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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Calf'S Brains
Beat the brains nicely, adding a little thyme, parsley, nutmeg and few drops of lemon juice. Mince the yolk of an egg and roll in flour. Make into small cakes and fry in hot fat.