Important: Safety Warning
This recipe calls for animal brains or related nervous-system tissue. Cattle brain and spinal tissue can transmit bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the cause of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, which is fatal and has no treatment.
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Boiled Tongue
Soak the tongue until it becomes soft. Put it into a stewpan with sufficient water, add a bouquet of herbs; as soon as it boils, skim and then simmer slowly until quite done, peel off the skin and garnish with parsley and lemon.
BRAINS (FRIED).
Prepare your brains with great care, taking out all the fiber. Place in cold water and soak for two hours.
Then throw them into boiling water with salt and a little vinegar, and let boil fifteen minutes; take out and throw them into cold water, drain well, and fry in hot lard (but not too hot). After the brains are fried put them on a white cloth, form a pyramid and dress with parsley. -Mrs.Granlees.