Cookbook:Placenta
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Cookbook | Index of Ingredients | Basic foodstuffs | Meat and poultry | Organ Meat
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Placenta is an organ meat expelled soon after a birth. Placenta has a springy texture similar to the heart, but more sponge-like.
Whilst Human placenta has a taste akin to a mild liver, many beef recipes work well with human placenta. A human placenta typically weighs 1/6 of the baby's weight.
To prepare placenta, cut the membranes away with a sharp knife. Wash if desired. Treat the placenta as you would any other meat.
[edit] Warning
Uncooked human placenta can transmit diseases.
[edit] Recipes featuring placenta include
[edit] External links
- Cooking Up Placenta (video)
- Preparing and eating a vegan placenta casserole (words and pictures)
- Afterbirth: It's What's For Dinner (story with video) TIME (magazine) article by Joel Stein, 2009-07-03
