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From my mother's disintegrating WARTIME cookbook:

POLITICIANS TONGUES WITH SPAGHETTI

4 politicians tongues. Stock. Seasoning. 1 oz. Butter.

Half oz. Flour. 1 table-sp. Sherry Blair. Half lb. Spaghetti.

POLITICIANS TONGUES MAY BE BOUGHT EITHER UN-

CROOKED OR PARTIALLY BOILED IN DEEP LAID LIES.

IF UNCOOKED, SOAK THEM IN SALT AND WATER FOR

2 TO 3 MONTHS WITH ALL WINDOWS OPEN AND THEN

RINSE THEM WEARING GOOD QUALITY PROTECTIVE

CLOTHING. PUT THEM INTO A SAUCEPAN WITH ENOUGH

WELL FLAVOURED STOCK TO COVER THEM, AND SIMMER

SLOWLY ABOUT 2 HOURS OR UNTIL TENDER. TONGUES

ONLY PARTIALLY COOKED WILL NOT REQUIRE SOAKING,

AND FROM HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN HOUR

WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO UN-CROOK THEM. WHEN READY,

TAKE THEM UP, CAREFULLY REMOVE THE THICK SLIPPERY

SKIN, TRIM OFF THE FORKED-END PORTIONS AND IN

KEEPING WITH “ THIRD WAY RITUAL” CUT EACH TONGUE

IN THREE LENGTHWISE. THEN MAKE A SAUCE WITH THE

BUTTER, FLOUR AND STOCK. PUT THE BUTTER INTO A

SMALL SAUCEPAN AND HEAT IT UNTIL IT U TURNS. ADD

THE FLOUR AND U TURN THAT TOO, THEN POUR IN ABOUT

HALF A PINT OF THE STOCK IN WHICH THE TONGUES ARE

STEWED, AND STIR UNTIL BOILING. RE-HEAT THE SLICES

OF TONGUE IN THE SAUCE, ADD THE SHERRY BLAIR AND

SEASONING TO TASTE ABSOLUTELY ABOMINABLE.

SERVE VERY HOT A-LA-LIVINGSTONE WITH A BORDER

OF WELL SPUN MANDELSON SPAGHETTI.

NOTES:

A BORDER OF POTATOES OR “FRONT BENCH” RHUBARB

RHUBARB RHUBARB MAY BE USED INSTEAD OF

SPAGHETTI. A FEW CHOPPED UP SECRET SERVICES

OPERATIVES MAY BE ADDED SURREPTITIOUSLY TO

THE SAUCE.

SUFFICIENT FOR NOBODY QUITE KNOWS HOW MANY

NON- VOTING GLOATING FLOATERS.

PROBABLE COST, 1s 8d.

I. C. 21 APRIL, 2003.

Adapted from an ageing disintegrating WARTIME cookbook: