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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.

Placenta Pizza:
Grind placenta. Saute in 2 tbl. olive oil with 4 garlic cloves, then
add 1/4 tsp. fennel, 1/4 tsp. pepper, 1/4 tsp. paprika, 1/4 tsp. salt,
1/2 tsp. oregano, 1/4 tsp. thyme, and 1/4 cup of wine. Allow to stand
for 30 minutes, then use with your favorite home made pizza recipe.
It's a fine placenta sausage topping.

Placenta Roast:
All "food" should be properly cleaned prior to cooking, and all "food"
should be properly cooked prior to eating.

This is a good recipe for placenta, which should NOT go to waste:

INGREDIENTS:
1 to 3 lb. placenta no more than 3 days old
1 large onion
1 large green or red pepper (green will add color to the presentation)
1 cup tomato sauce
1 sleeve of saltine crackers
1 tsp crab or shrimp seasoning
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp white pepper
1 clove garlic (roasted and minced)

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Chop onion and green or red pepper in small cubes. Place in large
bowl. Crush saltines into crumbs and add to onion and pepper cubes.

COMBINE IN LARGE BOWL:
Placenta, seafood seasoning, pepper, garlic, and tomato sauce. Place
into aluminum loaf pan. Cover and bake for 1 and 1/2 hours,
occasionally pouring off excess liquid.

Retain liquid for gravy base if desired.
