Why don't we all drink human breastmilk?

conorh91

I was thinking about this as I prepared my breakfast this morning. There I was, stirring the membranes from a hen's period into a steel bowl, along with the breastmilk of a cow. No, this wasn't some kinding of scientific test, I was going to whisk it, cook it, and eat it.

Here is a photograph of the reproductive tract of a hen, showing the period from ovulation to plop-out stage.

http://freefromharm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/reproductive-tract-of-egg-hen.jpeg

When you look at this, don't you think it's pretty weird that we find these membranes delicious and nutritious?

Why do we not think this is more strange?

We find human breastmilk repulsive, and yet find animal bodily fluids and ovarian membranes delicious.

Are you tempted to drink human breast milk? Why not?

padma

It dont taste good

srsly78

Coz cows are easier to manage.

Deank

conorh91 wrote: »

I was thinking about this as I prepared my breakfast this morning. There I was, stirring the membranes from a hen's period into a steel bowl, along with the breastmilk of a cow. No, this wasn't some kinding of scientific test, I was going to whisk it, cook it, and eat it.

Here is a photograph of the reproductive tract of a hen, showing the period from ovulation to plop-out stage.

http://freefromharm.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/reproductive-tract-of-egg-hen.jpeg

When you look at this, don't you think it's pretty weird that we find these membranes delicious and nutritious?

Why do we not think this is more strange?

We find human breastmilk repulsive, and yet find animal bodily fluids and ovarian membranes delicious.

Are you tempted to drink human breast milk? Why not?

BOOBIES, NOM, NOM.

The Backwards Man

You ever try hooking a woman up to a milking machine??

It's no picnic.

dgt

Deank wrote: »

BOOBIES, NOM, NOM.

I love gargling titties

dmc17

What do you suggest we do for eggs?

Links234

And how do you propose we produce the large quantities of milk like that? I'm not sure women being milked on an industry scale might be realistic

Gatling

I breastfeed most days nothing seems to come out but I keep trying for some reason

Deank

dgt wrote: »

I love gargling titties

There's something wrong with you if you don't

wazky

Because my mother's breasts dried up long ago, it's like sucking a lump of coal now.

Deank

wazky wrote: »

Because my mother's breasts dried up long ago, it's like sucking a lump of coal now.

That's because you were born with no tongue, your poor mother.

kneemos

You want fields of women?

Deank

kneemos wrote: »

You want fields of women?

Yes please, what's wrong with that

catallus

I guess we're all socially conditioned to accept milk from cows. Wasn't there a thread not long ago about how rank milk from other countries is? So that conditioning is pretty fine-tuned I suppose; we accept milk from cows that eat grass; and it's grand. Milk produced from a human diet would be quite different I'm thinking.

Pawn

Links234 wrote: »

I'm not sure women being milked on an industry scale might be realistic

Hmmm....

conorh91

Links234 wrote: »

And how do you propose we produce the large quantities of milk like that?

Well this is AH; I don't exactly have a business plan.

I think the first obstacle is not finding human breastmilk so repulsive.

If it were possible to generate human breastmilk on a larger scale, I think it would be beneficial to the environment.

I'm not sure whether there are any big health benefits. Some men report health benefits, but nothing is proven.

http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/05/meet-the-men-who-drink-breast-milk.html

Like i said, I would imagine the big benefit (if it were feasible) would be an environmental benefit. But I'm just curious as to why it's seen as repulsive to drink human breast milk, when we so readily consume the breastmilk and ovarian membranes of other species.

corner of hells

Pawn wrote: »

Hmmm....

She got lovely eyes.

foggy_lad

Production of cows milk involves the killing of most of the male and many of the female calves born to the cows by shooting them in the head.

There might be a slight public outcry to thousands of babies being killed daily.

Rosy Posy

conorh91 wrote: »

We find human breastmilk repulsive, and yet find animal bodily fluids and ovarian membranes delicious.

Are you tempted to drink human breast milk? Why not?

Speak for yourself. I don't think breastmilk is at all repulsive. I had lots of extra milk stored with my second baby but she wouldn't take a bottle so I ended up making muffins with it. They were grand. Breastmilk is a lot fattier and sweeter than cows milk. For ladies who pump and dump after a night out I always wondered if it would be possible to make alcoholic breastmilk icecream!

