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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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Royal Croquettes
Half a boiled chicken 1 large sweetbread 1 calf's brains 1 cup milk 1/4 cup butter 3 tablespoons Gold Medal flour 1 egg 1 teaspoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper Parboil the sweetbread and calf's brains and chop fine with the chicken meat; add the egg well beaten. Melt the butter, add the flour mixed with seasonings, add the cream, a little at a time, and cook until smooth. Combine meat mixture with the sauce and set aside to cool. Shape and roll twice in egg and in cracker crumbs, fry in deep fat. Drain on brown paper.