Mmmmm… Filet du Baby Placenta
Apr 9, 2009 | Filed Under: In the News | Tags: Ew, Placenta
When I finally pop this puppy out — I mean, when I give miraculous birth to our beautiful baby girl — in July, I plan to celebrate the occasion with a liquid treat from the margarita machine my husband has been ordered to sneak into the hospital.
And, apparently, I can also use that frozen concoction to wash down a tasty meal: placenta panini!
That’s right, folks. Master chefs Chrissy and Kathy Schilling used the placenta from Chrissy’s newborn to spice up pasta, panini and other delicious meals over the weekend — and generously posted pictures of the afterbirth-filled dishes on their Facebook page.
Although doctors claim placenta offers no nutritional benefit for people who already are well-nourished, the sisters believe otherwise.
Kathy writes:
“When I cooked it, I cleaned the surface blood off of it but kept anything that seaped out of it into the sauce. I know I was feeling pretty giddy while eating, so maybe that was some of the happy hormones effects taking place. The ‘recipe’ was pretty simple, but preparation was very fun!”
Well, hey. As long as she wiped the blood off, it’s all good!
New mom Chrissy says:
“By taking [the placenta] in again, it was symbolic for me as a way to truly say “good-bye” to my 9-month pregnancy and “hello” to an exciting (albeit challenging) new chapter in my life. . . Physiologically speaking, the placenta is still so rich in iron and hormones even after it’s shed that I knew it’d help me in my immediate recovery from my long labor (24 hours). And it did!”
I’d love to join you for dinner, guys, but I’m too busy chowing down on this delicious chocolate-covered umbilical cord stump. Chewy, but mmm-mmm good!
Gina from Oregon
says:
Gross!! Isn’t that like cannibalism?
April 9th, 2009 at 3:26 pm -Missy
says:
Omg!!!! I’d heard about such things (especially living in SF), but the pictures took this to a whole new level…
April 9th, 2009 at 7:42 pm -Rebecca
says:
I don’t want to know what she does with all the fat doctors suck out during her post-pregnancy lipo…
April 9th, 2009 at 10:02 pm -But hey, prion disease makes you crazy
raincoaster
says:
There’s an artist in Italy who not only made meatballs out of his own lipo’d fat, but he had a dinner party with them and charged people $1700 a ticket. Not joking.
April 10th, 2009 at 1:08 am -Sam
says:
Oh gorss, I have four kids and this *gags* is just so wrong on so many levels.
April 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm -Joe Roberts
says:
Ugh… these are the same types of people who think that diaper urine helps clear up baby’s acne…
April 14th, 2009 at 9:30 am -