Tom Cruise vows to eat placenta after birth

[kurth]

18 April 2006
EXCLUSIVE: TOM CHEWS
Mission Impossible star Cruise vows to eat placenta after birth
By Patrick Mulchrone

TOM Cruise yesterday revealed his latest bizarre mission... to eat his new baby's placenta. Cruise vowed he would tuck in straight after girlfriend Katie Holmes gives birth, saying he thought it would be "very nutritious".

The Mission Impossible star, 43, said: "I'm gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there." It is the latest in a series of increasingly strange outbursts from Cruise in the run-up to the birth.

He has claimed the baby, due any day, will be delivered in total silence. The Top Gun star also insisted he "sensed" fiancee Katie was pregnant before she told him....

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16958010%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=exclusive%2d%2dtom%2dchews-name_page.html

[OldLeftieLawyer]

I hope the placenta eats him

When is he scheduled to sail off to meet with L. Ron?

Can't be soon enough.

[Mr_Spock]

15. Me too

I gagged and swallowed hard just reading the post title.

WTF?

[BeHereNow]

34. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Damn you!
My coffee just ended up all over my desk!
:rofl:
Too funny...
BHN

[Arugula Latte]

54. Maybe the placenta will be like "The Blob" and

devour everything in its path.

[tigereye]

70. oh that's great!

:rofl:

[xultar]

1. This isn't a 'crazy' thing. I've heard of people having placenta parties

so don't go sayin he's strange. It has been done before.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. It was a big deal in the sixties

We all witnessed births, and then took placentae outside and buried them.

Eating them is a tribal thing, but NOT IN BEVERLY HILLS.

Cruise is nuts.

[King Coal]

44. Dang, was that you Lefty?

I'll have you know my cat dug those up and drug them into the house. THANKS FOR NUTTIN'!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

48. Is THAT what happened to it?

We were gonna use it for pizza later.

Damn......

[wicket]

49. My parents buried my placenta under a tree

This was in the late 1970's.

[stop the bleeding]

5. Yep

he is strange all right but not because of that

[Orrex]

27. Here's some info

As always, http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_104.html">Cecil provides The Straight Dope.

[seabeyond]

29. because it has been done before doest mean it isn't strange

because there are a "few" that have placenta parties (absolutely not a norm) doesn't mean it is not crazy. are you kidding. eating the inner parts of a womans body. eeeeewww. ya crazy. ya strange. i dont care about the fringe that does it. the cannibals are few in number, but they exist, i still call it eeeeew.

[xultar]

33. Well what I'm saying it doesn't make a strange singularity. There have

been more than a few. I've seen it on TeeV and people in Europe do it.

So if you're gonna think Cruise is CRAZY it shouldn't be just because of that alone.

[Mr_Spock]

53. Just because it's been done before doesn't mean it isn't creepy

Ewwww! I'm practically wretching just thinking about it!

Yikes!

[dogday]

2. Make sure to bring the salt and pepper Tommy boy

gross, just plain gross....

[SpiralHawk]

28. ...and a nice chianti

gag

[dogday]

52. Tom Cruise=Hannible Lector

[Arugula Latte]

56. *Slurp* *Slurp* *Slurp*

Don't forget the fava beans ...

[stop the bleeding]

3. My buddy and his wife are Chinese Doctors, and they did that

with their first born.

Me - No thanks, but to each their own.

this thread should be interesting

[thefloyd]

6. You know what "they" say

911 changed everything.

[Lochloosa]

7. And now, for your enjoyment.....Placenta Recipes

Placenta Cocktail:
1/4 cup raw placenta
8oz V-8 juice
2 ice cubes
1/2 cup carrot.
Blend at high speed for 10 seconds


Placenta Lasagne:
Use your favorite Lasagne recipe and substitute this mixture for one layer of cheese. In 2 tbl. olive oil, quickly saute meat of 3/4 placenta, ground or minced; plus 2 sliced cloves of garlic, 1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/2 diced onion & 2 tbl. tomato paste, or 1 whole tomato.

Placenta Spaghetti:
Cut meat of 3/4 placenta into bite size pieces, then brown quickly in 1 tbl. butter plus 1 tbl. oil. Then add 1 large can tomato puree, 2 cans crushed pear tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tbl. molasses, 1 bay leaf, 1 tbl. rosemary, 1 tsp. ea. of salt, honey, oregano, basil, and fennel. Simmer 1 1/2 hours.
Placenta Stew:
Meat of 3/4 placenta in bite size chunks, 1 potato (cubed), 1/4 cup fresh parsley, 2 carrots, 3 ribs celery, 1 zucchini, 1 large tomato, 1 small onion. Dredge meat in 1 tbl. flour mixed with 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. paprika, pinch of cloves, pinch of pepper, 6-8 crushed coriander seeds. Saute meat in 2 tbl. oil, then add vegetables (cut up) and 4-5 cups of water. Bring to full boil, then simmer for 1 hour.
http://www.twilightheadquarters.com/placenta.html

[AngryOldDem]

25. Sounded fantastic...

...until I clicked on the link!

