those of you reading this post might be like “what’s the big deal bout pig brain?” or maybe go “eww.. gross!’

anyways, i’ll give the photos here the honor to speak for themselves, first..

~ the hands which are holding the brain in these photos are my dad’s~

this idea came about when our Biology teacher taught us about the human brain; cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem, hypothalamus and all

it didn’t really made me thought of this but somehow made a note in me to explore more bout brains

on another occasion, my mom bought a whole duck for dinner and all the unwanted parts of the duck is in a container which people normally use to rinse vegetables and the like

i was like passing by the sink and just stopped in my tracks to look at this unwanted parts of a duck…something caught my eye, it looks like the liver or stomach or heart of duck and i called my dad over (who was peeling fruits for himself, at the moment)

he came over, took a knife, told me that it’s the heart of a duck and cut it open into two

it looks kinda similar to the human heart, i’ll post the pictures later, when i’m free as i’m now busy preparing for the National Chemistry Quiz

~back to the pig brain~

when i was doing my Biology project, i went to wiki to find out more bout brains and soon enough i realised that the practice of consuming brains is rooted in a number of cultures

i copied and pasted the brain delicacies below from wiki

In the Southern United States canned pork brain in gravy can be purchased for consumption as food

the brain of animals also features in French cuisine such as in the dish tête de veau, or head of calf, with the full meal that includes the brain, tongue, and glands

similar delicacies from around the world include Mexican tacos de sesos made with cattle brain as well as squirrel brain in the US (South)

the Anyang tribe of Cameroon practiced a tradition in which a new tribal shief would consume the brain of a hunted gorilla while another senior member of the tribe would eat the heart

the Fore people of Papua New Guinea in which those close to the dead would eat the brain of the deceased to create a sense of immortality

WTH!

Indonesian cuisine specialty in Minangkabau cuisine also served beef brain in a gravy coconut milk named gulai otak (beef brain curry).

Roasted or fried goat brain is eaten in south India and some parts of north India

Norwegian cuisine includes smalahove where a singed lamb’s head, including the brain, tongue and eye, serves two people

before this, i thought that the chinese are the only ones that eat brains, i mean monkey brains..

on the other hand, this is what i’ve found while googling ‘pig brain’

pig brain poisonous

pig brain and eggplant frittata

i never knew that the gases of the brain matter of a pig are somehow hazardous to our health and i’ll never agree to the act of consuming brains of any animals or maybe… humans for cannibals??