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Eating placentas was a fad in the 70's, so much so that an unaired Saturday Night Live skit for "Placenta Helper" was published in a book about SNL (1977 or 78?) It was so hilarious that I immediately thought of it when I saw this thread title, despite the passage of 35 years since reading the script. I think it ends with the husband saying something along the lines of, "ummm, we should have this every night!" Wife responds, "oh, honey..." <both laugh>
Here's some information from the Straight Dope site:
All mammals do it. If you don't take your placenta the hospital will sell it to pharmaceutical companies to make cosmetics. Seems like the natural thing to do. Dehydrate it and encapsulate it.
There's a midwife here that will do it for $100.
Mammals eat their babies placentas to get rid of all smells so that predators will not find them and kill them. Last I heard we don't have wolves and grizzly bears hunting us down to kill our babies. No, I would never do that. I have heard of women (usually at homebirths) that bury the placenta and plant a tree there for the child. That I think is fine, but eating them is a whole other story.
From your link, this sounds particularly appetising:
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Dehydrating your placenta
Instead of cooking your placenta whole, you can dehydrate it and then add it to meals! The following method is extracted from an article entitled "Thinking About Eating Your Placenta?" by Susan James, which appeared in the winter 1996 issue of "The Compleat Mother". It was discovered posted on a newsgroup noticeboard, so we cannot absolutely guarantee its authenticity, or that it is an actual verbatim account of the magazine article. Method:
Cut off the cord and membranes.
Steam the placenta, adding lemon grass, pepper and ginger to the steaming water. The placenta is "done" when no blood comes out when you pierce it with a fork.
Cut the placenta into thin slices (like making jerky) and bake in a low-heat oven (200-250 degrees F), until it is dry and crumbly (several hours).
Crush the placenta into a powder - using a food processor, blender, mortar and pestle, or by putting it in a bag and grinding it with rocks.
Put the powder into empty gel caps (available at drug and health food stores) or just add a spoonful to your cereal, blender drink, etc.
The recommended doses vary, some suggest up to 4 capsules a day, others just one. Perhaps the best advice is to take what makes you feel good
A spoonful of dehydrated placenta on cereal. Anyone?
Hope everyone had a great April Fool's Day! Until next year....
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