What A Horrible Idea, And Yet...
Baked Brains
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
Prepare by soaking, skinning and blanching:
___ 1 set brains
Chop coarsely and combine them with:
___ 1/2 cup bread crumbs
___ 2 chopped hard-cooked eggs
___ 6 tablespoons cream
___ 1 tablespoon catsup
___ 2 peeled chopped green chilis
___ 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
___ Season to taste
Place in a greased baking dish or in individual dishes. Sprinkle the top with:
___ Au Gratin II
Bake about 15 minutes.
(from Rombauer, I. S. & Becker, M. R. (1975). The joy of cooking. (Late ed.) New York: The Bobs-Merrill Company)
So the plan is - invite everybody to a theme Zombie/Undead party. Make sure they come in costume and pay attention to detail. When they compliment me on my delicious food... tell them.
Horrid, I know.
Funny?
How would I avoid eating my own cooking, though...?
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
Prepare by soaking, skinning and blanching:
___ 1 set brains
Chop coarsely and combine them with:
___ 1/2 cup bread crumbs
___ 2 chopped hard-cooked eggs
___ 6 tablespoons cream
___ 1 tablespoon catsup
___ 2 peeled chopped green chilis
___ 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
___ Season to taste
Place in a greased baking dish or in individual dishes. Sprinkle the top with:
___ Au Gratin II
Bake about 15 minutes.
(from Rombauer, I. S. & Becker, M. R. (1975). The joy of cooking. (Late ed.) New York: The Bobs-Merrill Company)
So the plan is - invite everybody to a theme Zombie/Undead party. Make sure they come in costume and pay attention to detail. When they compliment me on my delicious food... tell them.
Horrid, I know.
Funny?
How would I avoid eating my own cooking, though...?
posted by theamazingcatherine | 8:09 pm
7 Comments:
But what does it look like? I mean, if it looks like brains covered with breadcrumbs, you might not get too many takers :-/
(hmm, anyone remember the brain-cooking scene from _Eight Skilled Gentlemen_?)
I once read an Alison Holst recipe for brain patties. She said that her kids were entirely unaware of the composition until one of them (now grown up) asked for the recipe for those wonderful lamb patties that they used to have so often.
The bit where the chefs were speculating on how to serve their host the main dish - the buttocks of his boyfriend - was particularly memorable.
Well they had to get rid of the body somewhere.
I don't know what it looks like. I'll have to try it and see. Let me know next time you're in Palmerston and I'll make sure to leave you a plate at dinnertime.
The bit about the "fried face of boyfriend" was also memorable.
(John, never let her cook you liver. She'll describe the process in _way_ too much detail.)
I've never been quite sure about eating liver, considering the role it plays in the body :-/
Apparently, eating brains is not very good for you.. :-/
"The first problem is that the brain is made up of 60% fat due to the myelin (which itself is 70% fat) insulating the axons of neurons and glia."
Ah - I can now call people "fat-head" with the specious impunity of truth!
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