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Title: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: syoungs on March 12, 2015, 04:07:21 PM: Just as the title says, I started boiling my spike elk, my neighbor started shooting cylinders of ammonia with his rifle, and I became pre occupied with the fire department, when I came back, I putthe skull in the already boiling water. I pulled it about a hour and 1/2 later, scrpaed and cut away most all the leftover meat, then realized I forgot to pull the brains out.

Now what? How do I get em out now? The brains seemed to have cooked into a solid mass :bash:
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 12, 2015, 04:10:36 PM: Hose em out. Easy as that.
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: NRA4LIFE on March 12, 2015, 04:13:32 PM: I would bore a hole into the brain case from the bottom big enough to get a knife blade into and start trying to hack the brain up into small pieces and then shake the pieces out of the hole.

Shooting cylinders of Ammonia? Who in their right mind would think that is a good idea?
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: syoungs on March 12, 2015, 04:15:37 PM: I'm gonna try to hose it, and shove a wire coathanger up to scramble them around I guess
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Todd_ID on March 12, 2015, 04:15:50 PM: Not a pleasant thought, but just scramble them with a screwdriver through the hole in the back where the neck connects and house it out.
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM: Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Watimberghost on March 12, 2015, 05:10:48 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
mmmmmmmmmmm :puke:
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 12, 2015, 05:14:08 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
Thats just not right! :chuckle: seriously though, even when cooked, brains are soft and hose out easily. No scrambling required.

WARNING: Good odds you will end up with cooked brains on your shoes and pants. Seems I always get the hose in just the right position to where it comes shooting back at me like a brain filled fire hose!
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Watimberghost on March 12, 2015, 05:24:00 PM: Quote from: BLRman on March 12, 2015, 05:14:08 PM
Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
Thats just not right! :chuckle: seriously though, even when cooked, brains are soft and hose out easily. No scrambling required.

WARNING: Good odds you will end up with cooked brains on your shoes and pants. Seems I always get the hose in just the right position to where it comes shooting back at me like a brain filled fire hose!
haha :yeah:
the only time I had to hose out some brains I ended up wearing them.
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: The scout on March 12, 2015, 05:31:21 PM: Quote from: BLRman on March 12, 2015, 05:14:08 PM
Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
Thats just not right! :chuckle: seriously though, even when cooked, brains are soft and hose out easily. No scrambling required.

WARNING: Good odds you will end up with cooked brains on your shoes and pants. Seems I always get the hose in just the right position to where it comes shooting back at me like a brain filled fire hose!
:yeah: the neighborhood dogs and cats will eat good for a night
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Karl Blanchard on March 12, 2015, 05:39:37 PM: Quote from: The scout on March 12, 2015, 05:31:21 PM
Quote from: BLRman on March 12, 2015, 05:14:08 PM
Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)
Thats just not right! :chuckle: seriously though, even when cooked, brains are soft and hose out easily. No scrambling required.

WARNING: Good odds you will end up with cooked brains on your shoes and pants. Seems I always get the hose in just the right position to where it comes shooting back at me like a brain filled fire hose!
:yeah: the neighborhood dogs and cats will eat good for a night
:yeah: :chuckle:Everytime I do heads, my motion light keeps me up all night from all the VERY happy neighbor cats
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 12, 2015, 06:42:49 PM: My taxi drills a small hole in the botton of the skull and uses a air hose to blow the brains out the back wjere the neck attaches. Its amazing! Lol ...and even sounds like a giant fart! :tung:
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: syoungs on March 12, 2015, 08:06:16 PM: Quote from: quadrafire on March 12, 2015, 04:42:56 PM
Take em out in small pieces and smear on a cracker with some smoked Gouda ;)

Horrible advice, now I'm addicted to 3 year old freezerburn then boiled brain. Lol

Brains came right out, little powerwash in the morning and a degreas soak and I'm set!

If I'm after a more natural not bright white look, but don't want to smell up my house, how long should I be degreasing?
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: Miles on March 12, 2015, 08:14:25 PM: Pressure washer.
Title: Re: made a bonehead move while doing my first euro, forgot to remove the brain...
Post by: blindluck on March 13, 2015, 01:14:23 PM: end of a coat hanger with a hook bent in it