:D

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

26. Perhaps Sauteed'...

In Extra-Virgin Olive Oil, with shallots and a pinch of herbes fine? Finished with a splash of wine?

I wonder what wine goes with Placenta?

[Lochloosa]

31. I would like mine the southern way

Pan Fried w/ thick gravy and mashed potatoes. I would imagine it would taste like liver.

Edit: How could I forget the onions!

[dmkinsey]

8. Dude, you're sick

I'm blocking you

[tuvor]

9. Meanwhile, breakfast barely made it down my throat.

:puke:

[Mr_Spock]

21. I gagged reading the post title

WTF is wrong with him? Why does Cruise have to tell us about this crap?

[Teaser]

10. Surely eating the placenta will defeat XENU

and render Tom an Operating Thetan.

Uh-oh, I think my sarcasm is definitely out-tech.

[Christa]

11. My take on this

if we were told to drink the blood of Jesus, and eat his flesh - this is not so bad :evilgrin:

[KansDem]

16. Yeah, that's true, but c'mon, you and I both know...

...that that stuff is really grape juice and crackers. ;)

But seriously, you do have a point.

[Christa]

23. Still

the comparison always made me so sick, I never wanted to partake in the ritual :puke:

[On the Road]

32. Hahahaha -- Yes, That's Right

and the Romans and Jews were both grossed out by early communion rituals, even though it was purely symbolic.

[rniel]

12. Stephanie Miller show

will do a good one on this.

[Ken Burch]

13. I wonder if Tom will cook it up with "Placenta Helper"

like on the old "Saturday Night Live" commercial parody.

[sasquatch]

14. I've seen cattle do that

In my opinion I think the cows are smarter than Cruise.

[mondo joe]

17. Well now we know what the pregnancy was about. -eom-

[Teaser]

45. Probably more than you know

Hubbard was involved in a magick ceremony with Jack Parsons (q.v.), a crowleyite, to use ritual sex to create a magickal child. Since it's rumored Scientology has absorbed significant fractions of OTO sex magick (and science fictionized it) I wouldn't be surprised at all if this pregnancy was organized by the CoS for ritual reasons.

[CornField]

18. My animals have done this, but I have to watch they don't eat too much

Or they'll get the trots. Maybe someone should warn the boy wonder?

As a sidenote, Tom Cruise is really screwing with my fantasy sex life. I can't even enjoy my Risky Business, dancing in our underpants fantasy anymore.

[seabeyond]

36. dogs eat their own shit too,..... doesnt mean i am going to jump in

and do the same

[xultar]

40. This just doesn't strike me as weird. People have doe it before and

it isn't a religious thing. I'm just not bothered by it.

[tanyev]

19. Good grief, I thought this was an Onion article.

They might as well shut down. The truth has become too outrageous to satire.

[July]

20. Somebody tell Tom his 15 minutes are up, PLEASE. nt

[Orrex]

22. "vows to eat placenta after birth"

Well, it would be crazy to eat it before the birth.

Of course, isn't "placenta after birth" redundant?

[havocmom]

24. Hope he stays outside the day after his unusual meal.

All the ranch dogs around here get the worst gas during calving season when there are lots of nutritious bovine placentas to feast on. Oh, and we get huge numbers of sea gulls here in eastern Montana during calving season too. Might be part of that green house gas problem - gulls with gas gliding in the atmosphere.

[CornField]

30. LOL!

You could be onto something there. :D

[havocmom]

41. Ever spend any time with a dog that eats canned ALPO?

We are talking gas that can peel paint off walls. I figure the dog food guys use placentas. The ranch dogs all smell like their well heeled city cousins during calving.

Oh, the fumes... :crazy:

[stepnw1f]

35. Sorry, But That is Just WAAAAY Over the Edge for Me

Somebody is trying really hard...

[BlooInBloo]

37. What a freak.

[Liberal Veteran]

38. Wow....he's jumping the shark in so many freaky ways.

Like the actor version of Michael Jackson and his bizarreness.

[BlooInBloo]

43. In Cruise's case, it's called "jumping the couch" :0

[WoodrowFan]

39. from Trots and Bonnie (ewwww)

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[Chomp]

42. As people

have said not entirely unheard of, but the fact it's the Cruiser just makes it creepy as hell.

My favourote Tom quote:

"I like treating a woman the way that she deserves to be treated".
http://www.tomcruiseisnuts.com/6_tom_on_women.php


Gulp. Erm...ok, Tom, that's erm, very nice.

[zalinda]

46. Yup, Cruise said it.............as a joke

He was talking to Diane Sawyer and she asked him about some Internet rumors, like the silent birth, and such. I'm not sure if she asked about the placenta, or he volunteered to dispel the rumor. "I'm gonna eat the placenta. I thought that would be good. Very nutritious. I'm gonna eat the cord and the placenta right there." He started laughing, and said of course not, he didn't know how the rumors got started.

I guess none of you saw the interview, being mostly Tom Cruise haters.

zalinda

[Klukie]

58. Agreed.....

I am amazed that so many are willing to believe this nonsense.

