Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

Mock turtle I from Erken's Stor kokebok (1914): a calf's head is cleaned, blanched, rubbed with lemon and simmered tender 2-3 hours; the meat is cut into strips and warmed in a brown sauce of butter, flour and head stock with Madeira, cognac, meatballs and fish balls and a little cayenne. Served hot with halved hard-boiled eggs around it.
Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 215 (falt i det fri)
"Mock turtle" was a French-inspired festive dish that imitated real turtle soup using a calf's head. Erken gives two variants; this is the simpler one, with Madeira, cognac and meatballs and fish balls.
Clean the head
Scald and scrape the calf's head. Split it carefully by cutting open the underside, and take out the tongue and brain. Put the head in water, preferably running, until it is completely free of blood.
Blanch
Put the head in cold water so it is covered, bring slowly to the boil and let it boil 15 minutes. Cool in cold water, take it out and rub the head with a cut lemon, so the meat does not darken.
Boil
Put the head straight over into boiling, salted water and boil 2-3 hours. Boil the tongue together with the head and take it out when it is tender. The brain is soaked and boiled separately.
Cut up the meat
Take the meat off the bones, put it on a platter until it is cold and cut it up neatly into strips or small squares.
Make the sauce
Brown the butter and flour, and thin with the strained stock into a smooth sauce.
Finish
Add the meat, meatballs, fish balls, Madeira, cognac, a very little cayenne pepper and salt to taste. Be careful with the cayenne - the flavor should not be dominant.
Serve
Serve the dish very hot on a slightly deep platter, with halved hard-boiled eggs placed around it.
Amounts for meatballs, fish balls and eggs are estimated, as the original gives no figures. Deciliters are used for "del." The method has been split into modern steps; 1/4 hour is written as 15 minutes.
Original 1914 recipe
Verbatim from the first edition of the Big Cookbook.

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Note til Modernisert
Mengder for kjøttboller, fiskeboller og egg er anslått, da originalen ikke oppgir tall. Desiliter er brukt for «del.». Framgangsmåten er delt i moderne trinn; ¼ time er skrevet som 15 minutter.
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