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Would You Try Baby Gaga Breast Milk Ice Cream?
Hi! I'm made of breast milk! Mmmm...
A London ice cream parlor called The Icecreamists is selling a frozen treat they call the “Baby Gaga.” It’s ice cream made from breast milk. When I heard about this new flavor, I threw up in my mouth a little bit.
It’s reported that Baby Gaga costs $23, but I don’t know if that’s for a pint, a cone or a gallon. The flavor is made by blending breast milk “with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest.” Initially, only one mom was donating breast milk to The Icecreamists, but the shop just signed on 15 new suppliers.
35-year-old Victoria Hiley “donated a liter of her breast milk to Icecreamists, after seeing an advertisement on parenting Web site Mumsnet,” the International Business Times reports. “What’s the harm in using my assets for a bit of extra cash?,” she told the Metro. The Icecreamists pays 15 pounds for every 10 ounces of milk, which is screened by the National Health Service.
Icecreamists founder Matt O’Connor knows some patrons may be turned off by his new product, but he’s willing to take a gamble for the sake of innovation. “No-one’s done anything interesting with ice cream in the last hundred years,” he said. “Some people will hear about it and go, ‘yuck,’ but actually it’s pure, organic, free-range and totally natural.”
Free-range? I don’t know. I think a lot of new mothers feel pretty caged, don’t you? I suppose giving a toddler breast milk ice cream might be a way for mothers who stopped breastfeeding for whatever reason to continue to offer their child the health benefits. But what about adults? Would you take a lick of breast milk ice cream? Also, I wonder what Baby Gaga thinks about this whole thing…
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kristen commented on Feb 25 11 at 11:30 am“Free-range? I don’t know. I think a lot of new mothers feel pretty caged, don’t you?”
Ha!
Linda, the original one commented on Feb 25 11 at 11:43 amEh. I think it’s kind of odd, however I want to point out that you drink the breast milk of a big, fat, crapping, hormone filled bovine without “throwing up in your mouth a little bit.” It’s comments like this which make you lack any credibility at all on this particular topic.
Linda, the original one commented on Feb 25 11 at 11:45 amEh. I think it’s kind of odd, however I want to point out that you drink the breast milk of a big, fat, manure spewing, hormone filled bovine without “throwing up in your mouth a little bit.” It’s comments like this which make you lack any credibility at all on this particular topic.
LogicalMama commented on Feb 25 11 at 1:29 pmIs it pastuerized? I might try it, but I’d rather know the source.
LogicalMama commented on Feb 25 11 at 1:31 pm@Linda, the original one– lighten up, Carolyn is a comedienne after all! Geez, it pissed you off to post it twice?!
Jennifer H commented on Feb 25 11 at 2:24 pmEh, I dunno about that… I mean, yea, I like milk. Cow milk. For baby cows. That’s just weird to wrap the brain around. I’m also a breastfeeding Mama who will quickly tout the benefits, so breastfeeding and I are best buds. I’m just not so sure I want to drink another human’s milk myself. I’m too programmed by society for that one (though, interestingly I don’t have a problem with wet nursing or co-nursing, if we’d ever needed it… ). Though, it’d be healthier for us than the gallons of cow milk we drink every week here, LOL. Ah well, to each his own. It’s interesting, if nothing else.
Gretchen Powers commented on Feb 25 11 at 2:51 pmI just have to ask…why? I know the whole thing of cultural weirdness about this food vs that, and we drink cow’s milk…but, unless there was no other source of nutrition and I was starving, I wouldn’t want this.
Linda, the original one commented on Feb 25 11 at 6:09 pm@”Logical”MAMA. No, I didn’t post it twice. i have idea why it did that. @@.
Linda, the original one commented on Feb 25 11 at 7:23 pmTo add, when people are “pissed off”, they generally start their post with something stronger than “Eh.” You’re really not living up to your name today.
Allison Krongard commented on Feb 25 11 at 11:00 pmThis strikes me as a waste of precious breast milk but there are probably a few customers out there willing to throw some sprinkles on and give it a try.
But doesn’t the ice cream man need to control what the supplier mom eats? What if she has a bowl of spicy, garlicky noodles and then sits down to pump? Won’t that affect his product. This is weird. I’m judging.
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