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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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Baked Pig's Head
Cut a pig's head into halves and thoroughly clean it, take out the brains, trim the snout and ears and bake it in a moderate oven for an hour and a half. Wash the brains thoroughly, blanch them, beat them up with an egg, salt and pepper, some finely-chopped or pounded sage, and a small piece of butter. Fry or brown them on the fire, and serve with the head.