[MadIvan]

I realise he lives in Hollywood, but surely this behaviour crosses into the deranged, even for them.

Regards, Ivan

[Aggie Mama]

The placenta is filled with progesterone--the hormone that allows a healthy pregnancy to continue. Getting past the sickenss of the cannibalism of his child's source of nutrients during this pregnancy (wouldnt' a psychologist have fun with that!), he would also be getting a HUGE dose of progesterone.

[reagan_fanatic]

[Beth528]

Disgusting,but I found it on the internet..


Placenta Recipes (Mothering Magazine, September 1983, Vol. 28, pg 76)

Editor's note: I have not heard of anyone who routinely makes a habit of eating placenta... it would be an 'after-the-birth-only' type activity. Many animals, including herbivores routinely eat their placentas, as it replaces vitamins and minerals lost during the labor process. Many women who have tried it swear they feel better faster, and they do not suffer from postpartum depression because of the nutrients the placenta has given them. It has been called a 'harmless' meat, as no creature is killed to procure it. Placentas should only be eaten fresh, if this is something that appeals to you.


Each placenta weighs approximately 1/6 of the baby's weight. Cut the meat away from the membranes with a sharp knife. Discard the membranes.

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

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 boil, then simmer for 1 hour.

Placenta Pizza:
Grind placenta. Saute in 2 tbl. olive oil with 4 garlic cloves, then add 1/4 tsp. fennel, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/4 tsp. thyme, and 1/4 cup of wine. Allow to stand for 30 minutes, then use with your favorite home made pizza recipe. It's a fine placenta sausage topping.

found at: http://rainforest.parentsplace.com/dialog/get/newf4homebirth1/49/3.html


Placenta Roast:

All "food" should be properly cleaned prior to cooking, and all "food" should be properly cooked prior to eating.

This is a good recipe for placenta, which should NOT go to waste:

INGREDIENTS:

1 to 3 lb. placenta no more than 3 days old
1 large onion
1 large green or red pepper (green will add color to the presentation)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve of saltine crackers
1 tsp crab or shrimp seasoning
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Chop onion and green or red pepper in small cubes. Place in large bowl. Crush saltines into crumbs and add to onion and pepper cubes.

COMBINE IN LARGE BOWL:

Placenta, seafood seasoning, pepper, garlic, and tomato sauce. Place into aluminum loaf pan. Cover and bake for 1 and 1/2 hours, occasionally pouring off excess liquid. Retain liquid for gravy base if desired.

[TheForceOfOne]

Tom's Pals Warp Parade Poll


Excerpt:
April 18, 2006 -- TOM Cruise's cronies seem to have put a lot of effort into skewing a Parade magazine poll in his favor. Parade.com recently asked online readers whether they thought Cruise was responsible for his disastrous public relations year or if it was the media's fault. A shocking 84 percent of respondents blamed the press. But Parade publicist Alexis Collado tells us: "We at Parade found this a little bit fishy, so we did some investigating. We found out more than 14,000 (of the 18,000-plus votes) that came in were cast from only 10 computers!

[Osage Orange]

I ate the placenta with some fava beans and a nice chianti.

[OB1kNOb]

TOM CRUISE'S PREVIOUS MOVIES..

Mission Impassable

A Chew Good Men

Eyes Wide Gut

Top Gum

The Gore of the Worlds

Cord on the Fourth of July

Days of Chunder

Maternity Report

Interwomb with A Vampire

[Maximus of Texas]

Do you want fries with that?

(French Fries Ping?)

[dfwgator]

[peacebaby]

I've used hair shampoo with placenta in it...and we've all heard aboiut burying the placenta under a newly planted tree,

Tom Cruise is beginnning to look more and more like a vampire.

[RayChuang88]

Gawd, I think Cruise's comments nearly made me want to offcially .

[Hildy]

This is not that outrgeous. Some cultures do it. But I've seen shows where women literally have parties, fry up their placentas and give them to the partygoers.

[lesser_satan]

"But I'm not in the closet" ping!

[DBrow]

http://www.marksverylarge.com/people/tandb7308.html

Shary Flenniken ran across this way back in the 70's.

I bet lots of people who live in Fuller Domes and eat organic granola are familiar with the practice.

And what do you suppose the effects are, when you eat a pound of hormone-soaked flesh? Will his voice change? Will he be able to grow a beard?

[b4its2late]

[SoCal Pubbie]

I heard an interesting bit of gossip on the local ESPN channel. The late afternoon show has a non sports news and gossip segment. The rumor that is supposedly going around is that Katie Holmes was impregnated by her earlier boyfriend and has already given birth. She has been wearing a fake pregnancy outfit lately to fool the media.

Take it for what it's worth, and that's not much.

[teenyelliott]

What a waste of a good placenta. He ought make shampoo out of it.

[MikefromOhio]

Are there any pictures of Christopher Reeves available from that one SP episode?

This is just sick.

[dougherty]

Movie over Michael Jackson, there's a new nut in town...

[najida]

Oh gag!

just gagagagagagag!

And Katie KISSES this man!

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"It's really about respecting the woman."

My dear Tommy, you have truly lost it. Go to Mars...