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Lizzy Lover · 01-25-2004, 04:10 PM

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Craving brain food, mad cow or no
Indiana diners chow down on a disappearing delicacy

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Cecelia Coan of Evansville, Ind., looks over the deep-fried cow brain sandwich she ordered to go at the Hilltop Inn in Evansville, Ind. The brains, battered with egg, seasoning and flour, puff up when cooked and trace back to a time when southern Indiana newcomers from Germany and Holland were frugal with their slaughtered cattle.

She's more concerned about what the cholesterol will do to her heart than suffering the brain-wasting disease found in a cow in Washington state.

"I think I'll have hardening of the arteries before I have mad cow disease," said Cecelia Coan, 40, picking up a brain sandwich to go at the Hilltop Inn during her lunch hour. "This is better than snail, better than sushi, better than a lot of different delicacies."

The brains, battered with egg, seasoning and flour, puff up when cooked. They are served hot, heaping outside the bun.

They are traced back to a time when southern Indiana newcomers from Germany and Holland wasted little. Some families have their own recipes passed down over the generations.

A little mad cow hysteria won't scare this crowd, said Coan, a bank teller who likes her brain sandwich served with mustard and pickled onions.

"You're going to die anyway. Either die happy or you die miserable. That's the German attitude, isn't it?" Coan said.

The local delicacy is served at area German-heritage restaurants like the Hilltop Inn, a former stagecoach stop in the Ohio River city that opened in 1837. They're also popular at annual festivities like Evansville's fall festival, where they typically sell out early at church booths.

The only thing that will stop many of the sandwich's fans from buying them is its availability. New rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service will ban selling brains of cattle 30 months or older.

The 30-month cutoff is used because the incubation period for cattle to develop the disease is many months to many years, said Denise Derrer, spokeswoman for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health.

Americans eat about 65 pounds of beef every year. As federal investigators try to determine how a cow in Washington state may have become infected with the brain-wasting illness, mad cow disease, some consumers are wondering if they need to take any precautions and change their diets.

A human disease related to mad cow is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is incurable and was blamed for 143 deaths in Britain, which suffered a mad cow disease outbreak in the 1980s. Humans can get it by eating meat that contains tissue from infected animals, specifically from the brain and spinal cord.

Mad cow disease, officially known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has not been found in beef muscle.
Scientists say the disease is found only in nerve tissue, specifically the brain and spinal cord. So experts say beef steaks and roasts are safe, along with hamburger ground from labeled cuts, such as chuck or round. Organ meat such as the liver and tongue also are safe.

Slightly. Meat such as ground beef, hot dogs, taco meat, and luncheon meats are made from several sources of meat. They are sometimes obtained by machines, known as advanced meat recovery systems, that strip flesh from the spines and bones of the cow.
Many meat companies remove the spine and brain before processing the carcass. However, tests have detected central nervous system tissue in samples of beef products.

Such tissues are not supposed to be in meat products in the United States.

In the case of the cow in Washington, federal and state officials have quarantined the herd on the farm where the animal came from. If tests in England confirm that the cow had BSE, then the herd will be slaughtered to prevent an outbreak. Investigators also are tracing where the meat from the animal was sent.
Beef and cattle imported from countries with BSE are banned. Also, the government has banned since 1997 cattle feed made with protein or bone meal from being fed to other grazing animals — cattle, goats and sheep. Farmers used to feed such meal to their animals because it helped them gain weight.

Consumer groups argue there are too many loopholes in the system, though. They have demanded wider testing and better tracking of sick animals.

Unlikely, though researchers want further study on the topic.
It is believed prions, the proteins that cause BSE, can be carried by leukocytes (white blood cells), which are present in milk. That said, tests found almost no evidence the infection could be transmitted into calves or mice through a diseased animal's milk.

U.S. officials maintain milk from a diseased cow would be safe. British law has banned distribution of milk from any cows linked to a BSE outbreak.

The cow was a 'downer' animal that was injured when giving birth. The Agriculture Department allows such animals into the food supply if they are not sick. Federal veterinarians check the animals for signs of illness before they are processed.
If an animal is sick, it isn’t allowed to be slaughtered for meat and tests are run to determine what ails it.

Often, downer animals are processed for pet food because their meat is rendered, which cooks the meat and kills some disease. However, prions -- the proteins that cause BSE -- must be incinerated or destroyed with chemicals, which would generally leave any protein products unusable for human or animal consumption.

Mad cow disease is one of a family of illnesses that has only been known to infect animals such as cattle, sheep, elk and deer.
The cow likely was sick from eating feed made from an infected cow, even though that type of feed is banned. If that’s true, other cattle also might be infected and they might have been processed into food for humans by accident. Or they might have been ground into animal feed that could infect other livestock that people could someday eat.

The Food and Drug Administration is working with the Agriculture Department to determine the source of the illness.

Toby · 01-25-2004, 04:18 PM

so what they are saying is that mad cow disease will raise your IQ?

Lizzy Lover · 01-25-2004, 04:19 PM

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Originally posted by Toby
so what they are saying is that mad cow disease will raise your IQ?

