Julia Child
365 Ways To Cook Placenta:
If the idea of eating raw placenta leaves you cold, said Mr. Cruise, there are numerous methods for cooking placenta. One of the simplest is placenta aglio, olio e peperoncino (placenta in garlic, olive oil, and pepper).Gently blanch one pound of placenta that has been cut into one-quarter-inch-thick discs. After blanching the placenta for no more than thirty seconds, drain and set aside in a deep-heated serving dish.
Heat one cup of extra virgin olive oil in a pan. Add three to four cloves of crushed garlic and one hot chili pepper pod. When the garlic cloves begin to brown, discard them or they'll overwhelm the flavor of the placenta.
Pour the olive oil over the placenta. Sprinkle with black pepper and one teaspoon of chopped Italian parsley. Stir well and serve immediately with fresh-baked crusty Italian bread and a sweet white wine.
Mr. Cruise said his favorite placenta recipe is placenta meat loaf. Begin by chopping one onion and combining it with one teaspoon of black pepper and one sleeve of crushed saltines. Then combine one pound of ground placenta with the onion, pepper, and saltines. Add one teaspoon of bay leaves, one teaspoon each of white and black pepper, a clove of roasted and minced garlic, and one cup of chopped tomatoes. Mix well.
Place in a buttered loaf pan, cover, then bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for an hour and a half, occasionally pouring off excess blood. Serve with smoky wines such as Barolo or Barbaresco.
In addition to these recipes, Mr. Cruise mentioned others "that highlight the placenta's versatility." They included placenta smoothies and placenta jerky, retro-favorites like placenta Wellington and placenta under glass, and "that week night favorite," lasagne Placenta Helper.
Thanks, Norm!
I do not take it as a good sign that I really had to think: could this be true of Mr. Cruise?
nancy at April 19, 2006 5:35 PM
Here is the same passage in redneck:
Eff'n th' idea of eatin' raw placenta leaves yo' cold, said Mr. Cruise, thar is noomrous methods fo' cookin' placenta. One of th' simpless is placenta aglio, olio e peperoncino (placenta in garlic, olive oil, an' pepper). Juntly blanch one poun' of placenta thet has been lop into one-quarter-inch-thick discs. Af'er blanchin' th' placenta fo' no mo'e than thirty seconds, drain an' set aside in a deep-heated servin' dish. Heat one cup of extry virgin olive oil in a pan, as enny fool kin plainly see. Add three t'four cloves of crushed garlic an' one hot chili pepper pod, cuss it all t' tarnation. When th' garlic cloves begin t'brown, discard them o' they'll on overwhelm th' flavo' of th' placenta. Pour th' olive oil on over th' placenta. Sprinkle wif black pepper an' one teaspoon of chopped Italian parsley. Stir fine an' sarve eemeejutly wif fresh-baked cresty Italian bread an' a sweet white likker. Mr. Cruise said his favo'ite placenta recipe is placenta meat loaf. Begin by choppin' one onion an' combinin' it wif one teaspoon of black pepper an' one sleeve of crushed saltines. Then combine one poun' of groun' placenta wif th' onion, pepper, an' saltines. Add one teaspoon of bay leaves, one teaspoon etch of white an' black pepper, a clove of roasted an' minced garlic, an' one cup of chopped tomatoes. Mix fine. Place in a buttered loaf pan, covah, then bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees fo' an hour an' a ha'f, occashunally pourin' off excess blood, cuss it all t' tarnation. Serve wif smoky likkers sech as Barolo o' Barbarexco. In addishun t'these recipes, Mr. Cruise menshuned others "thet highlight th' placenta's vahsatility." They included placenta smoothies an' placenta jerky, retro-favo'ites like placenta Walin'ton an' placenta unner glass, an' "thet week night favo'ite," lasagne Placenta He'per.
KateCoe at April 19, 2006 6:11 PM
Had Tom 'Cat' Cruise ever seen a mama cat giving birth, and what's more "natural" than the birth of kittens? - he would not be giving out recipes for cooking placenta. Immediately after she gave birth, he would have fed the whole goopy mess to Katie Holmes, raw.
Bon appétit!
Frania W.
Frania Wisniewska at April 20, 2006 2:34 PM
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