Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225755386495

--Bryan

On Jul 27, 7:01*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
> Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
> featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>
> http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde...
>
> --Bryan

You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?

I drive right by it every day I go to my morning client, M,W and F!
Yeahm they no longer have that sign that advertized "Brains!"


John Kuthe...

On Jul 27, 7:43*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Jul 27, 7:01*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
> > featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>
> >http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde...
>
> > --Bryan
>
> You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?

That is the place.
St. Louis process cheese pizza
Fried bologna and process cheese on white (Wonder type) bread
Boiled hotdogs with hot dog (weenie water) gravy
and the worst, Fried Brain Sandwiches.
>
> I drive right by it every day I go to my morning client, M,W and F!
> Yeahm they no longer have that sign that advertized "Brains!"

Mad Cow did them in.
Scary:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5479931/
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On Jul 27, 8:00*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
> On Jul 27, 7:43*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>
> > On Jul 27, 7:01*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
> > > featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>
> > >http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde....
>
> > > --Bryan
>
> > You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?
>
> That is the place.
> St. Louis process cheese pizza
> Fried bologna and process cheese on white (Wonder type) bread
> Boiled hotdogs with hot dog (weenie water) gravy
> and the worst, Fried Brain Sandwiches.

Ahhhh, true south Saint Louis "fine" cuisine!

Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
culinary life?

John Kuthe...



>
>
>
> > I drive right by it every day I go to my morning client, M,W and F!
> > Yeahm they no longer have that sign that advertized "Brains!"
>
> Mad Cow did them in.
> Scary:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5479931/
>
>
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> --Bryan

On Jul 27, 8:17*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Jul 27, 8:00*pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Jul 27, 7:43*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>
> > > On Jul 27, 7:01*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > > Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
> > > > featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>
> > > >http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde...
>
> > > > --Bryan
>
> > > You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?
>
> > That is the place.
> > St. Louis process cheese pizza
> > Fried bologna and process cheese on white (Wonder type) bread
> > Boiled hotdogs with hot dog (weenie water) gravy
> > and the worst, Fried Brain Sandwiches.
>
> Ahhhh, true south Saint Louis "fine" cuisine!
>
> Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
> culinary life?

No, I've never eaten brains. I have seen the sign plenty of times.
>
> John Kuthe...
>
>
>
> > > I drive right by it every day I go to my morning client, M,W and F!
> > > Yeahm they no longer have that sign that advertized "Brains!"
>
> > Mad Cow did them in.
> > Scary:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5479931/
>
> > > John Kuthe...
>
> > --Bryan

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

>> Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
>> culinary life?

> No, I've never eaten brains. I have seen the sign plenty of times.

Brains are a part of piedmont's "fritto misto", or "mix fry". They are high
in cholesterol but very yummy. This said, mom used to cook brains for me and
my sister when we were toddlers, on recommendation from the pediatrician.
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

On Jul 28, 8:41 am, "ViLco" > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >> Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
> >> culinary life?
> > No, I've never eaten brains. I have seen the sign plenty of times.
>
> Brains are a part of piedmont's "fritto misto", or "mix fry". They are high
> in cholesterol but very yummy. This said, mom used to cook brains for me and
> my sister when we were toddlers, on recommendation from the pediatrician.
> --
> Vilco
> Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
> qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

Canned brains scrambled w eggs in the south. As part of the mixed
meat buffet in calf's head at a greek place, goat head from my
kitchen. Never a sandwich , though. I'm imagining something like a
hamburger. Seems a waste to take an interesting thing and make it
ordinary.
B

On Jul 28, 7:41*am, "ViLco" > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> >> Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
> >> culinary life?
> > No, I've never eaten brains. *I have seen the sign plenty of times.
>
> Brains are a part of piedmont's "fritto misto", or "mix fry". They are high
> in cholesterol but very yummy. This said, mom used to cook brains for me and
> my sister when we were toddlers, on recommendation from the pediatrician.

Well, the mother in the link in the original post, "apparently ate the
child's brain and some other body parts. She also decapitated the
infant, tore off his face and chewed off three of his toes before
stabbing herself."
> --
> * Vilco

--Bryan

> Mad Cow did them in.
>
>
>
> > John Kuthe...
>
> --Bryan

They still serve brain sandwiches somewhere along the Mississippi,
because Alton Brown and his crew had them during his program/sojourn
up and down the river.

N.

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

> On Jul 28, 7:36 pm, Kathleen > wrote:
>
>>Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>>
>>>On Jul 27, 8:17 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>>
>>>>On Jul 27, 8:00 pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>>
>>>>>On Jul 27, 7:43 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>>
>>>>>>On Jul 27, 7:01 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>>
>>>>>>>Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
>>>>>>>featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>>
>>>>>>>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde...
>>
>>>>>>>--Bryan
>>
>>>>>>You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?
>>
>>>>>That is the place.
>>>>>St. Louis process cheese pizza
>>>>>Fried bologna and process cheese on white (Wonder type) bread
>>>>>Boiled hotdogs with hot dog (weenie water) gravy
>>>>>and the worst, Fried Brain Sandwiches.
>>
>>>>Ahhhh, true south Saint Louis "fine" cuisine!
>>
>>>>Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
>>>>culinary life?
>>
>>>No, I've never eaten brains. I have seen the sign plenty of times.
>>
>>I have. My mom used to make fried brain sandwiches when I was a little
>>kid. I actually liked them before I started getting squicked out by the
>>idea. Mild flavor, very tender, fluffy texture with a crunchy fried
>>crust. German/Polish soul food, I suspect.
>>
>>Evidently there's a fair amount of prep work involved. Removal of
>>membranes and whatnot.. <yurk>
>
>
> Eating brains could be risky:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/02/science/02qna.html
> But is there much risk? Not much BSE in USA beef, maybe almost none.

