From the Desk of Murray Lincoln: Breast Milk Ice Cream

My attention was drawn to this latest “weirdo thinking” as I watched a hunting and fishing program. The good old boy carrying the gun up the mountain side stopped, looked at the camera, and began his small rant. Usually he talks about BBQing or safety tips… not this time.

Quoting from an article and press release from Tracey Reiman, executive Vice president of PETA, that stated the following…
“Burlington, Vt. - This morning, PETA dispatched a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of ice cream icon Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace the cow's milk in their products with human breast milk.”

"The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense," says PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman. "Everyone knows that 'the breast is best,' so Ben & Jerry's could do consumers and cows a big favor by making the switch to breast milk."

Usually this dude’s recipes and words of wisdom don’t really have much to do with my life… I mean I don’t climb tall mountains to look for illusive mountain goats to pop off. I don’t shoot a gun anymore. Nor do I plan to trot off to a Big Game farm in a country in Africa to lay down a Cap Buffalo with one powerful gun.

But his “explanation” this day caught me attention. ICE CREAM made from Breast Milk of Humans – COME ON! Are you nuts or worse? THIS HAS TO BE A STUNT for attention. It cannot be that someone would be so absolutely crazy to state something like that.

But yep – it is very true. Check the Link below. Tracey is real, the statement is real and was made in Sept 23, 2008 – just a while ago.

The Big Game hunter on TV went on to point out some very funny ramifications if this recommendation was to be followed through. Some of which were –
* A new job opportunity would evolve for Pregnant Mothers… for months after their baby is born they could make a handsome amount from Lactating Extra…
* Farm boys would not be so quick to leave the Farm for city because of “boring chores”…
* Bill Boards beside highways might change as well as TV advertisements – Instead of quiet pastoral scenes with happy cows grazing on the hill side… partially naked(or other wise) women would lull around on sofas waiting for their next milking – on the Bill Board… recruiting more women to work.

The dude went on to point out some other very obvious facts that would have women substituted for COWS. In fact as he went on it became even more ridiculous… if you think women are subject to silly things over these years past – it would be nothing besides what would happen should PETA’s suggestion come true.

In Peterborough we have a huge Baskin and Robbins Ice Cream Factory(Like Ben& Jerry’s in the USA) that makes millions of gallons of Ice Cream every year. It is not unusual to see the huge Milk Trucks pulling in and out of their large loading docks.

One of the products that they produce is for the Troops that serve in war zones all over the world. Troops in hot countries love their ice cream – a touch of home.

Now substitute the large semi trailer Milk Trucks that pull in all the time… with women...
“Tank trucks are referenced by their size or volume capacity. Large trucks typically have capacities ranging from 7500 gallons (28,400 litres) to 9900 gallons (37,500 litres).”(from Wikipedia)

Simple math and practical, personal knowledge of a lactating mother – they do not produce anywhere near ONE GALLON – let alone ONE LITER in one pumping. It may be more like ¼ of liter at one time – 250 mls. So with that in mind the line up at Baskin and Robbins would have to be 113,000 to 150,000 women lined up to “give milk” that one truck brings to the factory.

Peterborough’s population is only 75,000…

Canada ranks as 10th in the Top 10 Milk Producers of the World – with a production of 94.7 liters of Milk per capita. Finland is Number 1 with 183.9 liters per capita.

Convert that to PETA’s thinking in Canada you would need 390 women producing that much per person in Canada per year. And they need to be willing.

Now I am as bad as the Hunter Dude on TV. This is so ridiculous that you cannot leave it alone. It needs someone to point out the NUTSO PEOPLE that say really STUPID things.

Why Blog IT? Well it is very cold in Canada – most of us are suffering from Cabin Fever(staying inside far too long) – and we need a good laugh.

So if I hear that you have talked to some one about this story… snickered about it, laugher about it… and then smiled at someone… I have accomplished what I set out to do today.

Nope – I will not buy Breast Milk Ice Cream. There is absolutely no appeal to it. I lost the urge to drink that stuff about 64 years ago. Give me a Chocolate Milk Shake and a Big Hamburger – the Cow gives me both. Wahooo!

~ Murray Lincoln ~