# Mother of Mercy—Is this the end of Mr. Brain's Faggots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 7, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066 "2004-10-07T18:18:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/1 "2004-10-07T18:18:13Z")
Someone in another thread mentioned my [Mr. Brain’s Faggots](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=179885) thread of last year, so I nostalgically went searching for Mr. Brain, the faggots, and the faggot-loving Doody family. And it’s gone!! **Don’t** click the link in my old thread, as it’s now a porn site! WTF? What happened to Mr. Brain? Don’t Brits eat faggots anymore? And what happened to the Doodys?! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/2 "2004-10-07T18:28:03Z")
Seems that the parent company, [Hibernia Foods](http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/news-ng.asp?id=38902-hibernia-foods-in), went into receivership last year. Seems like the Doodys weren’t strong enough to rescue the faggots. ☹ One can only hope that the brand will be sold to someone who can keep the tradition alive (not that I want to eat the damn things, but I like the idea that someone else might). ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/3 "2004-10-07T19:00:57Z")
Huh. There were Mr Brain’s Faggots in my local Safeways last month - I almost bought some. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/4 "2004-10-07T19:52:20Z")
> [@Francesca](#): > > Huh. There were Mr Brain’s Faggots in my local Safeways last month - I almost bought some. If they filed bankruptcy last _year_, those must have been some pretty old faggots. ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/5 "2004-10-07T19:55:11Z")
Well, they _were_ frozen. Frozen faggots live longer. Maybe I should buy some for posterity. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/6 "2004-10-07T22:50:39Z")
You should buy them and just save the box for posterity. I fear for the Doody family–their whole lives seemed to revolve around eating faggots! ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/7 "2004-10-07T23:21:34Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I fear for the Doody family–their whole lives seemed to revolve around eating faggots! Maybe they outgrew it. It just gets old after a while. Actually, that might explain the disappearance of Mr. Brain’s Faggots. Perhaps they saw the light and successfully converted. Did you do a web search for Mr. Brain’s \*Ex-\*Faggots? ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/8 "2004-10-08T00:00:33Z")
What next – will someone named Lorena outlaw spotted dick? Will Jerry Falwell come out against toad-in-the-hole? :eek: A company in receivership is not necessarily out of business – if there is a market for their products, they may be continuing to produce in an effort to pay off creditors. So those meat-packers in the Black Country may be continuing to make faggots. (That sentence didn’t start out as a melange of double-entendres; it just happened! Honest! :angelic smiley: ) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/9 "2004-10-08T03:40:36Z")
Does this mean I’ll never wrap my lips around a hot faggot? ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/10 "2004-10-08T13:54:33Z")
And will somebody think about the poor children who will never have the opportunity to get their eager young hands on some saucey faggots? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/11 "2004-10-08T13:56:34Z")
**Slortar** So you’re saying that they should be served with chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/12 "2004-10-08T14:21:45Z")
Despite the lamentable loss of Mr. Brain’s marvelous web site (remember the Bouncing Faggots?), I was able to find links about [The Doodys](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2698507.stm) and a cookbook, [The Good Faggot Guide](http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1858582180/qid%3D1097244970/026-4208111-3243667) (which, amazingly enough, has yet to be reviewed on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com)). Choice Doody quote: “The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/13 "2004-10-08T14:25:26Z")
P.S. _The Good Faggot Guide_ is going to be the birthday present for a number of friends this year (including one for myself—I want to be able to tell the good ones from the bad!). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/14 "2004-10-08T14:28:54Z")
WHAT THE HELL IS A… Sorry. WTH is a faggot, anyway, beyond the Bored of the Rings reference? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/15 "2004-10-08T14:29:51Z")
“Publisher: Studley, Warwickshire: Brewin Books; Soft Cover. 64pp. _The Good Faggot Guide_ is an essential manual for any gastronaut. It investigates faggot history, profiles the Faggot Pioneers and provides a Directory of the present day Faggoteers.” Faggoteers?! “I’m Annette!” “I’m Cubby!” ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/16 "2004-10-08T14:41:22Z")
I think that if we spread the word of Mr Brain’s Faggots among the GLBT community in the US, demand for the food as a novelty item will keep the company alive. How could any one resist strolling into the favorite pink cafe and proudly ordering “a saucy faggot”? Here in Philly, some customers will ask “Do you serve kosher faggots?” and the staff shall reply “David, sweety, we’ve been serving you for years now.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/17 "2004-10-08T14:44:29Z")
My mouth is watering just thinking about Mr Brain’s Faggots; I do hope they stick around. Of course, they aren’t a patch on the faggots my late grandmother used to make. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/18 "2004-10-08T14:49:01Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > \ “Do you serve kosher faggots?” All I know about them is that they are made from pork. They’re toad in a hole, right? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/19 "2004-10-08T14:58:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > They’re toad in a hole, right? No, faggots are pork liver meatballs. Toad in _the_ hole is a large amount of pancake batter with sausage links floating/submerged in it, roasted in the oven. Food. of. the. Gods. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066/20 "2004-10-08T15:00:28Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > No, faggots are pork liver meatballs. Alas, then no faggot shall ever touch my lips! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mother-of-mercy-is-this-the-end-of-mr-brains-faggots/268066.md?page=2)