Placenta Recipes..

And I am thoroughly castigated.

Thanks for the lecture, one I might add that is delightfully thought provoking. I am enlightened and humbled.

Juno - I think consuming a placenta - or anything you cannot buy readily at Woolies/PnP/Checkers or even Fruit and Veg is going to raise a few eyebrows and have a reaction.

The recipe itself is not a particularly interestign recipe, so the only part that makes it worth the "cut and paste" is because of the placenta as an ingredient.

No one is really going to look at the foccacio and shallots when they are seeing "placenta" as a main ingredient - hence the reason you supplied the link and so many people commented.

I am scottish and we like a bit of Haggis, which is probably a bit worse than a bit of placenta.

Am I going to be offended if someone thinks I am a few marbles short of a lucky packet because I am eating blood sausage and haggis - no, because I am also rational enough to appreciate that it is not normal fare, and thus not for everyone.

Whether an individual chooses to eat an odd food for religious/cultural or personal reasons is pretty much up to the individual - however I think any vaguely rational individual will understand that others may find the food a rather odd choice and have some violent culinary reactions.

I also think that we are all mature enough to realise that what is one person's meat is another person's poison - so if placenta on the menu is your thing - fantastic - but I think anyone who eats placenta knows that they are not the main stream and that most people would have a reaction.

A bit, I guess, like the set of people who drink their urine first thing in the morning for health reasons.

Different strokes, different folks and all.

Vix at last some reason! You are quite right! I must say I for one am pretty amazed at the really strong emotion expressed against this practice. My post was meant to be around the creative way that people chose to eat the placenta and not the practice itself

To add to that I have a friend who did it and actually feel bad on her behalf. I sent the recipes to her and she had a good giggle. I'm not sure she would do the same if she came onto this thread - but then she's pretty used to the typical Western response.

I'm really sorry to have posted this - the wrong audience.

o.k i take some of my statement back, it appears some cultures believe it helps to avoid PND and other pregnancy complications.

o.k i don't mean to mess this up so I'm incredibly sorry if i get something wrong here but.........

i think you girls will find that in some religions/cultures it's actually considered a blessing over the child to eat the placenta so please please please just be careful what you say, you could really be offending someone.

Ag nee man.. you dont even have to draw the line.. it should be there without thinking

RM - i was just thinking the same thing!

We draw the line right here