The reason we don't consume human milk is because it's not produced in quantities large enough to satisfy demand. Also it would be considered cruel to take babies away from mothers and keep them in a state of permanent lactation for commercial gain. It's pretty cruel for cows and calves too as anyone who's had the misfortune to be exposed to recently separated cattle can attest.

Tail Docker

Dairy farming would suddenly get a whole lot more popular..

Deank

foggy_lad wrote: »

Production of cows milk involves the killing of most of the male and many of the female cows born to the cows by shooting them in the head.

There might be a slight public outcry to thousands of babies being killed daily.

Steak, win, win

recylingbin

I'd put human breastmilk in the same category as jizz. there's a time and a place for it.

Anyone ever had a breast milk rice pudding?

Pawn

Tail Docker wrote: »

Dairy farming would suddenly get a whole lot more popular..

As well as being a good Samaritan, to help the neighbour milk his woman...

foggy_lad

Deank wrote: »

Steak, win, win

not much steak on a two or three day old calf

Deank

recylingbin wrote: »

I'd put human breastmilk in the same category as jizz. there's a time and a place for it.

Anyone ever had a breast milk rice pudding?

There's always a jizz guzzler to ruin the breast milk party.

conorh91

Rosy Posy wrote: »

I ended up making muffins with it

Who did you feed the muffins to?

Did they know they were breastmilk muffins?

Deank

foggy_lad wrote: »

not much steak on a two or three day old calf

Tender though, mmmm.

wazky

Deank wrote: »

There's always a jizz guzzler to ruin the breast milk party.

Ah if that's your party piece dean then so be it.

Tail Docker

Pawn wrote: »

As well as being a good Samaritan, to help the neighbour milk his woman...

Pfft. Thinking small there Pawn. Wimmins. It would be like the Playboy house, except with a chiller tank.. er,,I can see this being more popular with blokes tbh...

Morag

Because lactating on a scale to feed an infant is a pain in the tits never mind commercial consumption.

Gatling

Consider all diary is alien to the human body depending on who you listen to 60- 90% of humans are allergic to it in one way or form

conorh91

Gatling wrote: »

Consider all diary is alien to the human body depending on who you listen to 60- 90% of humans are allergic to it in one way or form

Yeah but most of those would be non-Northern European/ non-Irish descent, and considering this is a forum mostly used by Northern Europeans, I'd doubt many of us are allergic to milk.

recylingbin

Deank wrote: »

There's always a jizz guzzler to ruin the breast milk party.

You're against jizz guzzling? :eek:

Morag wrote: »

Because lactating on a scale to feed an infant is a pain in the tits never mind commercial consumption.

You're not thinking of the financial rewards that come with attaching the machine to the boobs. Surely a little pain is tolerable for so much gain?

Rosy Posy

conorh91 wrote: »

Who did you feed the muffins to?

Did they know they were breastmilk muffins?

The kids ate most of them. Myself and my husband tried them. They tasted normal. Breastmilk in tea is no good though- the fat pools on the surface

Molester Stallone II

I have visions of an AH wine tasting....only with breasts ..... "Ah, a mature 45yo bouquet with a hint of butter milk"

kneemos

foggy_lad wrote: »

Production of cows milk involves the killing of most of the male and many of the female calves born to the cows by shooting them in the head.

There might be a slight public outcry to thousands of babies being killed daily.

I get the point of killing the male calves,but the females?
Also is there not a worldwide demand for meat?seems a waste.

conorh91

Rosy Posy wrote: »

The kids ate most of them. Myself and my husband tried them. They tasted normal. Breastmilk in tea is no good though- the fat pools on the surface

Fair play. When I say 'we find it repulsive', I'm talking about an irrational first reaction many of us have.

There's nothing at all weird or wrong about it, when you think about it.

It may not be a feasible enterprise for commercial gain, but it's environmentally friendly and perfectly healthy, and it seems strange to be repulsed by it.

Rosy Posy

recylingbin wrote: »

You're not thinking of the financial rewards that come with attaching the machine to the boobs. Surely a little pain is tolerable for so much gain?

