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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Fried Brains
1 Calf's Brain 1 Egg (beaten) Cornmeal, Butter, Parsley Soak brain in cold water, then scald for just a second. Dip in the egg and brown, in butter substitute; garnish with corn meal and fry on both sides, a light parsley and serve hot.