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Filed under: Nutrition: Health, Mealtime
We all know that "breast is best" when it comes to a baby's first food, but what about after that? Some mothers breastfeed their children for several years. Okay, so that's great if you can do it, but what about adults? Why should grown-ups be denied the health benefits of mother's milk? Well, a restaurant owner in Switzerland doesn't think his customers should be given the cold shoulder when it comes to breastmilk.
Hans Locher plans to offer soups, stews, and sauces containing at least seventy-five percent breastmilk on his menu. "We have all been raised on it," he says. "Why should we not include it into our diet?" He has taken out ads looking for donors and plans to pay more than five dollars a pint. "I first experimented with breast milk when my daughter was born," Locher explains. "One can cook really delicious things with it."
If you're considering adding some to your diet, I'm sure Locher would be completely supportive. "However," he warns, "it always needs to be mixed with a bit of whipped cream, in order to keep the consistency." So there you go.
Hans Locher plans to offer soups, stews, and sauces containing at least seventy-five percent breastmilk on his menu. "We have all been raised on it," he says. "Why should we not include it into our diet?" He has taken out ads looking for donors and plans to pay more than five dollars a pint. "I first experimented with breast milk when my daughter was born," Locher explains. "One can cook really delicious things with it."
If you're considering adding some to your diet, I'm sure Locher would be completely supportive. "However," he warns, "it always needs to be mixed with a bit of whipped cream, in order to keep the consistency." So there you go.
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 3)
9-20-2008 @ 8:03AM
Flameon said...GOT MILK ?
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9-20-2008 @ 8:17AM
Simzee said...Does'nt ALL milk come from a titty? IMAO
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9-20-2008 @ 8:20AM
Simzee said...btw....any "suckers" in here. IMAO
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9-20-2008 @ 8:27AM
Alan said...Another work at home job!
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9-20-2008 @ 11:31PM
valerie said...THAT IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING!!!!YOU MAY GET AIDS THESE DAYS. WHO KNOWS WHO IT COMES FROM? PROSTITUTES WHO GAVE AWAY BABIES AND THEY ARE JUNKIES WITH AIDS? IT SHOULD BE BANNED I SAY. NOT RIGHT. IT IS BETTER FROM THE MOTHER TO CHILD BREASTFEEDING, NOT OTHER BREAST MILK GOD KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM. NEXT THEY WILL HAVE EJACULATION FOR HEALTHY SKIN. GROSS GROSS GROSS. TO MANY SICK IDIOTS IN THIS WORLD TODAY...
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9-20-2008 @ 8:39AM
iris said...ummmmmmm...no thank you..and i wasnt raised on it either..:-P
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9-20-2008 @ 3:57PM
Bob said...Well I'm not necessarily fond of the taste but I do like the cute containers it comes in.
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9-20-2008 @ 8:57AM
Al said...I am sorry but as much as this chef want to "titilate" his clientle, I don't think that human breast milk is really on my palate. I know it is the perfect food for nourishing newborn babies, but not adult diners seeking "sophisticated and exotic cuisine". No thanks! It isn't on my menu.
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9-20-2008 @ 9:21AM
Howard Stephenson said...Are they testing for bloodborn pathogens?
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9-20-2008 @ 9:48AM
david mcdonald said...Isn't all milk breast milk from the breast of different animals ?
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9-20-2008 @ 12:58PM
maria said...YOur gross and nasty people like you keep those places open they should all be burnewd to the ground
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9-20-2008 @ 10:16AM
sue said...Put a whole new twist when calling my neighbor Elsie a cow!!
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9-20-2008 @ 10:29AM
kati said...I breastfed my sons for 1 yr each but to offer mommy's milk to an adult is just...weird. What I'm wondering is how is he going to screen for HIV, OTC medications, crack/cocaine, marijuana, nicotene, etc.? A LOT of people are on some kind of drugs or another anymore, and you'd have to be nuts to do this so I hope he also screens for lithium and other antidepressants!
PS what's next, serving up human livers?
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9-20-2008 @ 10:29AM
Jonda said...Anybody given thought to "mad mom disease"?
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9-20-2008 @ 10:34AM
Angiebaby said...I support breast milk banks to supply nutrition for infants who would otherwise be fed formula, because the mothers are screened before they are allowed to donate. But I would be extremely leery of the process by which this restaurant procures and screens breast milk for public consumption... a want ad? Does Hans Locher realize one of the leading routes of HIV transmission is breast milk? I know Europeans are more flexible in laws which pertain to food, but I can't believe this is not condemned by the Swedish authorities who govern food safety and/or infectious diseases.
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9-20-2008 @ 10:34AM
Dorrie said...Disease. I bet a lot of clean, non-drug users are lining up to sell their breast milk to restaurants. Yummmy.
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9-20-2008 @ 10:58AM
Angiebaby said...Iris... Flash-heating breast milk to kill the HIV virus is only advocated in 3rd world countries where HIV-infected mothers have no alternate or improved method of nourishing their babies. These babies need the health benefits of breast milk to survive dysentery and other diseases, so a way to deactivate the HIV virus but retain the nutrients of breast milk may become a viable option for them. But more studies must be conducted to substantiate the value of flash-heating breast milk to this end. WHO recommends that HIV-positive mothers avoid breastfeeding when safe feeding alternatives are available. I'm guessing WHO would also recommend adults avoid HIV-positive breast milk when safe feeding alternatives are available. Now, if you want to work in a restaurant where you get to handle unpasteurized, HIV infected breast milk, you can get a job in Sweden. Or if you want to eat breast milk with street cred while crossing your fingers that the chef used thermometers, timing and laboratory analysis to make sure he gets the HIV virus every time... Well, yum, yum eat 'em up!
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9-20-2008 @ 11:15AM
Pam said...I would be scared about drugs and diseases being passed to consumers via the breast milk. There many things (HIV for one) that are passed via breast milk. However, if one is cooking with breast milk (UGH) then I would think as with pasturization, all the natural goodness as well as viruses will be eliminated once the milk is exposed to heat. Don't know what heating will do with drugs present in breast milk though. I confesss to drinking raw milk at a friends dairy farm (it is fabulous!) but then I also "knew" the cows. I spent several summers on the farm, feeding, milking and caring for the herd. It was a great way to grow up.
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9-20-2008 @ 11:34AM
Lizabetsy said...Forget the topical ejaculate for more beautiful skin. Use it in soups and stews for thickening. I was an OB nurse for years who handled pumps and bottles of breast milk pumped for preemies by their Moms. It is some of the most disgusting looking stuff on the planet. I was also an IVF nurse who handled lots of semen in specimen cups. Ewwww to all of this nonsense!
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9-20-2008 @ 11:39AM
Marge said...Next we will have men paying to suck milk out of a woman's breast! LOL