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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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Stewed Calf's Tongue and Brains
Place in hot water a boiled calf's tongue and a cooked brain, keeping the brain as whole as possible, and get them hot. Make a brown gravy by stirring one tablespoonful each of butter and flour over the fire until light brown, and then slowly stir in one pint of boiling water; season with one teaspoonful of salt, and pinch or two of pepper, and one gill of vinegar; lay the tongue and brain on a hot dish, pour the gravy over, and serve at once. Or serve them with a hot sauce made by mixing with a breakfast cupful of mayonnaise, one saltspoonful of dry mustard, one tablespoonful each of chopped parsley, capers and pickles, and one teaspoonful of grated onion.