Breast milk banquet tickles tastebuds

HT/AFP ^ | 28.1.2003

[swarthyguy]

BEIJING, January 28

Enlarge A new craze has hit restaurant tables in China -- meals cooked with human breast milk.

The dishes are being offered at a restaurant in Changsha, capital of southern Hunan province, with plans to expand to the boom town of Shenzhen across the border from Hong Kong, according to local newspapers.

The Beijing Times said the milk came from six peasant women who were still breast-feeding their children. No details were given on how much they were paid or how much milk was used.

The Life Times said two dishes were offered for the first time on January 25 -- an abalone dish and a perch dish -- with plans for more.

The restaurant owner, who was not named, invited local journalists to a tasting. While they went to the restaurant, they all refused to tuck in citing health concerns.

Another report said plans were afoot for a banquet featuring 108 dishes made with human milk. The Life Times said a Shenzhen banquet was also in the pipeline which would cost in the region of 280,000 yuan (33,000 US).

The owner of the Changsha restaurant said he had been planning the concept since October and that the milk used in the dishes was safe and hygienic.

"Our opinion is that we should respect natural things. We respect maternal love," he said.

"When the customers are having the human milk banquet they can experience maternal love at the same time."

It was nor clear whether using breast milk for cooking violated any laws.

[George W. Bush]

They may already have done it. See Weekly Standard article about Chinese "performance artist" who decided to film himself eating a fetus.

Well, I was reaching a bit. As I recall, there was a prohibition in Jewish dietary law against serving a kid whose meat was boiled in the milk of its own mother. It sort of tied together with breast milk cuisine and Chinese infant cannabilism and...Never mind. It's lame.

Wasn't there a famous American billionair who was quite famous (scandalously) for consuming a large glass of human milk every day for years? A Getty or a Vanderbilt or some such?

[Highway55]

Democrats plan to keep abreast of this new new craze .

[boris]

"In the future - Self Serve Stands (but I want to pick who I milk)."

You might want to check out the animated short Self Service by Bruno Bozzetto--a true genius. Watch his Allegro Non Troppo back-to-back with Fantasia.

--Boris

[boris]

"It was nor clear whether using breast milk for cooking violated any laws."

With meat, it's not kosher.