Beavers' secretions can create taste similar to vanilla in baked goods

upi ^ | Sept. 15, 2013

[JoeProBono]

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, - Anal secretions from beavers can be used in baked goods to create a taste that resembles vanilla, The Swedish National Food Agency said.

The agency confirmed the use of the anal passages after rumors about the beaver's secretions circulated on the Internet, The Local.se reported.

"Natural aromas can be extracts from plants, fungi, and in some cases animals." Ulla Beckman Sundh, an agency representative reported.

But she said the beaver will likely not become a common source of vanilla, as the supply is limited because the beaver is not bred.

Beavers were wiped out in Sweden in the 19th century, but the population has grown to 100,000 after the animal was imported, The Local.se said.

[mmichaels1970]

Yum!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

NO!

[Jack Hydrazine]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak

Kopi luwak, or civet coffee, refers to the beans of coffee berries once they have been eaten and excreted by the Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus).[1] The name is also used for marketing brewed coffee made from those beans.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

ROFLMAO!

[Wordkraft]

Uh... no.

[cripplecreek]

And then there’s honey.

[Moonman62]

Cheese is bacteria poop.

[going hot]

Soon, the smart ones will utter, “Hey, that tastes like beaver poop!”

[Hot Tabasco]

All the beavers I’ve had contact with smelled kinda fishy.......

[JoeProBono]

[FreeReign]

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

And their farts make bread rise. Them yeasties are industrious little buggers.

[Mark]

And if you love chocolate.......not going there!

[WorkingClassFilth]

Castor glands.

[xp38]

Why not just use vanilla?

[Pearls Before Swine]

Thanks for looking up the link.

[familyop]

"I wouldn’t touch this with a ten foot pole...not even eight foot frenchman."

Or any European for that matter?

Horse meat faces ban in Italy
The Telegraph
By Nick Pisa in Rome
6:20AM GMT 08 Feb 2010
Excerpt:
"Italy is the largest consumer of horsemeat in Europe with more than 48,000 metric tonnes eaten every year and it is a common dish among youngsters because of its high iron content."

http://www.foodstandards.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/salamisurvey171203
"No more horsing around with salami
Wednesday, 17 December 2003
A UK-wide investigation carried out by the Food Standards Agency suggests that consumers should no longer be concerned about the problem of salami containing undeclared horsemeat and donkeymeat"

Horse Meat Discovered In Burgers Sold In UK And Ireland
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2978441/posts

Report: Italian Mafia Behind Horsemeat Scandals
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2986927/posts

Placenta: It's What's for Dinner
LA Weekly ^ | Thu., Jun. 27 2013 | Liana Aghajanian

...Valerie Rosas is standing in a kitchen, carefully cutting little pieces of meat with a chef's knife on a disposable cutting board...It's human placenta...Rosas is a placenta encapsulationist — which means she helps transform the organ expelled after childbirth into something edible:...Sara Pereira, who has encapsulated more than 800 placentas,...stresses the importance of communication with clients..."It's becoming so widespread...," Pereira says...Rosas says..."Your own body made it, it's just for you," she says. "No one could prescribe anything more perfect than what your body has made for you."

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, I’m going to restrain myself from making smart remarks.

[The Cajun]

Way, way-way too much in that article than I really want to know about beavers................Just saying :)

[Cyclops08]

So. A bunch of Swedish scientists were studying anal secretions from beavers on one of them said, “Hey guys, lets make cookies!”