Brain Cakes

Ingredients

• 1 pint cold water
• 2 heaped tablespoonfuls bread-crumbs
• 1 teaspoonful chopped parsley
• 1 oz. dripping
• 1 tablespoonful milk
• 1 tablespoonful vinegar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 pinch pepper

Method

1. 1

   Wash the brains in vinegar and cold water, then put them into the boiling liquor the head is cooking in; boil for ten minutes, drain, chop, and mix with the bread-crumbs, parsley, pepper, salt, and enough milk to make a moist paste.

2. 2

   Drop spoonfuls into hot dripping and fry until golden.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The school cookery book (1881), page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

brain cakes alternately. Brain Cakes. — Required: brains ; 2 heaped table- spoonfuls bread-crumbs ; 1 teaspoonful chopped pars- ley ; 1 oz. dripping ; 1 tablespoonful milk ; 1 table- spoonful vinegar ; 1 pint cold water ; 1 pinch salt ; 1 pinch pepper

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