Anyone here ever eat the placenta after their kid's birth

Not only is this a rip off.....
But I knew someone who did. Yeccchhhh!

Khash.
(I guess it must have been nutritious)

:puke:

Suffice it to say, I don't think your smiley would be an exaggeration... :scared:

places typically serve it up to the mother. Sometimes, young kids and the elderly will also receive a helping. Now, as sick as that sounds, the placenta is high in fat, protein and a shit load of vitamins. Even cats eat the placentas sometimes (from personal experience not documented science fact). And, there are some people in the U.S. that have recipes for it.

to find and post a recipe for placenta as a new thread!!!

Nevermind, didn't need it.

Multiple sources too.

:scared:

Like I said, it's very nutritious. And actually very good for the mother in restoring fat, protein,vitamins and minerals after pregnancy and childbirth. Lots of animals eat the placenta - partly in order to leave no traces for predators and partly because of the nutritional value at a time when mother and babies are very vulnerable and she needs that nutrition.

Still seems kinda icky to me though :) I won't be serving it for dinner any time soon.

Squeamish Khash.

*sniff* They look so scrumpious.

My interest in cannibalism only goes so far.

Besides, she had the baby - shouldn't she get the leftovers?

Khash.

"Brasky got his wife pregnant and she gave birth to a delicious 16 oz. steak... The afterbirth was sauteed mushrooms!"

They made stew.
And used the umbilical cord as a Christmas tree ornament.
I kid you not.

In theory I can see it, but in practice?

Khash.

Thank goodness I never had to find out after my two babies' births ...

Personally I'd much rather go with an herb tincture, but that's just because biting a big bloody chunk of my own tissues sounds really nasty.

there are people who eat the placenta...and I had a book on home childbirth, which I cannot now find. Oh well.....

At one time, I did want to be a nurse-midwife. Not any more, though.

And yes, the placenta is VERY nutritious.....

Breakfast of Champions!

The placenta is human meat like any other. It may be expelled during childbirth, but it's still human flesh. Eating it would be cannibalistic.

I have no interest in eating others of my own species. Perhaps if I were starving on a frozen mountaintop somewhere and my partner were already dead, but not here in normal, civilized society. That's just sick.

But even Kannibal Khash has limits!

There is such a thing thing as "The Yuck Factor". But the rest of you may do as you please....


Khash.

Not into the burial thing, either.

Placenta Cocktail:
1/4 cup raw placenta
8oz V-8 juice
2 ice cubes
1/2 cup carrot.
Blend at high speed for 10 seconds:puke:


Placenta Lasagne:
Use your favorite Lasagne recipe and substitute this mixture for one layer of cheese. In 2 tbl. olive oil, quickly saute meat of 3/4 placenta, ground or minced; plus 2 sliced cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/2 diced onion & 2 tbl. tomato paste, or 1 whole tomato.

Placenta Spaghetti:
Cut meat of 3/4 placenta into bite size pieces, then brown quickly in 1 tbl. butter plus 1 tbl. oil. Then add 1 large can tomato puree, 2 cans crushed pear tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbl. molasses, 1 bay leaf, 1 tbl. rosemary, 1 tsp. ea. of salt, honey, oregano, basil, and fennel. Simmer 1 1/2 hours.

Placenta Stew:
Meat of 3/4 placenta in bite size chunks, 1 potato (cubed), 1/4 cup fresh parsley, 2 carrots, 3 ribs celery, 1 zucchini, 1 large tomato, 1 small onion. Dredge meat in 1 tbl. flour mixed with 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. paprika, pinch of cloves, pinch of pepper, 6-8 crushed coriander seeds. Saute meat in 2 tbl. oil, then add vegetables (cut up) and 4-5 cups of water. Bring to full

:spank:

Maybe ate boogers as a child. Who knows :shrug: