and would actually like to give this a shot at work sometime, where do I look for the finer techniques that I need eg cutting the glands out of the cheeks. Love you guys and the series, I always watch it after I drive home in my Honda Accord, thanks for the great content

[@stephenstilwell1488]

1:35 in Italian, we call it guanciale, and it is essential for traditional roman carbonara

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Your last name is Stilwell and you're out here saying "we" Italians lmao

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Thats it

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Yeah thank you friends!

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Well done demonstration, guys!

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I love your show. This recipe looks so Delicious. I need to check out your restaurant.

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Thought my adblocker stopped working there for a minute...

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By far the best show !

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Great show as always

[@mastasersh]

We use a lot of beef tongue, cheek, and lip in México. In some places in the south they braise them with a bunch of dried chillies and aromatic herbs and it is absolutely delicious. In the north of México, where I am from, we mostly use cheek and lip to make some nice and greasy barbacoa. It is more of a clean braise than in the south, not a lot of spices thrown in there. It results in a more beefy flavor and it is amazing with some onions and cilantro. There is a lot to do with a beef´s head, some people even eat beef brains and eyes, but personally I´m not that into that kind of stuff hahaha.

[@joecat916]

Good meal for summer, a few slices of souse. Dry bake oven bread caked with fresh unsalted butter. Fresh onion and fresh green pepper. Dry aged hard cider. Really good! A dab of good mustard and maybe some natural currant jam.

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Damn...I cant get enough of you guys.

[@xenoaxis6910]

My ol granny made this every veterans day.

[@onkarsaran9984]

Love the fact the 20 liter cambro still wasn't enough to fill the container lol 😂

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BEN AND BRENT...... is the uncle with tons of food story

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The Most casual Texas Chainsaw Massacre impersonation I've ever seen. Well done sirs.

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I wish they would do a new series with this guys!

[@murraydelawski7496]

I am making one right now after watching this ,thanks guys .

[@MoxieBeast]

good for you guys eating and using every part!!! would love to try this. love headcheese, which i'm not sure is the same, but looks similar to me

[@Raphie009]

It's not, but they're ultimately made from the same part (el capo).

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[@casey2732]

Looks perfect!!!!

[@markpennella]

Love the concept and explanation!! However, where exactly to cut and tricks cutting the head and glads is essential. I wish you could do a more accurate cuts on the head video. :)

[@user-fm2pm1hd1d]

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!! ( DID YOU SEE THAT SHINJI? )

[@guttom]

You nailed it guys!

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Damn, I enjoy those two fellas. Nice humour.

[@roblogs7168]

Fasting for 3 days drinking coffe, tea and water. I’m either really hungry or I absolutely adore food. Nope I just saw the end result looks beautiful and I love this 😭

[@bertjames6612]

I love your show guys. When i saw the pig's head, the first that came to my mind is sisig! I hope you can invite a filipino chef to make it with you.

[@sweetox_9690]

I never wanted to eat a head more than I do in this moment. That looks incredible

[@WakeUpSheeples]

You left the best bits out, the eyes and brain

[@johnmacmillan3941]

clifford and this guys are the best on eater

[@maximeb190]

You guys are fun! That was a very interesting video!

[@vincentyvaldybueno975]

You guy’s should try sisig it’s a Filipino dish normally made from the pigs head specially. Traditionally sisig is made from the pigs head. Awesome show guys

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always have nice, excellent, educatived video in this channel. xoxo!

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Great stuff!!!

[@geraldocesar2009]

This is wonderful.

[@MrNSup]

12 hours later, in the same shirt. I never knew butchers worked such long days;)

[@jacco4418]

I am a 17 year old aprentice and i work about 11.30 hours on a normal day and sometimes we also have a workshop or we need to bbq somewhere and thats a 15 hour day for us

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But cristmas is the hardest at least here in the netherlands

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Gotta give you some respect for wearing that Philippe's shirts. #IloveLA!

[@HeadbangersKitchen]

Also that's a straight up death metal cover with that eye staring at you!!!

[@marquezkw]

My mothers side of the family for 4 generations have at some point survived off selling beef head tacos. We eat it all brains, eyes, cheeks, the whole thing. There is so much to eat on a cow head.

[@ozgurozturk4067]

That looks amazing!

[@CCRob720]

anyone else notices the guy with the silver-fox hair, is wearing his shirt inside-out.... can't unsee it :P

[@ethanhall8762]

Ben sounds like a tavern keeper in a cheaply voiced rpg

[@hidalgoswe]

Imagine having your whole face turned into charcuterie

[@alanfmota]

In Brazil, beef tongue stew is an exotic dish.

[@CCRob720]

i'm only 45 sec in and this reminds me of the movie "Face-off" HAHAH you guys are awesome!

[@howardjohnson2138]

Made head cheese from a whole head my AMISH butcher GAVE me. I had no idea about glands and included everything but the eyes.

[@thegourmetgrandadandfamily]

*GOTTA SAY* that this is a great VIDEO....😁😁....

[@BST1000SoccerStuff]

Thanks!

[@Joseph-sz1mx]

Nobody: Benjamin : porchettaaaa

[@BST1000SoccerStuff]

This is entirely, 100% accurate of my personality.

[@Joseph-sz1mx]

😂😂😂

[@bongdong9154]

Why're you guys cutting up and seasoning my Halloween costume? I was planning on wearing it next Halloween too!

[@DuragonLeMente]

Awe~ this is gorgeous, I wanna take a thick slice, dice it up, and treat it like pancetta

[@scoobydog411]

Theses guys are the best.........

[@maggiejensen1838]

Shout out to that Philippe's shirt! IYKYK

[@ChinkyTarsier]

in the philippines, we deepfry or grill the pig's head and we turn it to a dish called sisig... we include pig's brain as well for extra flavor! you guys should try that!

[@romanrecto]

Braising pigs ears, chopping them up and then frying = sisig :)

[@skyhighetrist]

Use the whole head plus brain = 💯

[@Tonz_of_Fun]

Just sitting here, eating my salad and watching some cool dudes slice up a pig's head.

[@BennyMcBabe]

Slow and steady wins the face

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Toronto Rapters is in the finals and already won game 1..... is something I thought I'd never get to say in my lifetime. LOL!! YEAH! *_I love charcuterie!_*

[@loofookilla2816]

Stfu

[@adamstaniforth3412]

what temperature do you waterbath this at, dying to try it, love the channel love your work guys

[@OndrejFrossl]

i think its 165F = 73C that could be right

[@DELTAREDGHOST]

My homie big oinks just chillin on the table😎

[@setmonfiree]

Ayy you guys gotta try making some sisig out of the head. It's top notch

[@michaelhall5429]

Best single pork dish ever. I can never get it quite right, but it may be the tastiest mouthful of food on the planet when done right.