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