how do I order a brain omelette

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how do I order a brain omelette

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Answer 1

I think if you mean in the style of Spain:

**http://recetasdelaabuelaluisa.blogspot.com/2013/04/tortilla-de-sesos.html**

TORTILLA DE SESOS

Esta tortilla a mí me parece de lo más normal ya que la he comido desde que era niña, aunque entiendo que haya quien tenga reparos para probarla

INGREDIENTES

• Sesos de cerdo: 2

• Huevos: 5

• Vinagre: 1 chorrito

• Aceite

• Sal

PREPARACIÓN

• Limpiamos los sesos quitándoles la membrana y las venillas.

• Los cocemos en agua con sal y un chorrito de vinagre durante unos 6-8 minutos.

• Los escurrimos y dejamos enfriar un poco.

• Batimos los huevos con un poquito de sal, añadimos los sesos cortados en trocitos y mezclamos.

• Cuajamos la tortilla.

But this is not exactly the same as what the traditional English speaker thinks of as an omelet.

I had tortilla tonight but just potato and onion with the eggs! - Mardle, Mar 18, 2016

Yuck! I hate brains. Tried them as an adult just to make sure, yep I hate 'em. Interpret that as you like :-D - Jubilado, Mar 18, 2016

For those who say "yuck", have you ever read the ingredients in sausage? - Winkfish, Mar 18, 2016

It's just how it hits the palate not the mind. I don't like sopa de menudo made with cow's stomach either though I ate a big bowl of it in Colombia. - Jubilado, Mar 18, 2016

Answer 2

Maybe for you, eattings brains sounds weird but it is a normal food in Spain. Nowadays young people is starting to change our traditional food (a big error for me) and probably most of them have never tried this kind of food.

This kind of food (brains, hearts, livers, lungs, etc,...) are called casquería and it was sold in butcher's or in shops only for it (also called casquerias).

Probably, many people on this forum will not understand how can we eat it. I challenge them to try it if they come anytime to Spain.

Returning to brains, it is more common to cook them in a different way (not tortilla). We slice the brains in one-finger-width and soak them with beaten egg and flour. Then, we fry them in very hot olive oil.

There are many typical Spanish dishes which use casquería:

Callos -> Stomach, intestine

Riñones al jerez -> kidneys with Jerez wine.

Fried brains are a favourite here and always have been mate, usually Lambs brains .I adore them . - ray76, Mar 18, 2016

I eat offal - liver and kidney and have tried heart and tripe but am not keen on the idea of brains. haggis which I like, includes offal. in the UK the latest generation won't eat any offal - Mardle, Mar 18, 2016

Please txustaboy, you are making the great mistake of thinking that what you eat in your country is unique , it is not , you are in the minority , there are literally billions of people eating offal throughout Asia , and all over the world. - ray76, Mar 18, 2016

Mardle, I'm married to a Scot. I like haggis, too, especially McSween's. - Winkfish, Mar 18, 2016