2006-09-01 07:49:08 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
ewww no! gross.
2006-09-01 07:51:39 · answer #1 · answered by sugar n' spice 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the wild, mammals bite through the umbilical cord and eat the placenta straight after the birth.
In Chinese medicine, the placenta is known as a great life force and is highly respected in terms of its medicinal value. It is not cooked, but usually dried.
However, eating the placenta is considered taboo by many. "It is very very rare in the UK for people to eat their own, or other people's placentas," Ms Friars said.
"A certain taboo does exist around it. Midwives may be surprised by such a request but are aware that this ritual does happen."
In 1998, chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall cooked a placenta on his Channel 4 programme and served it at a dinner party.
He devised the recipe with mother Rosie Clear for a party to celebrate the birth of her daughter Indi-Mo Krebbs. The placenta was fried with shallots and garlic, flambéed, puréed and served as a pate on focaccia bread.
Channel 4 was severely reprimanded by the Broadcasting Standards Commission as a result, although the practice is legal.
2006-09-01 14:58:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not that I've heard of. But eating some of the placenta raw is supposed to replenish lost hormones for the mother.
2006-09-01 14:57:03 · answer #3 · answered by beast 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes with a side of placenta and a tall glass of excrement
2006-09-01 14:55:46 · answer #4 · answered by Aces N 8's 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know a single person in the world who does.
2006-09-01 14:55:11 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your 7th word?....looks more like embicile than UMBILICAL! and because only such a question would be asked by an embicile - i'll leave it at that!
2006-09-01 14:55:25 · answer #6 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
eeeewww, no! what kind of drugs are u on cause u need to up the dosage.
2006-09-01 14:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by lady sixx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to go find someone to play with or something more positive to do with your brain..
2006-09-05 11:55:53 · answer #8 · answered by cracker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my buddie at work does he says he fries it just like eggs i think its flippin gross
2006-09-01 14:56:02 · answer #9 · answered by liqsteal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please learn the proper terms for things and how to spell them. It's UMBILICAL, and where you came up with this question, I don't know.
2006-09-01 14:55:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u like to eat it and why would someone eat that its stupid and so r u
2006-09-01 14:51:52 · answer #11 · answered by 2 THICK 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