# Eating brains

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296 "2005-11-16T12:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296/21 "2005-11-16T17:17:55Z")

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I’ve had crumbed lamb’s brains, out of curiosity. I was actually surprised at how repulsive I found them, considering I’m pretty open minded about food in general. Wasn’t able to finish.

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296/22 "2005-11-16T17:42:06Z")

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> [@Silentgoldfish](#):
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> I’ve had crumbed lamb’s brains, out of curiosity. I was actually surprised at how repulsive I found them, considering I’m pretty open minded about food in general. Wasn’t able to finish.

How were they repulsive? I mean, did they just taste really bad, or was it the fact that they were BRAINS! ?

Just curious, as I’m an adventerous eater myself, but don’t want to waste the time and effort seeking out brains if they don’t actually taste good.

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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296/23 "2005-11-16T17:48:10Z")

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It was sort of a mixture of the taste and the texture. I can’t really describe the taste but they were a lot more mealy than I was expecting, and I think that’s what really put me off.

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**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-brains/331296/24 "2005-11-16T18:06:35Z")

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Just go to you local authentic Chinese supermarket, buy some brains and try this [brain curry](http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=23447) . If you enjoy it, then all is well, if you don’t you will probably soon lose your craving.

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