WikiBooks: Cooked Placenta, a tasty dish that the whole family will love Options

[Killiondude]

Cookbook:Placenta with Broccoli

This is a tasty dish that the whole family will love.

Discuss.

There's also grilled dog, horse recipes, and marijuana recipes for your reading pleasure.

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[Ottava]

Hippies eat babies, so why is it surprising that Yuppies would eat placenta?

[Somey]

Hippies eat babies, so why is it surprising that Yuppies would eat placenta?

How do you know they're Yuppies?

[Ottava]

Hippies eat babies, so why is it surprising that Yuppies would eat placenta?

How do you know they're Yuppies?

Who else would make an online cookbook on Wikibooks? The WMF skews to technology oriented people with a left of center political view and a general out of touchness with reality. Isn't that what Yuppies were?

[Somey]

Who else would make an online cookbook on Wikibooks? The WMF skews to technology oriented people with a left of center political view and a general out of touchness with reality. Isn't that what Yuppies were?

Well, Yuppies still exist, at least in the literal sense. But as for the rest, to say they are (or were) "technology-oriented" is probably an overgeneralization; they were only interested in technology as a means of making more money, not to make the world a better place. Politically speaking, the idea was that these were people who had been left-leaning until reaching their mid-20's and finding high-paying jobs, at which point they all-too-quickly abandoned their previous "liberal idealism" in favor of a neo-conservative agenda. This, in turn, became the primary point of criticism - that because they were easily converted, their liberalism was "shallow," and therefore all liberalism must be "shallow."

I guess what I'm saying is that while most people who eat placenta are probably Yuppies (or whatever the term is for an "urban professional" who is no longer young - I believe "the Viagra Generation" is a popular one these days) - it's unfair to say that most Yuppies would consider eating someone's placenta. If there were some money in it for them though, things would be different, with pregnant women being asked to sign "vendor contracts" as meat suppliers, McDonald's serving "McAfterbirth" in nice neat styrofoam containers with an ice-cold Coke™ for just $3.99, etc., etc.

Personally I think the whole idea is disgusting, but having seen an episode or two of "Happy Tree Friends," it's almost like there's no point in pretending that society still has any sort of gross-out limits whatsoever.

[Ottava]

I guess what I'm saying is that while most people who eat placenta are probably Yuppies (or whatever the term is for an "urban professional" who is no longer young - I believe "the Viagra Generation" is a popular one these days) - it's unfair to say that most Yuppies would consider eating someone's placenta. If there were some money in it for them though, things would be different, with pregnant women being asked to sign "vendor contracts" as meat suppliers, McDonald's serving "McAfterbirth" in nice neat styrofoam containers with an ice-cold Coke™ for just $3.99, etc., etc.

Personally I think the whole idea is disgusting, but having seen an episode or two of "Happy Tree Friends," it's almost like there's no point in pretending that society still has any sort of gross-out limits whatsoever.

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned by hippies eating babies comment. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

But yes, the idea is rather... weird... I would say it is akin to eating your own mucus after removing it, putting it in a dish, and frying it up.


By the way, I think "hipster" might have been more accurate in describing today's "yuppie". And I don't think that the yuppies are any less left, just more hypocritical.

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[Somey]

I'm surprised you haven't mentioned by hippies eating babies comment. (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

That whole business about hippies eating babies has always been somewhat misunderstood. You have to remember that the babies were comin' straight for 'em! They're dangerous! They had to shoot 'em in self-defense! As for the "eating" part, well, that's a little harder to explain, but waste not, want not, I guess... It's environmentally responsible, apparently.

But yes, the idea is rather... weird... I would say it is akin to eating your own mucus after removing it, putting it in a dish, and frying it up.

That's ridiculous - everyone knows you fry the mucus before you put it in the dish. Heck, you could damage the dish! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/hrmph.gif)

By the way, I think "hipster" might have been more accurate in describing today's "yuppie".

"Hipster"? No way, man! That term is reserved for a certain kind of alt-rock music fan, the sort who listen to Yo La Tengo and Weezer and Vampire Weekend. Very few of them are wealthy professional people, and none of them (that I know of) would consider eating a human placenta for even one horrific, yet thankfully fleeting, moment.

The proper term for Yuppies is still "Yuppies," it's just that they look different now, are a bit more discreet, and are more likely to live in London than New York or Los Angeles. I was just looking for a specific term to refer to 80's-style Yuppies who are now 25-30 years older, getting close to retirement, but still consuming everything imaginable (including, perhaps, placenta) at an alarming rate.