Who gets to eat the afterbirth?
And how is it cooked?
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall recommends cooking with garlic.
Although I thought that was supposed to be avoided by breast feeding mothers?
Quote:
Channel 4 rapped for serving placenta
Britain's Channel 4 has been severely reprimanded for a programme in which a woman's afterbirth was served up as paté.
The Broadcasting Standards Commission said the episode of TV Dinners, shown in February, breached a taboo and "would have been disagreeable to many".
The presenter, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, devised the recipe with mother Rosie Clear for a party to celebrate the birth of her daughter Indi-Mo Krebbs. The placenta was fried with shallots and garlic, flambéed, puréed and served to 20 relatives and friends as a pate on focaccia bread.
Mrs Clear's husband Lee had 17 helpings but the other guests were less enthusiastic.
Labour MP Kevin McNamara was one of nine viewers who complained to the Independent Television Commission about the show. The ITC passed the comments on to the BSC, which upheld the complaints on the grounds of taste.
The commission accepted it was not illegal to cook or consume afterbirth - in fact it is considered highly nutritious and mothers in many countries are encouraged to eat their own. The programme makers had also sought to treat the subject sensitively and fairly, said the commission. But in its report the commission said the content of the show would have taken many viewers by surprise - despite a vague announcement before it was aired.
Mr McNamara, MP for Hull North, said the programme was "offensive to the public".
Channel 4 said the programme was not a conventional cookery show and was designed to challenge conventional wisdom.
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I admit this is from 1998, but many people here still remember it.