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| Swiss restaurant to serve meals cooked with human breast milk |
| 2008-09-19 |
| A Swiss gastronomist has stirred a controversy in the tranquil Alpine republic after announcing that he will serve meals cooked with human breast milk. The owner of the Storchen restaurant in the exclusive Winterthur resort will improve his menu with local specialities such as meat stew and various soups and sauces containing at least 75 per cent of mother's milk. "We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?" Hans Locher, who has become Switzerland most controversial restaurant owner, said. Mr Locher attracted the attention of the leading media of the German-speaking world this week after he posted ads looking for women donors, who will receive just over three pounds for 14 ounces of their milk. He said: "I first experimented with breast milk when my daughter was born. "One can cook really delicious things with it. However, it always needs to be mixed with a bit of whipped cream, in order to keep the consistency." The food control authority in Switzerland was initially confused by the apparent loophole in local legislation regulating the use of human milk and it was not clear whether Mr Locher could actually be banned from serving his specialities."Humans as producers of milk are simply not envisaged in the legislation. "They are not on the list of approved species such as cows and sheep, but they are also not on the list of the banned species such as apes and primates," Rolf Etter of the Zurich food control laboratory said. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #12 Is there a Swiss authority confused about the loophole for going to the spa and being injected with liquefied fetus? And you thought folks went for the skiing. heh |
| Posted by: Last Breath Farm Resident 2008-09-19 23:28 |
| #11 Is that what it is? Then the women can supply two markets at once. How efficient. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-19 18:59 |
| #10 Sorry, I prefer the original containers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-09-19 18:59 |
| #9 Oxytocin. |
| Posted by: General_Comment 2008-09-19 18:51 |
| #8 Ick. On the other hand, that lovely English insult, "You stupid cow!" wouldn't be far off anymore, in certain cases. Especially since nursing, and presumably substitutions therefore, release calming hormones in the woman. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-09-19 18:48 |
| #7 http://granitegrok.com/pix/got_milk.jpg |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-09-19 14:22 |
| #6 ROFL, Joe! You're on fire today. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-19 10:52 |
| #5 I wonder how he did his market research. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-19 10:01 |
| #4 This guy watched Borat one too many times. |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2008-09-19 09:11 |
| #3 When this restaurant says "Just like Mom used to make", they ain't kidding. |
| Posted by: GORT 2008-09-19 07:39 |
| #2 LOL JOE! |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-09-19 07:18 |
| #1 IIRC FUTURAMA's "ROSWELL" EPISODE > Would you like "SOLYENT ORANGE, SOLYENT LEMON, or SOLYENT BLUE??? Isn't this taking the NANNY STATE a bit too far!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-19 00:42 |