[ecstatic]

47. That man is sick, I feel sorry for Katie

Getting mixed up with a man 15+ years her senior, who has apparently gone nuts. I'm sure the allure of dating Tom Cruise is long gone by now.

[npincus]

50. will he be jumping on the sofa while chomping on it?

[killbotfactory]

51. I've seen this practice before on tv...

Yeah... it's a bit vomit inducing.

[lumberjack_jeff]

55. ...with some fava beans and a nice chianti

"Katie? Do we have any more of that yummy leftover afterbirth piccata?"

:puke:

[Virginia Dare]

57. My prediction is...

Mr. Cruise either will pass out cold, or run screaming and wretching from the room less than half-way through the birth.



:crazy:

[Montauk6]

59. Why hasn't he given us the blow-by-blow of the conception?

Positions, exclamations, climax detail, etc.

What? Too intimate? Too private? I agree. By that token, I also feel that placenta-eating doesn't a press release merit.

WOULD SOMEONE GET THIS GUY A REAL PR TEAM ALREADY???

[leftyladyfrommo]

60. That is so gross.

[npincus]

61. Steph Miller riffing on this now...

I lover her couch-bouncing sound effect.

[Mr_Spock]

62. damn, I should turn her on now

I love the stuff they do...

[npincus]

63. luv her.. but I'm at the mercy of my stream

she's not in NYC-NJ yet.

Did you hear her (gossip) fun-fact: Bruce Willis no longer considers himself a Republican!

[Mr_Spock]

64. The Bruce thing was posted here yesterday

How did she "report" this new fun fact :D

[npincus]

66. hmmm... she must read DU!

I missed that bit-o-gossip here yesterday.

Steph does her "celebrity news" everyday, so that's when she mentioned it.

[noonwitch]

65. The man is insane

Obviously, Katie Holmes is not the brightest girl of the bunch, to hook up with Cruise. But then again, most of the scientologist celebrities are not the brightest people on earth-John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Tom Cruise.

Scientology is such a scam, and it does have a dangerous side to it. Charles Manson used a lot of the ideas he stole from scientology, which he studied in prison, to manipulate his followers into killing a bunch of people.

I don't trust any religious organization that doesn't have any controversy within. Every church, conservative or liberal, has some controvery at some point that people express disagreement regarding. Scientologists all believe the exact same thing. If they express an opinion different from the church's they usually recant it quickly, like Isaac Hayes did.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

67. One of our "celebrity chefs" cooked one & served in as pate (on TV)

May 1998

Britain's Channel 4 has been severely reprimanded for a programme in which a woman's afterbirth was served up as paté.

The Broadcasting Standards Commission said the episode of TV Dinners, shown in February, breached a taboo and "would have been disagreeable to many".

The presenter, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, devised the recipe with mother Rosie Clear for a party to celebrate the birth of her daughter Indi-Mo Krebbs.

The placenta was fried with shallots and garlic, flambéed, puréed and served to 20 relatives and friends as a pate on focaccia bread.

Mrs Clear's husband Lee had 17 helpings but the other guests were less enthusiastic.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/101944.stm

[Jose Diablo]

68. Well Tom this sites for you

Placenta Recipes

There are several sumptuous recipes around so that you can enjoy cooking and eating your placenta;
this one is for roasting it:-



Work on the basis that each placenta weighs approximately 1/6 of the baby's weight. To prepare a placenta, cut the meat away from the membranes with a sharp knife. Discard the membranes.

Roast Placenta

1-3lb fresh placenta (must be no more than 3 days old)
1 onion
1 green or red pepper (green will add colour)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve saltine crackers
1 tspn bay leaves
1 tspn black pepper
1 tspn white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)

Method

(Preheat oven to 350 degrees)
Chop the onion and the pepper & crush the saltines into crumbs.
Combine the placenta, onion, pepper, saltines, bay leaves, white and black pepper, garlic and tomato sauce.
Place in a loaf pan, cover then bake for one and a half hours, occasionally pouring off excess liquid.
Serve and enjoy!

Sounds yummy!!

[fleabert]

69. He's a loon, but not because of this. very common in many cultures.

there are recipes.

Unusual, but not crazy.

also, the placenta has been known to aid the mother, after giving birth, in helping contractions that bring the uterus back to shape. Kinda like a shot of pitocin to help stop bleeding- we just do it with a manufactured replacement rather than the natural thing. That is one reason mammals eat the afterbirth instinctually. (also to remove any smells of the birth to thwart predators) Some also think eathing the placenta helps with milk production immediately after birth.

[Radical Activist]

71. How many of these Tom Cruise stories are fabricated bullshit?

Its all getting too hard to believe...and very old.

[BlueIris]

72. Many. Relax, everyone. KATIE ISN'T EVEN PREGNANT.

And I'm one of the so-called "pillow watchers" who doesn't believe she ever was. Sure, Tom. Eat that placenta. After doing all those home ultrasounds, you should be a reeeaaalll expert at all of those pregnancy related things. Yep, Tom loves vagina. Mmmm-Hmmmm.

[Beaverhausen]

73. Even KO had to debunk them yesterday on his show

I'm sure this is another BS story.