"Go eat a dick." "Ok, don't mind if I do."

[bouv]

Fair warning: this is probably the most not-mind-safe, get out the brain-bleach, "Oh God, I immediately regret clicking that link" kind of article you'll see.

I'm even putting a "spoiler space" so no one gets traumatized by the mouse-over.











An asexual man in Japan had his genitals surgically removed, then he cooked them up and served them to guests.

Spoilering the link because it might sort of be not work safe?

SPOILER:

And breaking the URL, copy and paste this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/asexual-mao-sugiyama-cooks-serves-own-genitals_n_1543307.html?ref=weird-news#s=1019016

Warning: There are pictures in the article of the "main course." And for me, when I loaded the page (on Firefox,) it loaded with the page all the way scrolled down to the bottom, where the pictures are.

Just days after Sugiyama's 22nd birthday, the artist underwent elective genital-removal surgery, divvied up the severed penis shaft, testicles, and scrotal skin between five people, and garnished it with button mushrooms and Italian parsley.

On April 13, five of six diners who signed up for the $250-a-plate feast, sat down to dinner. The sixth person was a no-show.

Many questions come to mind (why would he do this, why would anyone else want to eat that, why are we fascinated by it, how did canabalism 'slip through the cracks' of the Japanese legal system, etc...) but for some reason, the one thing I'm most curious about is:

Why the Hell did he only charge $250 a plate?! I'd like to think that with the rarity of such a "dish," and the type of people who 'get off', for lack of a better phrase, on spending gobs on money on crazy, rare, 'once in a lifetime' kind of shit like this, that he easily could have gotten $1000 a plate or more. I mean...you'd think at the very least he'd want enough to pay for the surgery and medical care he needed!

[Rigamarole]

That actually looks delicious. I wonder what it tasted like?

[Darth Panda]

He should have braised it in wine, lardons, mushrooms, and garlic.

SPOILER:

Cock-au-Vin

[Taomist]

Originally Posted by Darth Panda

He should have braised it in wine, lardons, mushrooms, and garlic.

SPOILER:

Cock-au-Vin

Win!!

[voltaire]

Ok, at this point Japan is just rubbing it in the noses of other countries who aspire to be weird.

You might even say they're getting cocky.

[Farmer Jane]

Another reason why I'm a little weary of people who are just obsessed with Japan.

[wellanuff]

I am going to say I am extremely skeptical of the truth of this story. First of all, I am having a hard time finding articles about it in Japanese from reliable media sources.

It just screams hoax. The dining "event" may have happened, but I am extremely doubtful that any human flesh was actually served and consumed.

[Enkel]

Few things make me genuinely ill... but this one did.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by wellanuff

I am going to say I am extremely skeptical of the truth of this story. First of all, I am having a hard time finding articles about it in Japanese from reliable media sources.

It just screams hoax. The dining "event" may have happened, but I am extremely doubtful that any human flesh was actually served and consumed.

Yeah, my BS meter is pinging hard on this one. But who knows? Among other things, I just can't imagine that sort of "medical waste" would be released in such a manner in Japan, assuming the person who performed it was a licensed doctor. I mean, if I got my bits cut off here in the US, I assume I wouldn't be allowed to take them home with me, even if I wanted to, right?

[Zebra]

And the secret ingredient this week on iron chef is.....






YOUR BALLZ!

[Ale]

Well, that just about ruins it from now on whenever my GF tells me to go out to eat Japanese....

[coffeecat]

Where the hell do you find a doctor who'll do that kind of surgery? I knew a woman who had a hard time finding a doctor to tie her tubes!

[SeaDragonTattoo]

Eh, I'm not buying it. The pictures are indistinct, the cooked and plated pics could be anything. It's not like cooked testes of other animals is unheard of or difficult to come by for some hoax pics. The baggie could have a pork chop in it for all I can tell.

[not what you'd expect]

Did the Dr. butcher up the parts and keep them refrigerated for the guy while he recovered?

I smell something, but I don't think it's cooked penis.

[Folacin]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

I mean, if I got my bits cut off here in the US, I assume I wouldn't be allowed to take them home with me, even if I wanted to, right?

I'm on the 'likely BS' bandwagon - but I know that (many years ago) my brother got to take his tonsils home in a jar.

I wouldn't be surprised if they don't let you do that anymore, though.

[Shagnasty]

This one may or may not be BS but there the story of the German man who volunteered to be eaten by a cannibal that is 100% true and contains some of the same elements (the man who was killed and eaten was also the coworker of a board member). Germany and Japan are always a wacky pair but Germany still wins the gold.

"On the evening of March 9, the two men went up to the bedroom in Meiwes' rambling timbered farmhouse. Mr Brandes swallowed 20 sleeping tablets and half a bottle of schnapps before Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis, with his agreement, and fried it for both of them to eat."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003...ny.lukeharding

[Chef Troy]

I heard he was only going to have 50 percent of it removed, but he didn't want to go off half-cocked.

[bouv]

I also managed to find this story on it (again, possibly disturbing pictures in the article.)

Still might be faked, but the artist is a real person, this is his (her? one story says he identifies as asexual, the other says transexual...) website.

[Count Blucher]

Originally Posted by Ale

Well, that just about ruins it from now on whenever my GF tells me to go out to eat Japanese....

Its recommended to Always laugh at the chefs jokes at a Japanese Steakhouse. With those knives, you wouldn't want to tempt them to castrate you & serve you up with rice.


Or flip the cooked bits into a table guests mouth...



