#pig brain

Fried brain sandwiches used to be a popular dish in the St. Louis area in the late 19th century. They are still a local delicacy in the Ohio River valley area but are now often served with pigs' brains instead of cow. – WTF Fun Facts

This is a pig's brain on math.

Pig brain cells to treat Parkinson's  The world first trial on four New Zealanders with Parkinson's disease will take brain cells from the Auckland Island species of pig and inject them into the human brains.  Neurologist Dr Barry Snow says animal studies have shown the "remarkable regrowth" of damaged cells.  Full article here : www.dailytelegraph.com.au... 

We’ve finally left Beijing and are settling into Chengdu! Although Beijing was interesting and I was glad that I got to see it, it’s very clear to me that Beijing is not my type of city. It was a bit too aggressive for my tastes as a city and the amount of smog clogging the air made the sun look like a dim light bulb ( on the days that the sun was visible, at least). So, I’m glad that I decided on a program in Chengdu instead. Chengdu is still a city, but unlike Beijing it’s a much calmer city. I heard that Chengdu is the laziness capital of China and that does not surprise me at all. Everyone here moves at a much more relaxed pace. The city as a whole seems much less busy than Beijing. And since I’m from suburban Maryland I really missed trees, which Chengdu, thankfully, has plenty of.

Our dorm rooms are surprisingly nice. Each of us has a spacious bedroom with a small sofa and tea table, as well as a TV and our very own bathrooms (with a western toilet!). One of the hardest things to get used to here is definitely the food. The staples of an American diet just aren’t here. I’m used to waking up every morning and getting cereal or a bagel. In China milk is nonexistent and I haven’t seen any American style bread since I’ve arrived. Eating is certainly a guessing game for all of us since we can’t really read menus very well. So you just order something and hope for the best or try to have the waiter explain a dish before you order, but since our Chinese isn’t that strong yet it’s difficult to understand what the waiters say. A couple of days ago all of us foreign students went out to a hot pot restaurant. Hot Pot is kind of the Chinese version of fondue. Except instead of a pot full of hot cheese or chocolate to dip food in, Chinese Hot Pot includes a boiling pot of spicy broth full of peppers and vegetables. You are given raw meat or vegetables and you put whatever you want to eat into the boiling broth. After a few minutes you can pick it out of the broth (not an easy task with chopsticks), and eat it. A couple of boys at my table were adventurous and decided to put some pig’s brain in the hot pot and I tried it. I wouldn’t suggest it. It tastes exactly like what you think a brain would taste like. Not good.