The "Worst Food Product Ever" May Have Been Found
Pork Brains In Milk Gravy. Could it be the worst food product ever? It does have 1170% of your daily cholesterol per serving. Mmmm.
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heart attack in a can
massive stroke with milk gravy! my arteries hurt just from reading about it!
That's got to be an error.....
I prefer monkey brains in a light coconut milk broth.
Plus, they're lower in sodium, too!
Skim or whole? Gotta watch my figure.
Everyone is who eats their pork brains in milk from a can is so lighweight. Where I come from we take a pigs brain and shove it in a cows udder and eat it raw.
You cant let the agro-giants take away your quality! Take our meals back!
you americans eat weird stuff.
::sigh:: Lazy. What's wrong with homemade?
Cracking open the skull to extract the brain is the easy part once the slaughtering is done.
Add it to a simple gravy and you're done! What could be easier?
I'd be more concerned if it had 1170% of the saturated fat intake. Most of that cholesterol is probably from the myelin around the axons of the neurons. That said, there's no way I'm putting that in my mouth.
@relax_guy: This is from the South.
Just wanted to make sure we're clear on that (for the sake of all us non-Southern Americans).
WTF? pork brains? that is the most disgusting canned good I have ever seen in my life! I love ham, I love bacon, I love pork chops, but seriously, I'll pass on this one It's just Eeewwwwwwww!
What's grosser? Baby pork brains. In Pork Placenta Sauce. Leftovers.
Charlotte, needless to say, is NOT amused.
I am glad I don't eat meat!
What state do you find that in? I've never seen anything like that here in the SF Bay Area.
In high school, a friend of mine ate these on a dare. We then went to BK and he down two Whoppers. And somehow, I am the one with the weight problem.
On a side note, he said they were really good. But, I'm not eating them, that's for sure.
This product is clearly marketed toward zombies, who needn't worry about cholesterol.
If the cholesterol doesn't get you the nitrates will!
Armor Star Pork Brains in Milk Gravy was featured in a column in the March 11, 1996 edition of New York Magazine. Unfortunately, it seems that the pictured pork brains scrambled with eggs is the only recipe in existence.
I used to live in N.C. and found this item in virtually every grocery store. I have never been brave enough to sample it. But, scary food like this, definitely influenced my decision to move back to the West coast.
Lord have mercy... That has to be the worst thing I've ever seen. It goes against my religion to eat anything that can see me, taste me, or remember me, so I guess I can't eat this anyway.
I would NEVER eat that! I have lactose intolerance.
Manager of a porcine rendering plant: Hey Irv, you see that big pile of pig brains over there?
Foreman Irv: Yeah boss...
Manager: You got any spare cans?
Foreman Irv: Yeah boss...
Manager: Waste not, want not. AND, we can make a buck.
@Trai_Dep: "Like veal, only babies. And I'm talking reeeal baby-back ribs. Riiiibs, dripping with sauce, falling off the bone!"
My label has a recipie on it.
SCRAMBLED EGGS AND BRAINS!
seriously.
yummm
zombie food.
Conan O'Brien did a bit on this aaaages ago. Nice to be reminded of it.
A close second would have to be "Potted Meat Food Product." Probably on the same shelf...
@ludwigk: A convenient party excuse, in fact:
Just what does one do when offered a plate of steaming pork brains by a well-meaning host? I'm pretty sure Emily Post never covered this one, but Armour has conveniently provided a built-in excuse. The brains are canned in milk gravy, giving squeamish diners the perfect opportunity to say, "Oh, brains! You know, I really do love them, but I'm lactose-intolerant -- the milk gray would give me fite. Could you pass the biscuits, please?" [web.archive.org]
It certainly doesn't help that I'm a vegetarian.
Reminds me of a song my friend, a bluegrass musician, used to do titled "Squirrel Heads and Gravy."
Why yes, I am from Tennessee. Why do you ask? *blinks*
This explains the rise in the fat zombie demographic...
Jesus Christ.
Is this farking real?
@kittenfoo: I am from TN and people really do eat brains and eggs, squirrel and pork. Its not so bad. I know there are others who wanted to fess up but were to scared to claim it. Don't be scared to own strange food. I saw people eat balutt( the egg with leggs) in the PI and that was alot grosser.
If I eat this, will it make me as smart as a pig?
They're supposed to be delicious. A guy at work was telling me he had breakfast at his wife's family farm, and they scrambled up the eggs and brains, they called it something different, I forget what, but he said it was the most delicious thing ever. Then he found out they were pork brains. I want to try these sometime before I die.
@SexCpotatoes: I grew up eating hash, aka head meat sausage. Smelled horrible when cooking-tasted really good. Thankfully I never really stopped to think what head meat meant. Now that my grandparents do not butcher their own hogs we do not get any more head meat sausage....oh well.
@frodolives35: Brains (cattle, I think) are supposed to be a bit of a local specialty in the St. Louis area as well. My understanding is they're actually quite rich and mild, a real contrast to the strong gamey flavor of liver, kidneys, etc. I suspect I would probably like them if I got over the pretty random taboo response.
My great-grandmother grew up on a farm and routinely ate such things. She lived to be 97, bless her.
@stevgex: If you think you can't get organ meat on the West coast, you've obviously never set foot in an Asian market.
Mmmmmmmm yummy!