# Edible things that have never been featured in a recipe **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959 "2012-07-12T02:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/21 "2012-07-12T09:09:24Z")
In my sadly truncated [Recipe from hell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621125) thread, we settled on a cake recipe that included: one teaspoon cerumen oil two cubes of the finest French fromunda cheese mix in three cups of succus entericus extract fold in one pound of strained meconium a dash of sweetened crusta lactea (to taste) Whisk together ingredients in a porn shop’s mop bucket. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/22 "2012-07-12T11:08:24Z")
**Koxinga** , that’s disgusting. Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/23 "2012-07-12T11:24:43Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy. I’ve no idea what this means, but for some reason I’m picturing it as having to do with Uma Thurman, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/24 "2012-07-12T11:30:41Z")
I have no idea what it means either, but it seems so much cooler now that Uma Thurman wants in on it. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/25 "2012-07-12T11:36:48Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I said kittens. I’ve been places where cat was consumed and I’ve wondered previously about kitten. Young meat seems to be prized in general (lamb, veal, barelylegal porn) so kitten might be yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/26 "2012-07-12T11:53:11Z")
I was going to move this thread to Cafe Society, but I’ve thought better of it. Dead skin from feet as a _garnish_?? :eek: Thank you for that image I’ll be stuck with all day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/27 "2012-07-12T12:01:57Z")
When you refer to it as a ‘garnish’ **Ellen Cherry** , it suggests it has no flavour… ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/28 "2012-07-12T12:02:07Z")
There are plenty of herbs that have a specific taste but that seldom make the cross-over from medicinal herb (or just plain unknown herb) to kitchen herb. [Tansy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tansy), for instance. Has a very strong, interesting taste. Poisonous if taken in too large quantities. Last common culinary use was in medieval times. Or [Pennyroyal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennyroyal). Last culinary use was by the Greeks and Romans. It has the most “chemically” minty taste of any mint hybrid I know. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/29 "2012-07-12T12:17:26Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > **Koxinga** , that’s disgusting. > > Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy. Unless you were too enthusiastic with the defoliation. Because then you’d be de-brided. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/30 "2012-07-12T12:53:48Z")
Edible Lasers: > **[opnmagazine-digital.com](http://ww38.opnmagazine-digital.com/opn/200905/?pg=16)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/31 "2012-07-12T14:09:07Z")
Maybe not exactly “unimaginable”, but I’m guessing it would be hard to find any real recipe featuring, say, aspirin or various prescription drugs. ---
**Author:** ![kmshrader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@kmshrader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kmshrader)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/32 "2012-07-12T14:25:18Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Maybe not exactly “unimaginable”, but I’m guessing it would be hard to find any real recipe featuring, say, aspirin or various prescription drugs. Are cocktails recipes? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/33 "2012-07-14T05:08:15Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Bodily fluids of the sort commonly involved in oral sex. > [@Mangetout](#): > > You’re kidding, right? There’s a recipe right here on the SDMB for that. Best username/post combination! [sub]So, a link ?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/34 "2012-07-14T05:13:23Z")
Why Dear God, why did I open this thread while eating?! ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/35 "2012-07-14T05:32:09Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > [sub]So, a link ?[/sub] [Pan fried semen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659). ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/36 "2012-07-14T06:34:55Z")
After seeing this thread, I racked my brains for foodstuffs that never make it to the table. Finally I had it: Edible sex toys. Mint, chocolate, strawberry, etc. flavored salves and unguents made to be licked off a partner’s body. I’ve heard of edible panties too (but never tasted any). How could such treats be incorporated in recipes? _Pompano en panties_? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/37 "2012-07-14T13:03:51Z")
Do [fish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milt) count for pan-fried semen actually being eaten? ---
**Author:** ![listedmia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e0b2c6/32.png) [@listedmia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/listedmia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/38 "2012-07-14T22:26:26Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > After seeing this thread, I racked my brains for foodstuffs that never make it to the table. Finally I had it: Edible sex toys. Mint, chocolate, strawberry, etc. flavored salves and unguents made to be licked off a partner’s body. I’ve heard of edible panties too (but never tasted any). How could such treats be incorporated in recipes? _Pompano en panties_? Here is a review of various flavored lubricants on toast: [http://www.vice.com/read/pb-and-dick-jelly](http://www.vice.com/read/pb-and-dick-jelly) The same girl has written about pan-frying vaginal discharge, I think. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/39 "2012-07-14T22:43:17Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > One thing I learned from the old TV show Fear Factor is that there are thousands of species of beetles, and every single one of them is edible. Even a bombadier beetle? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959/40 "2012-07-16T01:08:50Z")
Boogers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-things-that-have-never-been-featured-in-a-recipe/627959.md?page=1)