I believe I ate my last brain sandwich somewhere around the age of 6 or
7 years of age - before we moved to Phoenix, where such delicacies were
unheard of and disgusting. Some 40 years ago. If I were at risk of
BSE-induced illness I suspect I'd be showing symptoms by now.

These days, I wouldn't eat CNS tissue on a bet, nor would I feed it to
my children, unless it were a matter of eat or die *right now*.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Mon 27 Jul 2009 05:43:05p, John Kuthe told us...
>
>
>>On Jul 27, 7:01 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>>
>>>Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside that
>>>featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating cake:
>>>
>>>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...ged-with-murde...
>>>
>>>--Bryan
>>
>>You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?
>>
>>I drive right by it every day I go to my morning client, M,W and F!
>>Yeahm they no longer have that sign that advertized "Brains!"
>>
>>
>>John Kuthe...
>>
>>
>
>
> Years ago, the employees' cafeterias at Famous-Barr used to feature
> scrambled eggs and brains for breakfast once a week. As I recall, they
> were really quite good.
>

Yep. That was a favorite at the taverns frequented by plumbers and
piper fitters prior to the start of their shifts.

Many moons ago, I made my squeamish BIL sick to his stomach by
speculating that a delicious but unidentified breakfast dish at a
Mexican brunch buffet was scrambled eggs and brains... After he'd
wolfed down a large serving.

Every subsequent meal was prefaced by him pointing a fork and me and
stating, "Okay, YOU, just STUF!"

Kathleen > wrote in
:

> Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
>
>> On Jul 27, 8:17 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>>
>>>On Jul 27, 8:00 pm, Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Jul 27, 7:43 pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>On Jul 27, 7:01 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>Here in St. Louis, there used to be this place on the Southside
>>>>>>that featured brain sandwiches, but THIS takes the brain eating
>>>>>>cake:
>>>
>>>>>>http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...arged-with-mur
>>>>>>de...
>>>
>>>>>>--Bryan
>>>
>>>>>You mean the place at Gravois and McKenzie?
>>>
>>>>That is the place.
>>>>St. Louis process cheese pizza
>>>>Fried bologna and process cheese on white (Wonder type) bread
>>>>Boiled hotdogs with hot dog (weenie water) gravy
>>>>and the worst, Fried Brain Sandwiches.
>>>
>>>Ahhhh, true south Saint Louis "fine" cuisine!
>>>
>>>Sounds like you used to actually eat there Bryan! A low point in your
>>>culinary life?
>>
>>
>> No, I've never eaten brains. I have seen the sign plenty of times.
>
> I have. My mom used to make fried brain sandwiches when I was a
> little kid. I actually liked them before I started getting squicked
> out by the idea. Mild flavor, very tender, fluffy texture with a
> crunchy fried crust.

My mother made them as the meat part of a meal when I was a kid. A few
times a year. I didn't care that much for them; I thought they tasted
sweet.

She also made veal kidneys sometimes, which I loved!

> German/Polish soul food, I suspect.

My mother's family was German/Romanian. Ah, the memories of food I'll
never eat again.

> Evidently there's a fair amount of prep work involved. Removal of
> membranes and whatnot.. <yurk>
>



--
"When you choose the lesser of two evils, always
remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner

KenK wrote:
>>Evidently there's a fair amount of prep work involved. Removal of
>>membranes and whatnot.. <yurk>
>>
>
>
>
There's an Italian sauce made of brains.

Sauce Italian

Poach half a calf's brain or the same amount of ox or mutton brain in a
well flavored vinegar court bouillon and allow to cool.

Drain and pass through a fine sieve; place the puree in a basin and
whisk until smooth, and add to it a mayonnaise made form 5 egg yolks, 4
& 1/2 cups oil, the juice of 1 lemon, 1/3 oz. salt and a pinch of
pepper; finish with a good tbs. of chopped parsley.

This sauce is suitable for serving with any kind of cold meat.

Beignets de Cervelle -- Brain fritters

Poach the brains in vinegar court bouillon, remove and cut into thick
slices as evenly shaped as possible.

Marinate with oil, lemon juice and chopped fine herbs for 20 minutes.

Dip in batter and deep fry at the last minute taking care that the
batter becomes very crisp.

Just FYI i have never cooked nor eaten brains

--

Mr. Joseph Littleshoes Esq.

Domine, dirige nos.
Let the games begin!
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