Susan: >I have ordered some brains from Saveon Foods. How safe could these organ >meats be? I thought I would cook them. How about brain pemmican or raw brains. >I enjoyed creamed brains/sweetbreads in the past. Are there some other >cooking methods that would be interesting? I don't know any recipes, but brains are too fatty to make pemmican. (Peter might know if the raw organ guy has ever dried brains--might be tricky.) I have eaten raw brains on a few occasions with high pleasure. However, you should know that that is supposedly where the mad cow disease is hosted: brain and spinal tissue. Organ meats don't keep very well--cooking might be the way to go unless and until you have some other experience eating raw animal foods... It's a tough issue to talk about because I don't want to lead you to think that there is no worry whatsoever, but I know from personal experience that I don't fall over dead from eating raw organs when they taste good au naturel. YMMV. Good luck with your organs and let is know how it goes, eh? Cheers, Kirt PS--I'm gonna be lurking only for a while, a couple weeks at least... Secola /\ Nieft [log in to unmask]