Comments on: Brains!!! http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains Chef Chris Cosentino's guide to all good guts. Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:28:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jamshed Bhathena http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-3602 Jamshed Bhathena Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:40:56 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-3602 Good recipe. I grew up eating offals so have no qualms about eating them. Here is a recipe you may try: Clean brains by poaching for 5 minutes in warm water Sutee onions and garlic (hot chillies, optional) Add a pinch of turmeric Add tomato concasse and brains. Sautee till the brains are cooked (5 minutes on each side) Season with salt and white pepper Good recipe. I grew up eating offals so have no qualms about eating them. Here is a recipe you may try:

Clean brains by poaching for 5 minutes in warm water

Sutee onions and garlic (hot chillies, optional)
Add a pinch of turmeric
Add tomato concasse and brains. Sautee till the brains are cooked (5 minutes on each side)
Season with salt and white pepper

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By: Murat Turan http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-482 Murat Turan Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:38:01 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-482 In Turkey we eat brain salad and it is very easy to make. We poach a lambs brain and eat it cold with olive oil and lemon juice served together with other green stuff. Usually we leave the brain intact or slice it thickly. In Turkey we eat brain salad and it is very easy to make.
We poach a lambs brain and eat it cold with olive oil and lemon juice served together with other green stuff. Usually we leave the brain intact or slice it thickly.

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By: inga http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-481 inga Tue, 20 May 2008 19:47:14 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-481 I concur with liking the way the brains are left intact... i remember my Mother making brains when i was young and being seriously disappointed that they were minced and didn't actually look like a brain. Also your recipe looks much tastier (sorry Mom). I remember liking them at first as a child and then changing my mind mid meal, but perhaps I will have to give them another shot... Also, for those with kids, you CAN actually initially convince your kids that you'll be serving monkey brains, which seemed like a great time for my Mom, and got me more interested in trying them than if she had just said they were calves' brains. I concur with liking the way the brains are left intact… i remember my Mother making brains when i was young and being seriously disappointed that they were minced and didn’t actually look like a brain. Also your recipe looks much tastier (sorry Mom). I remember liking them at first as a child and then changing my mind mid meal, but perhaps I will have to give them another shot…

Also, for those with kids, you CAN actually initially convince your kids that you’ll be serving monkey brains, which seemed like a great time for my Mom, and got me more interested in trying them than if she had just said they were calves’ brains.

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By: Karin http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-480 Karin Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:31:11 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-480 I have the fondest memories of Calf's brains. My German grandmother would make them in the aforementioned scrambled egg style with sauteed onions in the mix. My North Caroline raised father-in-law found that we shared a love of this dish while the rest of the family members groaned. It is a bonding moment. My favorite special treat was when she breaded the lobe and panfried it much like a chicken cutlet. It was divine! The crunchy breaded coating (homemade breadcrumbs as well.) with the warm custardy inside. It was a talent and one of my favorite meals at her home. Unfortunately, with the event of Mad Cow (and USDA-Govenment Idiocy) I am leary of finding them and of eating them. Another innocence the corporate farming greed has ruined I have the fondest memories of Calf’s brains. My German grandmother would make them in the aforementioned scrambled egg style with sauteed onions in the mix. My North Caroline raised father-in-law found that we shared a love of this dish while the rest of the family members groaned. It is a bonding moment.
My favorite special treat was when she breaded the lobe and panfried it much like a chicken cutlet. It was divine! The crunchy breaded coating (homemade breadcrumbs as well.) with the warm custardy inside. It was a talent and one of my favorite meals at her home.
Unfortunately, with the event of Mad Cow (and USDA-Govenment Idiocy) I am leary of finding them and of eating them. Another innocence the corporate farming greed has ruined

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By: Weird Food | Modus OperanDietz http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-479 Weird Food | Modus OperanDietz Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:03:31 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-479 [...] Oh, and here’s the brain recipe link: Brains!!! [...] [...] Oh, and here’s the brain recipe link: Brains!!! [...]

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By: Copy cat Recipes http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-478 Copy cat Recipes Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:52:29 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-478 Yikes! I'm not sure if I could eat this or not. The final dish doesn't look that bad but...whew...I just don't know. Yikes! I’m not sure if I could eat this or not. The final dish doesn’t look that bad but…whew…I just don’t know.

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By: Bill Burge http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-477 Bill Burge Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:12:36 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-477 I've had a lot of offal over the years, and although I've had something like calves brain, it was in a ravioli; hidden from view of what it really is. So although someone already said above, I'll further comment that I like that you leave so many of your dishes intact. Hopefully I'll make to San Fran someday to see if i can put my money where my mouth is--and deal as it were. I’ve had a lot of offal over the years, and although I’ve had something like calves brain, it was in a ravioli; hidden from view of what it really is.

So although someone already said above, I’ll further comment that I like that you leave so many of your dishes intact.

Hopefully I’ll make to San Fran someday to see if i can put my money where my mouth is–and deal as it were.

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By: Sarah Copeland http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-474 Sarah Copeland Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:03:42 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-474 Chris, that's one beautiful brain you've got there! I love the way you think. Thanks for a glorious meal, and an awfully good time! Chris, that’s one beautiful brain you’ve got there! I love the way you think. Thanks for a glorious meal, and an awfully good time!

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By: Bob delGrosso http://www.offalgood.com/blog/recipes/brains/comment-page-1#comment-476 Bob delGrosso Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:24:55 +0000 http://www.offalgood.com/?p=133#comment-476 In the early 1980's having learned how to prepare calf's brains where I worked as line cook in a French NY Times 2 star. Soon thereafter I went on a brains bender, eating them at least once a week for several months. My favorite way to prepare them was au beurre noir. Dusted with flour, sauteed in clarified butter and finished with blackened butter, vinegar. capers and parsley. Then one night I f--ked up. I undercooked the brains in the court boullion. Rather then heat them up again and risk overcooking them, I decided to try to get them to set up during saute. Well they didn't. But by now I was so hungry I went ahead and ate some. That was the last time I ate brains. Pity me. In the early 1980′s having learned how to prepare calf’s brains where I worked as line cook in a French NY Times 2 star. Soon thereafter I went on a brains bender, eating them at least once a week for several months. My favorite way to prepare them was au beurre noir. Dusted with flour, sauteed in clarified butter and finished with blackened butter, vinegar. capers and parsley. Then one night I f–ked up.

I undercooked the brains in the court boullion. Rather then heat them up again and risk overcooking them, I decided to try to get them to set up during saute.
Well they didn’t. But by now I was so hungry I went ahead and ate some.

That was the last time I ate brains. Pity me.

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