Lots of women already do electrically pump their milk. It's just not produced in sufficient volume to be bottled and sold. It takes me about half an hour to produce 50-100mls of milk after which I need to wait for the milk to replenish. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!

recylingbin

Rosy Posy wrote: »

Lots of women already do electrically pump their milk. It's just not produced in sufficient volume to be bottled and sold. It takes me about half an hour to produce 50-100mls of milk after which I need to wait for the milk to replenish. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat!

Obviously one woman would be no addition.
But if we could farm them, put 50 or 60 of them in a slatted shed...

wazky

recylingbin wrote: »

Obviously one woman would be no addition.
But if we could farm them, put 50 or 60 of them in a slatted shed...

Could we stroke them as they get pumped dry like I do to my regular cattle?

recylingbin

wazky wrote: »

Could we stroke them as they get pumped dry like I do to my regular cattle?

Sure. Apparently touch increases the amount of jizz juice product produced.

Deank

wazky wrote: »

Could we stroke them as they get pumped dry like I do to my regular cattle?

recylingbin wrote: »

Sure. Apparently touch increases the amount of jizz juice product produced.

There's a bosoming business ideas.

Gatling

Soooo is there any ladies on after hours willing to volunteer

randy hickey

We can't just be milking any woman - if we want this to be a sustainable eco-business, we need to start with wimmin from Jersey.

ScumLord

conorh91 wrote: »

When you look at this, don't you think it's pretty weird that we find these membranes delicious and nutritious?

No, we've been eating all these things for longer than we've been this species. It's like saying it's weird dogs eat dead birds, they eat dog food don't they.

GreeBo

recylingbin wrote: »

Obviously one woman would be no addition.
But if we could farm them, put 50 or 60 of them in a slatted shed...

I cant help but think human-centipede at this point.
If only for ease of....harvesting.

Cainer

foggy_lad wrote: »

Production of cows milk involves the killing of most of the male and many of the female calves born to the cows by shooting them in the head.

There might be a slight public outcry to thousands of babies being killed daily.

Is this really true? I'm discusted if it is.

I'm already a vegetarian, might just have to go vegan. I'm also breastfeeding and it's takes about 20 minutes to pump a couple of ounces of breast milk so dint think it's for the mass market.

indigo twist

Rosy Posy wrote: »

The kids ate most of them. Myself and my husband tried them. They tasted normal. Breastmilk in tea is no good though- the fat pools on the surface

It's funny - I had no problem tasting my baby's formula to see what it was like (absolutely VILE, by the way, I don't know why he loves guzzling the stuff so much) ... but it would never even have occurred to me to taste my own milk in the couple of weeks I was breastfeeding at the start. I'll be honest, I'd be a bit grossed out at the idea, and I'm not even sure why. I mean, it's coming from my own body, and if it's good enough to feed my baby, no reason I should be so weird about tasting it ...

I laughed when I saw the thread title, but it's an interesting discussion alright. OK I think we can all agree that it's not practical on a large scale - but why ARE so many of us weirded out by the idea of drinking breastmilk? I wonder how many of us here would be willing to drink a glass of it? I have to say no, I can't imagine drinking either my own or someone else's.

gctest50

Cainer wrote: »

Is this really true? I'm discusted if it is.
.....

yip, millions of them - about 600,000 in Victoria alone for an idea

millions of male baby chicks too - haven't much value for the business

( bit sudden - heed warning !!! )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_dobAEyLFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5xdwrMRNXo

Rosy Posy

indigo twist wrote: »

It's funny - I had no problem tasting my baby's formula to see what it was like (absolutely VILE, by the way, I don't know why he loves guzzling the stuff so much) ... but it would never even have occurred to me to taste my own milk in the couple of weeks I was breastfeeding at the start. I'll be honest, I'd be a bit grossed out at the idea, and I'm not even sure why. I mean, it's coming from my own body, and if it's good enough to feed my baby, no reason I should be so weird about tasting it ...

I laughed when I saw the thread title, but it's an interesting discussion alright. OK I think we can all agree that it's not practical on a large scale - but why ARE so many of us weirded out by the idea of drinking breastmilk? I wonder how many of us here would be willing to drink a glass of it? I have to say no, I can't imagine drinking either my own or someone else's.

I wouldn't drink a glass of it- it's so fatty, but then I wouldn't be much of a cows milk drinker either. I imagine it might be somewhat more palatable if it were homogenised. I'm surprised you didn't try your milk- I was curious and assumed most people would be too.