Christmas traditions: steamed bread pudding and wassail.

[Flying10uk]

I remember the time, around 40 years ago, that my late gran described how her mother would "source an" animal's brain from the local butchers and then boil it. She went on to describe how "absolutely delicious" it was to eat. None of the younger generation of our family wanted to sample this delicacy.

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"source an" animal's brain

My father left england by himself at 16 yoa to come to Australia he loved kippers in tomato sauce and loved crumbed sheep's brains my mother used to cook, dad was born in 1913 so I gather during the WWI period & beyond food was limited, me I'm in no hurry for crumbed brain matter!

[Flying10uk]

and loved crumbed sheep's brains

Yer, it was the "affectionate way" that my late gran was describing "boiled brain matter" that her mother "served-up" that sticks in my memory.

I was trying to recall what sort of brain she said was sourced from the butchers by her mother and yes it was probably sheep.

[Sapper740]

Yer, it was the "affectionate way" that my late gran was describing "boiled brain matter" that her mother "served-up" that sticks in my memory.

I was trying to recall what sort of brain she said was sourced from the butchers by her mother and yes it was probably sheep.

For those who fancy Haggis....real traditional Haggis not the simpering crap they serve today but the real McCoy made from a sheep's pluck know that there are few inedible parts of sheep, or "sheeps" as Jeremy Clarkson calls them so I'm not surprised brains are on the menu too.