I find the thought of eating placenta really gross, but the only thing in this thread that made me really feel sick was fruitcacke. :eek:
But maybe that’s because I have no idea what either cod or lye is.
Typo,
Thank you for the visual of you flailing about screaming “gross, gross, ewwwww!” It made me laugh and I would have done the same thing if I was watching that show.
cod=a kind of fish
Lye aka caustic soda= the main ingredient in soap
lye=really nasty stuff that can result in horrible burns if you don’t treat it with respect. My great-grandmother, or so I’ve been told, had terrible scars on her arms from when it accidentally splashed on her. Of course, I don’t know what concentration they use to make lutefisk, but still…
I know that dance. I’ve refined it, though, to include a stab at the channel changer.
“But there are some things you just can’t look away from!”
Used to be true for me.
But not any more.
And I’m happier for it.
Of course, had you followed this suggestion, we wouldn’t have had this enlightening and enormously amusing thread, so admittedly there’s a double-edged sword there. 
Ahhh, but Cervaise, perhaps you missed the part about the Lord of the Remote? Repeated pleas to his mercy and goodness failed to result in a change of the channel (an all-out attack doesn’t work, either. He’s bigger than I am). HE thought it was great, especially my reaction to it.
Forget a league of my own, I want a remote of my own.
I usually have reading material nearby to retreat into, but this was an unexpected assault that got past my defenses.
Ever eaten sultanas anyone? (or golden raisins, as some people call 'em?) - there’s something about them that I bet you didn’t know…
Yes, they are actually small pieces of human placenta!
[sub]OK, OK, they are dried grapes, bleached with LYE[/sub]
:eek:
I’ve never had them, as far as I know, but still… :eek:
I’m sorry - caustic acid on food products just seems like a bad idea. I’ve never eaten hominy, either, for that very reason.
I wonder who the hell thought up the recipe for lutefisk?
The first time I ever heard of it was on King of the Hill.
isn’t that like, illigel? i mean, thats cannabolism! thats fucking disgusting… ewww
Disgusting? possibly.
Cannibalism? No more than biting your nails.
Some notes on lutfisk (and I can’t stand the way Americans misspell it):
http://www.santesson.com/christ/lutfisk.htm
http://www.surfminnesota.net/lutfisk.html
http://www.northerner.com/products/mat-lutfisk.html
http://www.btinternet.com/~robert.pfeifer/lutfisk.htm
i love hominy, it was soaked in lye. Big deal. Hubby is standing firm on not eating my placenta. Damn.
What can I say - to each his own. Of course, maybe I shouldn’t say anything - I’ve been known to eat peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff sandwiches in my younger years.
Chunky peanut butter, too. 
Warning: extremely petty nitpick ahead:
Actually, lye is a base - not an acid.
Sorry, but I had to do that. People’s tendency to call everything that’s caustic “acid” is just a pet peeve of mine. Too much chemistry in college, I suppose. Carry on.
Permit me to bring this discussion to a new, grosser level. I was at a St. Patrick’s Day party a few years ago which was hosted by a friend of mine and his girlfriend, both proud vegans. As I was settling in, I heard him explaining the reasons for and restrictions on his diet and that of his girlfriend. And before I could stop myself, I found myself asking, “So, does that extend to the spit or swallow issue?” I earned a smack in the head for my query, but the host replied, “swallow.”
So it has been my experience that human products, given freely, are considered acceptable for the vegans I know.
Actually, instead of the egg comparision, eating human placenta would instead be more analogous to eating chicken liver or hearts; since the placenta is an organ.
Doesn’t make it any less blechy, though. And as vegetarian, I think I would evoke my right of meat refusal if anyone offered me a big helping of placenta lasagna.
If you’ve ever wondered about other things you can do with your placenta, besides planting it with a tree, there’s alway the lovely “lotus birth” where you keep the placenta attached to the baby even after birth.
http://www.waldorfdolls.com/mango/Mango%20Mama’s-%20Lotus%20Birth.htm
Somewhere in my maternity reading I came across the quote - now much loved by my girlfriends
“The Placenta: The body’s only disposable organ!”
(I’ve always thought the lotus birth thing would inhibit bonding a little for me. “What an adorable child I’ve given birth to, and what an attractive placenta!” Maybe I’m strange that way. Then again, breastfeeding did NOT enhance my bonding experience either, so to each her own)
More learning for you today! Pretzels and bagels are both dipped in a lye solution before cooking. Also, check your toothpaste label – if it contains Sodium Hydroxide (and about 2/3rds of the brands on the market do) you already have lye in your mouth on a daily basis.
Lye – our misunderstood friend.
Bwa!
I was informed, just after giving birth, that I had an unusually large placenta. I wonder how many vegans it would have served?