Cultural Consumption
The brain of animals features in French cuisine, in dishes such as cervelle de veau and tête de veau. A dish called Magaj is popular in Gujurat, Pakistan, Bangladesh and diaspora countries.
Similar delicacies from around the world include Mexican tacos de sesos. The Anyang tribe of Cameroon practiced a tradition in which a new tribal chief would consume the brain of a hunted gorilla while another senior member of the tribe would eat the heart. Indonesian cuisine specialty in Minangkabau cuisine also served beef brain in a coconut-milk gravy named gulai otak (beef brain curry). In Cuban cuisine, "brain fritters" are made by coating pieces of brain with bread crumbs and then frying them.
Some archaeological evidence suggests that the mourning rituals of European Neanderthals also involved the consumption of the brain.
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