(Illustration by Mark Matcho for Time)
So this was a media inquiry I received this morning:
3) Summary: Placenta
Category: Biotech and Healthcare
Media Outlet: Anonymous
Deadline: 6:00 PM PST - 21 September
Query:
Looking for mothers on the West Coast (CA, TX, NV, OR, WA) who
are eating their placenta after giving birth or having a
placenta eating party.
Um... WTF?!?! My colleague and I were sitting here laughing and simultaneously feeling relatively nauseous - and then I googled it and found NUMEROUS articles on the subject, including "Afterbirth: It's What's for Dinner" in Time Magazine linked below, which included the following excerpt:
By law, Sara has to cook the placenta at the placenta owner's home. But to my great relief, she brought her own equipment, gloves, sponges and even more detergent than I'd hoped, scrubbing constantly as she worked. If I ever kill a man in my own home, I am totally calling the placenta lady.
So clearly, it's worth a read.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1908442,00.html
That all said however, I don't really care what magical powers placenta may possess, I am never, ever eating any. I'm revolted just reading about it and may not be able to stomach lunch.
Here's a description I found on yet another website, (chow.com), about the art of placenta eating: "It's pretty gross when you're working with it." It's a hefty, vein-covered slab of meat that can weigh several pounds, and because it's full of blood, preparation can be seriously messy.
Now if that doesn't make you salivate, I don't know what will!
wow. so disgusting.
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