*flips testicle into hat*
*scared applause*

[Shodan]

What were they going to do if somebody wanted seconds?

Regards,
Shodan

[kenner116]

A craigslist ad and a decent chunk of change would likely arouse several offers. Heck, if this catches on it could be just the stimulus the flaccid Japanese economy needed.

[BigT]

Originally Posted by Farmer Jane

Another reason why I'm a little weary of people who are just obsessed with Japan.

Most Japanophiles are that way because they assume the real Japan is like the one they've seen in anime. What Japanese people do in real life is pretty much irrelevant.

That said, there is some really screwed up anime. The question I think of when judging individual Japanophiles is whether or not they seem to recognize that such anime is screwed up.

[Enkel]

Originally Posted by Ale

Well, that just about ruins it from now on whenever my GF tells me to go out to eat Japanese....

Tell her you prefer Canadian

[Enkel]

Originally Posted by Shodan

What were they going to do if somebody wanted seconds?

Lady fingers?

[Plumpudding]

Just days after Sugiyama's 22nd birthday, the artist underwent elective genital-removal surgery, divvied up the severed penis shaft, testicles, and scrotal skin between five people, and garnished it with button mushrooms and Italian parsley.

One thing to consider, at least if done in relation to or in context of provocative art, is that it's enough that people believe in it, even if the truth gets revealed later on.

[FriarTed]

Originally Posted by Shagnasty

This one may or may not be BS but there the story of the German man who volunteered to be eaten by a cannibal that is 100% true and contains some of the same elements (the man who was killed and eaten was also the coworker of a board member). Germany and Japan are always a wacky pair but Germany still wins the gold.

"On the evening of March 9, the two men went up to the bedroom in Meiwes' rambling timbered farmhouse. Mr Brandes swallowed 20 sleeping tablets and half a bottle of schnapps before Meiwes cut off Brandes' penis, with his agreement, and fried it for both of them to eat."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003...ny.lukeharding

The Straight Dope connection....

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...t=Armin+Meiwes

[Telperion]

Originally Posted by Shodan

What were they going to do if somebody wanted seconds?

BYOB, I'm guessing.

[Mighty_Girl]

Originally Posted by not what you'd expect

Did the Dr. butcher up the parts and keep them refrigerated for the guy while he recovered?

I smell something, but I don't think it's cooked penis.

You can buy animal parts, back in my meat eating days I tried bull and goat testicles. An odd cut that is.

Originally Posted by Darth Panda

He should have braised it in wine, lardons, mushrooms, and garlic.

SPOILER:

Cock-au-Vin

I hate you! How dare you be so brilliant?

[YogSosoth]

Well I think I'm going to go throw up forever now, bye

[cmyk]

They really need to open a Fear Factor restaurant in Japan.

[Siam Sam]

This reminds me of a case in Bangkok 11 years ago. A cleaning lady found a set of genitals wrapped in a bundle in a rubbish bin on the top platform of Siam Skytrain Station. (This was back when they still had rubbish bins on the platforms. Those were all removed in the wake of the New Year's Eve 2006 bombings across the city, which were connected to the military coup earlier that year.) As far as I know, they never did find the owner. They'd been frozen, as well as surgically removed, not ripped off. Could very possibly have belonged to a sex-change patient, but why they got dumped there is a mystery.

I think the poor cleaning lady is still having to go through therapy.

[Mister Rik]

This reminds me of this photo that's been floating around the Internet for a while now:

http://www.thecontrarianmedia.com/wp...09/04/meat.jpg

(Don't worry, it's humorous, not gross)

[ralph124c]

Human "rocky Mountain Oysters"!
Heck, its all protein.

[Ludovic]

Originally Posted by not what you'd expect

Did the Dr. butcher up the parts and keep them refrigerated for the guy while he recovered?

The Perfect Master for once fails in the quest for perfect universal knowledge.

[Becky2844]

Originally Posted by Rigamarole

That actually looks delicious. I wonder what it tasted like?

Probably tasted like Vienee sausage. (I know I spelled it wrong; that's how we say it.)

He should have charged a king's ransom for the family jewels.

[SunSandSuffering]

From bouv's link:
"Sugiyama had also intended to include his nipples on the menu, but his attempt to burn them off with sodium hydroxide did not result in anything usable."
Wow.

[dngnb8]

Anthony Boudain did a show in South America where he had dick soup. Apparently, it is a delicacy. It was humorous to watch him get bleeped as he was saying all the words for penis.

He also had fetus soup in the same episode. According to Bourdain, it was delicious.

[pulykamell]

Originally Posted by dngnb8

Anthony Boudain did a show in South America where he had dick soup. Apparently, it is a delicacy. It was humorous to watch him get bleeped as he was saying all the words for penis.

I've actually seen frozen bull pizzle in at least one store here in Chicago. Testicles (labeled as "fries" here) are somewhat easier to find.

He also had fetus soup in the same episode. According to Bourdain, it was delicious.

Was he eating balut (fetal duck or chicken egg) or something else? ETA: Oh, it's a soup, so it's not going to be that. Plus, it seems like it's in South America. What kind of fetus was it?

[Sunspace]

Originally Posted by Farmer Jane

Another reason why I'm a little weary of people who are just obsessed with Japan.

In Japanese, the words for "cute" (かわいい, kawaii) and "scary" (こわい, kowai) are disturbingly close.

[ducati]

Originally Posted by pulykamell

hard on

He said "hard on".


Snerk.