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-Short Attention Span Theater-
London shop to make breast milk ice cream
2011-02-26
A specialist ice cream parlor plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat.
I'd file it under "Depths of Depravity," myself...
My goodness. What will those marketing mavens think of next? Wait -- please, please don't tell us, we really do not want to know.
The breast milk concoction, called the "Baby Gaga," will be available from Friday at the Icecreamists restaurant in London's Covent Garden.

Icecreamists founder Matt O'Connor was confident his take on the "miracle of motherhood" and priced at a hefty 14 pounds ($23) a serving will go down a treat with the paying public.
Good idea. Price it to appeal to people with more money than brains or couth.
The breast milk was provided by mothers who answered an advertisement on online mothers' forum Mumsnet.

Victoria Hiley, 35, from London was one of 15 women who donated milk to the restaurant after seeing the advert.

Hiley works with women who have problems breast-feeding their babies. She said she believes that if adults realized how tasty breast milk actually is, then new mothers would be more willing to breast-feed their own newborns.

"What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mother's milk in an ice cream? And for me it's a recession beater too -- what's the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash," Hiley said in a statement.
Oh, yeah. A recession beater all around at $23 for a cone.
"I tried the product for the first time today -- it's very nice, it really melts in the mouth."
Posted by:Fred

#12  Agree Frank. Eating it with a spoon just doesn't have the same 'feel'.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2011-02-26 18:02  

#11  I prefer the original containers, TYVM
Posted by: Frank G   2011-02-26 16:37  

#10  Is there a line to slap that Hiley chick? Because I want to queue up. (There's a word in playgroup land for broads like her. Sanctimommy. I'm sure the 'burg can figure out what it means. It's not a compliment.)

Look, princess, we all know about the benefits. We get that shoved down our throats at every opportunity from the first prenatal appointment. If she really wanted to help women with breastfeeding problems, she would be donating it to a NICU (or whatever the equivalent is in England) instead of turning it into a dessert.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2011-02-26 16:33  

#9  Sorry, I agree with the moderator/poster, file it under "Depths of Depravity,"; which could top "short attention span theater" any day of the week.


Victoria Hiley, 35, from London was one of 15 women who donated milk to the restaurant after seeing the advert

The picture below is Victoria Hiley.

Posted by: Goodluck   2011-02-26 16:18  

#8  "Would that be one handful or two?"
Posted by: Charles   2011-02-26 13:42  

#7  Soylent Green under another name.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2011-02-26 08:04  

#6  A southern friend once invited me to an ice cream store solely to demonstrate his southern dialect. He did so by ordering a two scoop ice cream cone.

"Ah would lahk a pee-can ripple, an' a budderpecawn."

"You see?", he said, "The accent is awn the fust syllable."
Posted by: Anonymoose   2011-02-26 06:34  

#5  Now that the demand has been created, expect poor mothers babies to go hungry while mom sells milk for lottery money.
Posted by: gromky   2011-02-26 04:25  

#4  When I saw the headline, I knew this picture would be there.

Were ALL of these women tested for HIV?

According to a different article I saw, the milk received the same screening as donated blood.
Posted by: Angie Schultz   2011-02-26 03:37  

#3  I guess if they pasteurized it, it would kill that stuff, but still, human milk from strangers is not a good idea.
Posted by: crosspatch   2011-02-26 03:26  

#2  The thing is that human milk can carry human diseases. Were ALL of these women tested for HIV? HIV is transmitted by breast milk. So are many other diseases such as tuberculosis, human T-cell lymphotropic virus, and many other diseases.

I wouldn't eat human milk from a woman I didn't know. You shouldn't either. It could actually kill you.
Posted by: crosspatch   2011-02-26 03:23  

#1  I'd try it if came in strawberry nipple, uh, ripple.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2011-02-26 02:52  

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