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A specialist ice cream parlour plans to serve up breast milk ice cream and says people should think of it as an organic, free-range treat.
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 a serving will go down a treat with the paying public.
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 realised 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.
“I tried the product for the first time today — it’s very nice, it really melts in the mouth.”
The Baby Gaga recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then churned into ice cream.
O’Connor said the Baby Gaga was just one of a dozen radical new flavours at the shop.
“Some people will hear about it and go, ‘yuck’ but actually it’s pure, organic, free-range and totally natural,” he said. “I had a Baby Gaga just this morning and I feel great.”
Coming shortly – Buttock Burgers…..and for the leg man?
h/t Reuters.
February 25, 2011 at 22:00
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Should this ice-cream parlor not be in Paddington Green ?
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February 25, 2011 at 07:20
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Is the vigorous response to this story an example of that old truism: Sex
Sells? Can we now expect a daily “page 3″ raccoon?
- February 24, 2011 at 21:37
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I hope Gloria Smudd and the Stitz sisters are keeping abreast off this
development.
Can we assume that servings come in A-cup, D- cup and EE-Cup?
I’ll have a chocalactate, D-cup please with Smartie pasties.
- February 24, 2011 at 20:48
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I had to check up on the date and to my mild surprise it wasn’t April the
1st.
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February 24, 2011 at 20:39
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It’s gross. But each to his own (or her own). But surely there are a lot of
H&S, trading standards, consumer protection minefields to get through?
It’s hard enough getting green top milk.
- February 24, 2011 at 21:15
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That’s a point. I wonder if the donors were properly registered with
DEFRA and correctly ear-tagged?
- February 24, 2011 at 19:47
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He said “Do you want it pasteurised, ‘cos pasteurised is best ?”
She
said “Ernie, I’ll be happy if it comes up to my chest!”
Chest – mammaries – breast milk????
OK, I’ll get my coat.
- February 24, 2011 at
19:37
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Will they ditch the idea when middle-aged men wearing diapers turn up on a
regular basis?
- February 24, 2011 at 18:41
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This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, “Out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings”. One hopes the intended recipients of the beverage in question
were adequately compensated for their loss.
I know milkmen have always had a bit of a racy reputation, but this is
going a bit too far surely. A pinta for a pinta, perhaps?
- February 25, 2011 at 00:37
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I could use a jugful
- February 24, 2011 at 18:25
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A shopful of rumbling tums,
With tits from lactating mums.
Use pump
or a hand,
Choose flavoured or bland.
Then work out the profit with
sums.
That reference above was from Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove (not everyone is a
film buff).
- February 24, 2011 at 18:20
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Are these flavors available at Howie Johnson’s ?
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- February 24, 2011 at 18:05
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I wonder if it will go down the route of the corn fed chicken
scam.
Women who are paid to eat and drink specifically to add a taste;
Raspberries for the civil libertarians great idea of raspberry nipple, all the
way down to the junkies preferred methadone bomb.
It could catch on……. if
people are sick enough!
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February 24, 2011 at 17:43
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Well, Mr. O’Connor has now introduced the teat factor into the ice-cream
business at £14 a throw…let’s complete a duo by introducing the arse factor by
serving a dollop into an ice-cold Kopi Luwak….should go down a treat at about
£30 for a dedicated arse & tit afficionado.
- February 24, 2011 at 17:33
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OK, first one who suggests what males could contribute to ice cream gets a
head butt from me..
- February 24, 2011 at
17:37
- February 24, 2011 at
17:27
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Raspberry Nipple is my personal favourite.
- February
24, 2011 at 17:30
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LOL!
- February 24, 2011 at 17:22
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I reckon this’ll go ‘tits-up’, although some might find it nostalgic to
take a trip down ‘mammary lane’.
I’ll get me coat…
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24, 2011 at 17:19
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Cow’s milk, goat’s milk, sheep’s milk, human’s milk. What’s the difference?
It’s still milk. If people are daft enough to pay £14 for a portion, that’s
their lookout.
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February 24, 2011 at 17:19
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24, 2011 at 17:10
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“The breast milk was provided by mothers who answered an advertisement
on online mothers’ forum Mumsnet.”
That coven of evil again?!?
- February 24, 2011 at 17:45
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If it’s provided by Mumsnet the General Ripper speech applies-
“Those
Commies are plotting to pollute our precious bodily fluids”
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February 24, 2011 at 17:07
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Does this give a whole new meaning to the 99 of my fondly rembered youth
(for those who don’t know it was cornet of ice cream from the Mr Whippy van
with 2 Cadbury flake things, as I recall??).
I hope they aren’t milking
this for all its worth. But still, it’s good to keep abreast of current
events. On the whole though at the risk of making a tit of myself, I think it
sucks!
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February 24, 2011 at 18:15
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“O’Connor said the Baby Gaga was just one of a dozen radical new flavours
at the shop.”
Not a 69 one hopes.
- February 24, 2011 at 17:01
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I’m not sure how to react to this. Saw it on BBC London today. Initial
reaction is one of “ewwwww” but with a little more thought there’s a small
part of me which considers it to be possibly a waste of breast milk –
especially when there are women who can’t breast feed for whatever reason.
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