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01-25-2004, 04:10 PM	#1
Lizzy Lover Apocalyptic Poster Location: TN Posts: 1,266	yummy new way to raise your IQ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3969530&p1=0 Craving brain food, mad cow or no Indiana diners chow down on a disappearing delicacy http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...um.hmedium.jpg Cecelia Coan of Evansville, Ind., looks over the deep-fried cow brain sandwich she ordered to go at the Hilltop Inn in Evansville, Ind. The brains, battered with egg, seasoning and flour, puff up when cooked and trace back to a time when southern Indiana newcomers from Germany and Holland were frugal with their slaughtered cattle. She's more concerned about what the cholesterol will do to her heart than suffering the brain-wasting disease found in a cow in Washington state. "I think I'll have hardening of the arteries before I have mad cow disease," said Cecelia Coan, 40, picking up a brain sandwich to go at the Hilltop Inn during her lunch hour. "This is better than snail, better than sushi, better than a lot of different delicacies." The brains, battered with egg, seasoning and flour, puff up when cooked. They are served hot, heaping outside the bun. They are traced back to a time when southern Indiana newcomers from Germany and Holland wasted little. Some families have their own recipes passed down over the generations. A little mad cow hysteria won't scare this crowd, said Coan, a bank teller who likes her brain sandwich served with mustard and pickled onions. "You're going to die anyway. Either die happy or you die miserable. That's the German attitude, isn't it?" Coan said. The local delicacy is served at area German-heritage restaurants like the Hilltop Inn, a former stagecoach stop in the Ohio River city that opened in 1837. They're also popular at annual festivities like Evansville's fall festival, where they typically sell out early at church booths. The only thing that will stop many of the sandwich's fans from buying them is its availability. New rules from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service will ban selling brains of cattle 30 months or older. The 30-month cutoff is used because the incubation period for cattle to develop the disease is many months to many years, said Denise Derrer, spokeswoman for the Indiana State Board of Animal Health. Americans eat about 65 pounds of beef every year. As federal investigators try to determine how a cow in Washington state may have become infected with the brain-wasting illness, mad cow disease, some consumers are wondering if they need to take any precautions and change their diets. A human disease related to mad cow is known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. It is incurable and was blamed for 143 deaths in Britain, which suffered a mad cow disease outbreak in the 1980s. Humans can get it by eating meat that contains tissue from infected animals, specifically from the brain and spinal cord. Mad cow disease, officially known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, has not been found in beef muscle. Scientists say the disease is found only in nerve tissue, specifically the brain and spinal cord. So experts say beef steaks and roasts are safe, along with hamburger ground from labeled cuts, such as chuck or round. Organ meat such as the liver and tongue also are safe. Slightly. Meat such as ground beef, hot dogs, taco meat, and luncheon meats are made from several sources of meat. They are sometimes obtained by machines, known as advanced meat recovery systems, that strip flesh from the spines and bones of the cow. Many meat companies remove the spine and brain before processing the carcass. However, tests have detected central nervous system tissue in samples of beef products. Such tissues are not supposed to be in meat products in the United States. In the case of the cow in Washington, federal and state officials have quarantined the herd on the farm where the animal came from. If tests in England confirm that the cow had BSE, then the herd will be slaughtered to prevent an outbreak. Investigators also are tracing where the meat from the animal was sent. Beef and cattle imported from countries with BSE are banned. Also, the government has banned since 1997 cattle feed made with protein or bone meal from being fed to other grazing animals — cattle, goats and sheep. Farmers used to feed such meal to their animals because it helped them gain weight. Consumer groups argue there are too many loopholes in the system, though. They have demanded wider testing and better tracking of sick animals. Unlikely, though researchers want further study on the topic. It is believed prions, the proteins that cause BSE, can be carried by leukocytes (white blood cells), which are present in milk. That said, tests found almost no evidence the infection could be transmitted into calves or mice through a diseased animal's milk. U.S. officials maintain milk from a diseased cow would be safe. British law has banned distribution of milk from any cows linked to a BSE outbreak. The cow was a 'downer' animal that was injured when giving birth. The Agriculture Department allows such animals into the food supply if they are not sick. Federal veterinarians check the animals for signs of illness before they are processed. If an animal is sick, it isn’t allowed to be slaughtered for meat and tests are run to determine what ails it. Often, downer animals are processed for pet food because their meat is rendered, which cooks the meat and kills some disease. However, prions -- the proteins that cause BSE -- must be incinerated or destroyed with chemicals, which would generally leave any protein products unusable for human or animal consumption. Mad cow disease is one of a family of illnesses that has only been known to infect animals such as cattle, sheep, elk and deer. The cow likely was sick from eating feed made from an infected cow, even though that type of feed is banned. If that’s true, other cattle also might be infected and they might have been processed into food for humans by accident. Or they might have been ground into animal feed that could infect other livestock that people could someday eat. The Food and Drug Administration is working with the Agriculture Department to determine the source of the illness.

01-25-2004, 04:18 PM	#2
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