No Mags I saw it last week on Oldham market. BTW we were told that Barnsley market is well worth a visit. Is it worth a 30 mile trip? Anybody live there? Jim Sharpe ----- Original Message ----- From: <MagsB1942@aol.com> To: <NORTHERN-ENGLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 5:39 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Co-op - Brawn > In a message dated 24/11/00 16:13:26 GMT Standard Time, > sharpe@britishlibrary.net writes: > > << never liked Brawn since as a child someone told me it was made from cow > and sheep brains. >> > > I hate to tell you but my late father-in-law used to make it from boiling a > complete pigs head and stripping the meat off. Quite put me off too - I > used to like it before I saw it in the pot. I don't know if the commercial > version is made that way - probably just have a bigger pot!!! It is probably > banned nowaday because of BSE. You couldn't make it from sheep because they > get scrapie - which is similar to BSE and has been around for hundreds of > years. > > Regards. > Maggie > > Searching for: > BICKER, MILLER, SPRATT, MARSH - Kent > BICKER - Notts > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > This list also allows Trivia postings about the region as well as serious genealogy research postings. > >