There’s nothing expensive on the menu at Patillo’s Bar-B-Q in Beaumont. A pound of brisket is $12. A sandwich with one of their famous beef links will set you back just $5. But the best deal is a specialty you won’t find at most any other barbecue joint in Texas: hog head cheese. Hog head cheese isn’t cheese at all. It’s an aspic made with ground bits of meat and spices suspended in gelatin. The gelatin is harvested from the head by boiling it for hours. The version at Patillo’s is made with just a smidgen of head; the gelatin-rich pig ears are the key ingredient. Owner Robert Patillo quit using the whole pig heads long ago. “Too many bones. Too much to fight with,”…View Original PostThe post Hog Head Cheese at Patillo’s Bar-B-Q appeared first on Texas Monthly.