Storchen’s new menu got us thinking … which product would be fabulously awesome if it were made with breast milk instead of cow’s milk? (Light bulb!) Ben and Jerry’s!
So we wrote a letter to the good people at Ben and Jerry’s, asking them to switch from cow’s milk to breast milk. We explained that using cow’s milk for their ice cream is a hazard to consumers’ health. Even Dr. Spock spoke out against feeding cow’s milk to children, saying it may play a role in the onset of anemia, allergies, and juvenile diabetes and, in the long term, can set kids up for a lifetime of obesity and heart disease (America’s number one cause of death).
Update: In response to our letter, Ben and Jerry’s issued the following statement: “We applaud PETA’s novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother’s milk is best used for her child.” Hey, guys, that’s our point: Cow’s milk is for baby cows. Do you think Ben and Jerry’s should use human milk in its ice cream?
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Tomorrow is supposed to be International “Hug a Vegetarian” Day. (Note: Those participating may want to avoid eating beans the night before.) I’m wondering if, on last year’s hug-day celebration, people squeezed the brains out of the PETA people.
Or, perhaps, while consuming a lunch of cruelty-free food, a PETA person finished reading Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” ( an 18th century satire in which he suggests the Irish poor might lessen their poverty by selling children as food for the rich)and decided to write an immodest one. Because, who wouldn’t think selling your breast milk to make ice cream so you can buy infant formula to feed your baby isn’t a good idea?
I mean, really. Who could afford this ice cream? Donor human breast milk is $3.00 an ounce. So, a pint of B&J’s might sell for what, $50? That might go a long way in my thigh-reduction program since I’d declare a moratorium on ice-cream consumption.
Is it any wonder Pamela Anderson is a spokesperson?
