[COUNTrecount]

'I thought that would be good. Very nutritious.'

........and a nice glass of Chianti.......

[The Sons of Liberty]

Does Scientology include forms of cannibalism?

[NonValueAdded]

What is this, E! ? Who cares?

[Numbers Guy]

I remember a fake ad on "Saturday Night Live" for "Placenta Helper", with one mother to be telling another one that it made dinner for several.

[ko_kyi]

This wierd "tradition" freaks me out.

Saturday night live once planned a fake commercial (it didn't air) for "Placenta Helper"

[Puppage]

Tom Cruise is planning to eat the placenta after fiancèe Katie Holmes gives birth to their child

Yeah, Scientology is a religion, not A CULT

[Panerai]

ALREADY POSTED

[stentorian conservative]

Too much time and too much money a crazy man makes.

[COUNTrecount]

More.......



The Mission Impossible star has apparently vowed to eat Katie's placenta straight after she has given birth as he believes it will be very nutritious
Tom 'to eat afterbirth'
11.55AM, Tue Apr 18 2006


Sofa leaping father-to-be Tom Cruise has revealed his latest bizarre plan - to eat Katie Holmes' placenta.

In an admission which seems to prove Cruise desperate to stay in the headlines, the Mission Impossible star has apparently vowed to eat Katie's placenta straight after she has given birth as he believes it will be very nutritious.

The admission is just the latest in a long line of crazy outbursts which Tom has appeared adamant to shock the world with.

Just days ago the star completely backtracked on comments he had made, saying that Katie would have to give birth in complete silence and that she should not scream.

Surprising as it may seem, Tom is not the only person to have odd placenta wishes- after the birth, some women take a piece of paper and lay the placenta on it and later frame it and hang it on the wall!

Eating the placenta, placentophagia, is practised in many parts of the world- famously back in 1998, a British television chef fried it and served it to all of his guests!

Showbiz couple Rod Stewart and wife Penny Lancaster took home their baby's placenta and buried it in the garden.

The act may appear odd to many, but it is believed eating the placenta helps avoid postnatal depression and is deemed as normal in many cultures.

[Toby06]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1616868/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1616926/posts

More comments at both of these links.

[onyx]

Third posting of same. FR's search is our friend

[butternut_squash_bisque]

Better put some "navy gravy" on that, and wash it down with a bottle of Chianti!

[Kieri]

I saw an ad for the next MI movie last night. My only thought was, "eeeeew, don't we already see more of Cruise than we want to?? Now we're supposed to shell out MONEY for that freak show?"

I'm glad I've still got two boxed seasons of Babylon 5 to watch.

[KoRn]

Lovely.

[dead]

[R. Scott]

The father eating the placenta is a cultural norm in some areas – China is an example even today, as well as in Appalachia and other parts of the US.

[Old_Mil]

Roast Placenta

1-3lb fresh placenta (must be no more than 3 days old)
1 onion
1 green or red pepper (green will add colour)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve saltine crackers
1 tspn bay leaves
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)

Method
(Preheat oven to 350 degrees)

1. Chop the onion and the pepper & crush the saltines into crumbs.
2. Combine the placenta, onion, pepper, saltines, bay leaves, white and black pepper, garlic and tomato sauce.
3. Place in a loaf pan, cover then bake for one and a half hours, occasionally pouring off excess liquid.

Serve and enjoy!

Barf alert.