Sweet brain-eating Zombie Jesus, I’ve missed you guys.

Am I in danger?

Apparently, in the parts of the country where they eat the squirrel itself, they don’t eat the brains, while in the parts of the country where they eat the brains, they don’t eat the squirrel, for whatever that’s worth.

As for brains and eggs in diners, I thought it was usually sheep brains not rabbit brains. As it happens, I had long wanted to order this item when traveling through parts of the country that offer it (mainly the Rocky Mountain states), but I’d just never quite been able to pull the trigger. And ever since the whole spongiform encephalopathy thing broke, ordering brains and eggs has fallen off the to-do list.

On the other hand, I’ve had both lamb fries and calf fries, and they’re pretty darn tasty!

You’d be looking at something more like dry-cured squirrel jerky, and you’d probably want to stick to the hind legs.

Right, then. Go back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Other TSEs [transmissible spongiform encephalopathies] are found in specific kinds of animals. These include bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which is found in cows and is often referred to as “mad cow” disease; scrapie, which affects sheep and goats; mink encephalopathy; and feline encephalopathy. Similar diseases have occurred in elk, deer, and exotic zoo animals.