16 Jan 2004
Cow Brain Sandwiches Still On the Menu

When I was a kid we had [pork] brains and scrambled eggs for breakfast quite often. They were pretty yummy, too, but the wife just won't fix'em for me these days! Imagine that!

On a more serious side, this should tell us somethng about BSE:

The sandwiches trace their heritage to a time when immigrants to southern Indiana wasted little after arriving from Germany and Holland. Some families have their own recipes passed down through generations.

Since the human form of BSE (called VCJD) is a relatively new thing (only since the late 1960's, really), and our ancestors have been munching cow brains for generations without getting it, there's a clue here as to the origin of this malady.

The feedlot system, with it's attendent force feeding of meat to herbivores, came into use in this country in the 1950's, reaching the plateau it currently rests upon about 1963.

I think that's a BIG hint ...

Fear of mad cow disease hasn't kept Cecelia Coan from eating her beloved deep-fried cow-brain sandwiches.

(link) [CNN]

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