"...if I only had a brain." on the 4th of July

July 4th 2011

Collin came and saw us for a brief period over the weekend.

Then he went straight back to camp.

{Do you think I took pictures???... nope, I forgot}

On the Fourth, my father was invited to a barbecue down the street.

So we ALL {dad, eithan and myself} went.

It was a Mexican themed barbecue... which included a cow's head as the main course.

I tried a part of the head, just some meat off the cheek.

It was actually pretty good.

If you didn't think about where it came from.

Then I went back to look at the head while they were taking it all apart.

It sounds gross, but it was quite interesting.

As I was watching, the chef started to get out the brain.

I asked him if this was indeed the brain.

He replied with an affirmative.

It is at this point that he took part of the brain, cut off a part,

and told me that it was delicious and that I needed to try it.

I, of course, said no.

He insisted a few more times.

So......

I tried the cow's brain.

It had the texture of Tofu, and was followed with a nasty aftertaste.

Decision: Cow's brain is disgusting!

But at least now I've tried it! {smile}

In addition to cow's brain, I tried some goat's intestine in a soup.

Chewy, and, again, not something that I would eat again.

All in all, an interesting Fourth of July.

And we missed all the fireworks, because Eithan was sleeping.

{...and because we were tired}

Go figure??

We sure hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July.

We are all very grateful for this nation and for the freedoms that we have.