# Wish I'd never seen this... \[book of semen-based recipes\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688 "2010-07-23T05:48:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/1 "2010-07-23T05:48:41Z")
Yes, thank you Tosh.0 for showing me something I really wish I could unsee. [noparse][Page Not Found | Lulu](http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/natural-harvest---a-collection-of-semen-based-recipes/5198959%5B/noparse%5D) I’m not sure if this is considered NSFW or if it should be in Cafe Society and I couldn’t really read it without my tummy turning at the thought but I thought I would share the joy with you fine folks and see what you have to say. It’s called Nature’s Harvest a cookbook for cooking with semen. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/2 "2010-07-23T14:57:32Z")
😃 I actually bought this a a gag Christmas gift for a friend that collects cookbooks. She was greatly amused. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/3 "2010-07-23T15:07:33Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > 😃 I actually bought this a a gag Christmas gift for a friend that collects cookbooks. She was greatly amused. Heh. “Gag” gift. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/4 "2010-07-23T15:54:58Z")
And the author has a website. I’m not going to make this a real url because I haven’t tried it out(I’m at work) and I don’t know if it’s work safe. www. cooking with cum .com Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/5 "2010-07-24T17:05:47Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > 😃 I actually bought this a a gag Christmas gift for a friend that collects cookbooks. She was greatly amused. Makes me wonder if anybody buys this book for any other reason but a gag gift. I’m not squimish about a lot of things but this just freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/6 "2010-07-24T17:09:13Z")
Jeezuz! And all this time I thought it was only ever served raw. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/7 "2010-07-24T21:32:46Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Jeezuz! And all this time I thought it was only ever served raw. Jism tartare? I’m gonna throw this over to Cafe Society. **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/8 "2010-07-25T01:25:22Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I’m gonna throw this over to Cafe Society. > > **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator Actually move it, four hours later … :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/9 "2010-07-25T01:49:07Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Jeezuz! And all this time I thought it was only ever served raw. Take a gander at [this 7-year-old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659&highlight=pan-fried+semen). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/10 "2010-07-25T03:32:53Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > > [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > > > Jeezuz! And all this time I thought it was only ever served raw. > > Take a gander at [this 7-year-old thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=198659&highlight=pan-fried+semen). Yes, that’s one of my all-time favorite threads . . . and [this one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249524&highlight=semen+fish). ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/11 "2010-07-25T05:13:59Z")
Thank you and thank you again Twickster. I wasn’t sure where to put this thread and spaced the two click rule. I read the two linked threads and laughed like an idiot but cringed at the words semen vapor. I wonder how long those fish survived. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/12 "2010-07-25T06:58:08Z")
I won a thread with this a couple of weeks ago. It was about the smallest food, and I contributed the sperm and eggs of the [Palolo worm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palolo_worm#Cultural_Use). ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/13 "2010-07-25T07:53:09Z")
Is this seriously a real book? I’ve seen it before (on the internet) and I was under the impression that it was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/14 "2010-07-25T12:18:04Z")
**Lute Skywatcher** , and **panache45** , somehow, those two links reached something somewhere deep inside me that will remain forever changed. I am at a loss as to whether to thank you, or spank you. Pan frying fish. Once such a simple pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/15 "2010-07-25T12:20:05Z")
> [@Kricket](#): > > It’s called Nature’s Harvest a cookbook for cooking with semen. :eek: Are you are sure it’s not a misprint and should have been “semolina”? ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/16 "2010-07-25T12:25:05Z")
\*\*ivan \*\*I agree there is a misprint. It should read “Nature’s Hardest.” ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/17 "2010-07-25T14:00:44Z")
Moderator’s Note: I’ve changed the title to reflect what the thread is about. For those unaware: please check out [FAQ - Guidelines and Etiquette for posting on the Straight Dope Message Boards](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384745) and note especially Post #3 (“Please use descriptive titles.”) We’ve got lots of threads here, and people need to be able to decide what they want to read and what they don’t, so descriptive thread titles are a courtesy to other posters. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/18 "2010-07-25T14:04:23Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Is this seriously a real book? I’ve seen it before (on the internet) and I was under the impression that it was a joke. It is a REAL book, as I said upthread, I bought it for a friend a couple Christmases ago as a joke. Not a misprint, either, it is talking about actual semen. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/19 "2010-07-25T14:33:18Z")
Never send food back at a restaurant. It may return with special seasoning from the Chef. :eek: There’s several hidden camera shows on cable. Various kitchen staff were caught picking food off the floor and using it. Body fluids like spit, urine were added to food. I don’t recall anyone wanking off, but I’m sure it’s happened in kitchens. The kitchen staff caught on camera were fired and in the extreme cases prosecuted. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-id-never-seen-this-book-of-semen-based-recipes/547688/20 "2010-07-25T16:38:55Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > \*\*ivan \*\*I agree there is a misprint. > > It should read “Nature’s Hardest.” good user name