Editing Tongue (section)

===As food===
{{See also|Beef tongue}}
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The tongues of some animals are consumed and sometimes prized as delicacies. Hot-tongue sandwiches frequently appear on menus in [[kashrut|kosher]] [[delicatessen]]s in America. [[Taco|Taco de lengua]] (''lengua'' being Spanish for tongue) is a taco filled with [[beef tongue]], and is especially popular in Mexican cuisine. As part of Colombian gastronomy, Tongue in Sauce (Lengua en Salsa) is a dish prepared by frying the tongue and adding tomato sauce, onions and salt.  Tongue can also be prepared as [[birria]]. Pig and beef tongue are consumed in Chinese cuisine. [[Duck]] tongues are sometimes employed in [[Sichuan cuisine|Sichuan]] dishes, while [[Lamb (food)|lamb]]'s tongue is occasionally employed in Continental and contemporary American cooking. Fried [[cod]] "tongue" is a relatively common part of fish meals in [[Norway]] and in [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]. In [[Argentina]] and [[Uruguay]] cow tongue is cooked and served in vinegar (''lengua a la vinagreta'').  In the Czech Republic and in Poland, a pork tongue is considered a delicacy, and there are many ways of preparing it. In Eastern Slavic countries, pork and beef tongues are commonly consumed, boiled and garnished with horseradish or jellied; beef tongues fetch a significantly higher price and are considered more of a delicacy.  In Alaska, cow tongues are among the more common. Both cow and moose tongues are popular toppings on open-top-sandwiches in Norway, the latter usually amongst hunters.

Tongues of seals and whales have been eaten, sometimes in large quantities, by sealers and whalers, and in various times and places have been sold for food on shore.<ref>{{cite book | first = Charles Boardman | last = Hawes | title = Whaling | url = https://archive.org/details/whaling00hawe | publisher = Doubleday | year = 1924}}</ref>{{page needed|date=October 2022}}