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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Mushrooms
Remove stem. Wash, peel caps and break in pieces. Saute in melted butter. While hot season with salt and pepper. Cook in white sauce slowly for five minutes and serve on toast. Mushrooms can be boiled or stewed. Proportions: 2 cups mushrooms. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 cup cream sauce. 6 pieces round, buttered toast.
Canned mushrooms are used in the same way, only they are already prepared for cooking.
CREAM BRAINS AND SWEETBREADS IN PATE CASES. 1/2 teaspoon salt. 1 pair sweetbreads. 1 pt. brains. 1 cup button mushrooms. 1 lemon. 2 tablespoons butter. Dash of cayenne. 1 1/2 cups milk. 1 tablespoon flour.
Soak brains and sweetbreads in cold water. Boil with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Make sauce with butter and flour. Add brains and sweetbreads. Fill ramekins or pate shells. Sprinkle with parsley.