Brain Fritters
Oven, in the book's wordsA quick oven
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the brain in lukewarm saltwater for 2 hours, changing the water if necessary.
Tie the brain in a piece of muslin.
Place it in hot water and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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