# Brains for breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2000, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647 "2000-02-08T17:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/21 "2000-02-09T21:28:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Crystalguy: > **Haven’t any of you guys read “Hannibal” yet?** Damn! Beat me to the punch. Yes, I have read this book. For anybody who has not read this book, there is a section in the book where Hannibal eats another man’s brain, **while the man is still alive**. * * * Shadowfox _“Distinguished” Sexy assistant to Head Honcho, Self-Righteous Clique_ ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/22 "2000-02-09T22:31:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Why doesn’t some company that manufactures—well, cans—brains make a TV commercial with “Night of the Living Dead” zombies eating their product and going, “mmmm . . . brains . . .” Actually, my brother did something similar to my sister placing the can of brains on her windowsill before acting the zombie… But really it was more in reference to the Simpsons take-off of _Night of the Living Dead_ where the zombies tap Homer’s head and figure it’s not worth the trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/23 "2000-02-10T02:28:00Z")
Actually, the zombies calling for brains was from _Return of the Living Dead_ a horror-comedy by Dan O’Bannon. _Night of the Living Dead_ was George Romero’s first zombie pic, which was followed by _Dawn of the Dead_ and _Day of the Dead_ ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/24 "2000-02-10T13:23:00Z")
…Followed by _Dog Day Afternoon of the Living Dead_ and _Enchanted Evening of the Living Dead_, at which point the zombies were signed to a recording contract and the rest is history… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/25 "2000-02-10T17:08:00Z")
And don’t forget _Hey Living Dead, It’s Two in the Frickin’ Morning, Will You Quit Moaning and Go To Sleep, Some of Us Gotta Be at Work in the Morning_. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/26 "2000-02-10T17:36:00Z")
Wasn’t Joe Don Baker in that? ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/27 "2000-02-10T17:46:00Z")
Brains and eggs are quite common in the south, as are grits. It’s not unusual. I can remember my mom fixing them for my dad and I know that I tasted them, I just don’t remember the taste. Of course we also love banana sandwiches with mayo here…and my cousins from Illinois are amazed at that. Go figure. * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda - Senior Intern to El Presidente Self-Righteous Clique \* ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/28 "2000-02-11T06:28:00Z")
OK, so to recap: Ate but doesn’t remember taste: Mjollnir, fuzzy-wuzzy Tasted once, but say brains didn’t taste like anything in particular: cygnus, TVeblen But so far, no one who really enjoys brains. I mean, some people crave Circus Peanuts. Or banana and mayo (which I must imagine has nearly the same consistency as brains). So, brain lovers, come out of the closet and declare your love for the food that oozes! ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/29 "2000-02-11T06:30:00Z")
[My humblest apologies to those of you eating at this moment.] ---
**Author:** ![mikehardware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mikehardware](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikehardware)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/30 "2000-02-11T06:54:00Z")
A local DJ recently ate some pork brains on his show, on a dare. Quite a description of the pinkish gravy. He was really carrying on, completely grossed out. My wife says that scrambled with eggs, pork brains are quite good, tasting a bit like ham. She used to eat squirrel brains. (As a kid, she lived in rural TN.) I don’t think I could get past the part where you crack open the skull of the fried critter - with the eyeballs still in it. ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/31 "2000-02-10T21:28:00Z")
Mmmmm… Pork brains. [http://www.bozosoft.com/mike/meat/brains-can.gif](http://www.bozosoft.com/mike/meat/brains-can.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/32 "2000-02-10T21:39:00Z")
When I was a kid in West Texas we used to eat calves brains and scrambled eggs. We were too poor to afford the brains very often so mom made “Mock Brains and Eggs” using oatmeal. I don’t really remember what either one tasted like. I think I am glad I don’t… ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/33 "2000-02-10T21:45:00Z")
My grandmother used to fix brains and eggs from time to time and I vaguely remember tasting them. She only did it when one of my farmer great-uncles got them for her fresh though–no cans. As far as I recall, they tasted more or less like plain scrambled eggs. She also fixed squirrel, but that was a no-brainer, so to speak–just fried like chicken. However, I did participate once in a heavenly dinner based on the one in “Babette’s Feast.” Of course we all had to do the quail brain sucking thing. Fortunately, quite a lot of incredibly fine wine had gone down by that point. And quail brains, as you might imagine, are very small. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/34 "2000-02-10T21:55:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mrblue92: > **So, brain lovers, come out of the closet and declare your love for the food that oozes!** Well, I had them several times at home (Europe). My mother made them with a white cream sauce, and we ate it with pasta. I enjoyed it, but haven’t had it in years, so maybe by now my tastes have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/35 "2000-02-11T05:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > And quail brains, as you might imagine, are very small. ## Nah, too easy… Remember, I’m pulling for you; we’re all in this together. —Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647/36 "2000-02-11T06:32:00Z")
My uncle loved brains & eggs. I was raised to think of them as an East Texas breakfast. The cholesterol count shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. Aren’t all organs cholesterol super-rich? I’ve had to curb my monthly Sunday morning menudo madness because of that choly issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brains-for-breakfast/13647.md?page=1)