I was flicking through cookbooks this afternoon looking for some inspiration and I picked up one of my mother's old books. Her bestie gave it to her for Christmas '56.
The title is Continental Cookery in Australia. This is form the introduction to the "Brains" chapter.

In France and most European countries brains are not exclusively the toddler's diet - they are greatly favoured generally..... Brains are becoming fashionable in America too - to eat. I noticed them packed hygienically in cellophane bags, already cleaned, on those glassed-in counters of those huge self-service stores which are the housewife's boon over there. The following few recipes show you how brains can be served with a difference - and for adults too!


It's funny how times change - I'm pretty sure that toddler food isn't what springs to mind when one sees brains at the butcher these days.....