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I know people swallow it (note that I will not reveal my own preference - this is not one of those sites), however the concept of cooking it up into a gourmet meal is totally new to me. I'm speaking, of course, of semen and the new book, "Natural Harvest: A collection of semen-based recipes" by Paul Photenhauer.
In the book, Paul tell us that, "Semen is not only nutritious, but has a palatable texture and wonderful cooking properties." It's a widely available ingredient and the flavor is complex like a fine wine. Depending on the male's diet, the flavor will vary.
The book contains recipes for the almost white Russian, man made oysters, tuna sashimi with dipping sauce (you know what that is), and (if I may insert editorial opinion here), the grossest of them all, creamy cum crepes.
Paul does give the all-important warning, "Please do not add semen to your guest's food without informing them beforehand," and I thank him for that. While I'm typically OK risking it with a mystery meat on my plate and have even gone so far as to eat fried bugs, I would definitely need a warning and perhaps a doctor's seal of approval on the producing male before digging in to any dish from Natural Harvest.
Are you totally disgusted or would you try it?
Natural Harvest is available for $24.99 at Lulu.com. You can also find pictures there of some of the other recipes.
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12-01-2008 @1:39PM juztick said... At least it was interesting. A little something daring to keep everyone talking. Great one Stef!
People, please dont take yourself so seriously - If you're going to REMOVE THE PAGE FROM YOUR BOOKMARKS - just do it. You don't have tell the world.
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12-01-2008 @10:02PM Haley said... Ambushed? In poor taste?
What are you, mormon??
Regardless of the fact that you and I are not fans of eating semen, apparently there is a substantial population of people who are, whether its because they think its fun or perhaps they like the taste.
Exactly how is that different from eating chicken or fish eggs?
"Satchel said...The difference being, of course, that eggs and milk are food."
Who decided that potential fish and chicken embryos were food and not semen?? Why is it so horribly offensive to you that some people eat semen? No one's forcing you to do it, and if mentioning that other people eat it bothers you, you are a baby.
Sorry for being a little combative, but really people. If you're so offended by people with unconventional habits, move to Afghanistan. I hear they're niiice and traditional over there.
For the record, I don't eat semen for fun. hehe
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12-02-2008 @4:09PM DanGarion said... I love how someone comments that milk and eggs are at least food... That's a pretty funny comment, since milk is intended for a BABY and eggs are actually supposed to be carrying a BABY. So let's see here, semen helps make a BABY, so where is the difference?
Anyway, I would never try this stuff, but I don't see any problem with you guys writing about it. Any of you that got your panties in a bunch really need to think about yourselves and how easily you are offended.
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12-02-2008 @10:43PM Lig Grebsnip said... I wrote my doctoral thesis on this subject; I graduated "magna cum laude."
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4-01-2010 @6:28PM Kris k. said... This is my first visit to Slashfood.com. I like it. I've bookmarked it, and I'll be back.
A friend sent me the link to the "Natural Harvest" webpage. Like many of you, at first I thought it was a hoax, or a joke. I followed a few links and ended up here.
Well, it's no joke. And after thinking about it, it's no big deal.
Personally, semen-based recipies don't float my boat, but I'm neither shocked nor offended that they exist. I own a couple of wonderful old cowboy cookbooks, and there are plenty of recipes that require all sorts of "disgusting" body fluids just for seasoning.
Brains, organs, eggs, milk, blood... take a personal field trip through Ranch 99 someday -- it's a vegan chamber of horrors. You can buy and prepare a pig placenta if you care to. Raw AND cooked blood are for sale, along with feet, faces, guts and God knows what else.
Chorizo is made of salivary glands and lymph nodes.
A few weeks ago I watched Andrew Zimmern eat fish semen in Italy.
If we're ok with eating animals, we should expect this. Everything else the animal produces is fair game; why not semen?
Is it a sex thing?
I think it is.
I'll never eat it or cook with it, but I'm not at all surprised that other people do.
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12-22-2008 @6:39PM Kelly@DietFacts.com said... I'd bet good money that this is all just a joke.
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12-16-2008 @10:04PM Sarah said... Many people aren't aware of the fact that semen has a long history of culinary use in many parts of the world. While it may be unusual to find semen in Western cooking today, traditional bull semen pudding for example is an essential part of holiday celebrations in some parts of Europe.
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