Is cooking PLACENTA a act of cannibalism?!
it most of the vid looks pretty legit, but i want to know is that is this cannibalism, and how can someone eat another persons flesh?
Answers:
Is Eating Human Placenta Cannibalism? Those who disagree with the accusation that eating human placenta is cannibalism (or self-cannibalism) argue that the placenta is a temporary organ that is only eaten after it is expelled from the mother's body.
Why Do People Eat Placenta?
Eating human body parts may be considered taboo, but there are some people who do consume the placenta after giving birth to their baby. Some cultures believe that eating the placenta prevents postpartum depression and other health problems that are associated with childbirth. Most mammals eat their own placenta which helps the mammary cells to eject the milk for the newborn and also helps to clean and shrink the uterus after giving birth. Today, most medical professionals agree that there is no medical reason for well nourished mothers to eat their baby's placenta, but some do believe that it holds the medicinal power, vitamins, minerals and perfectly balanced hormones to help the mother recover from childbirth and avoid the postpartum "baby blues". If you are too squeamish to eat the placenta it can even be dried and encapsulated as a nutritional supplement.
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Placenta Recipes
WARNING: These are not for the squeamish!
*If you are planning to eat or encapsulate your placenta it is very important to be sure it is handled properly from the moment of birth.
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Roast Placenta
1-3lb fresh placenta (must be no more than 3 days old)
1 onion
1 green or red pepper (green will add colour)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve saltine crackers
1 tspn bay leaves
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)
Method
(Preheat oven to 350 degrees)
1. Chop the onion and the pepper & crush the saltines into crumbs.
2. Combine the placenta, onion, pepper, saltines, bay leaves, white and black pepper, garlic and tomato sauce.
3. Place in a loaf pan, cover then bake for one and a half hours, occasionally pouring off excess liquid.
4. Serve and enjoy!
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Placenta Cocktail
Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh, raw placenta
8oz V-8 juice
2 ice cubes
1/2 cup carrot
Method: blend at high speed for 10 seconds. Serve. A tasty thirst quencher!
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Placenta Lasagne
Ingredients:
1 fresh, ground, or minced placenta,
2 tblspns olive oil
2 sliced cloves garlic
1/2 tspn oregano
1/2 diced onion
2 tblspns tomato paste, or 1 whole tomato
Method: use a recipe for lasagne and substitute this mixture for one layer of cheese. Quickly sauté all the ingredients in olive oil. Serve. Enjoy!
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Placenta Spaghetti Bolognaise
Ingredients:
1 fresh placenta,
1 tblspn butter
1 large can tomato puree
2 cans crushed pear tomatoes
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1 tblspn molasses
1 bay leaf
1 tblspn rosemary
1 tspn each of: salt, honey, oregano, basil, and fennel
Method: cut the placenta meat into bite-sized pieces, then brown quickly in the butter and olive oil. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 1-1.5 hours. Serve. Yummy!
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Placenta as you mean it is disgusting and personally I find it cannibalism. It's a dead body part and that for me is cannibalism, too.
BUT
There's an ancient Roman dish, called placenta, made from fyllo-like layers with soft cheese and honey filling between them, something similar to baklava. Yummy!!!
John had a point, cannibalism is mainly when a human actually eats another human...not necessarily other body parts.
I am both grossed out and fascinated...
Eating it would be cannibalism, cooking it is preparation.
Fulchi movies
OMG EW. Ya i guess if you look at it like that, that it is a person's flesh then yea i guess so.
OMG! Ew! I gagged as soon as I read "cooked the placenta of his son". This is nasty. :(
my stomach
that is just NASTY! Yes I would consider that cannibalism.
Only if the fetus is still inside.
Yes i guess it is...