Another reason to avoid head cheese

In a new salmonella warning, officials in Scott County, Missouri, are asking people who purchased head cheese in New Hamburg to discard it — raising the very real issue of whether it’s worth keeping one of the oldest residents of the deli counter in the rotation.

You could sell me that the reward is worth the risk if we were talking about steak tartare. I appreciate that consuming undercooked meats carries a risk of salmonella. In that case, I’m willing to take my chances because of the satisfaction of having a lovely dish of tartare. But an overly salty, processed meat that carries the moniker of cheese is a harder sell.