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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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Leek Soup
INGREDIENTS for soup for 10 persons. A sheep's head, 3 quarts of water, 12 leeks cut small, pepper and salt to taste, oatmeal to thicken. AVERAGE COST, 1s . 3d .
Prepare the head, either by skinning or cleaning the skin very nicely; split it in two; take out the brains and put it into boiling water; add the leeks and seasoning and simmer very gently for 4 hours. Mix smoothly with cold water, as much oatmeal as will make the soup tolerably thick; pour it into the soup; continue stirring till the whole is blended LEEKS. and well done, and serve.
TIME.-4 hours.
SEASONABLE in winter.