Why is breast milk ice-cream repulsive?

If the Baby Gaga dessert from the Icecreamists has sexual undertones or just feels wrong, how about milk from cow boobs?

Source: The Guardian
Author: Sarah Ditum

Baby Gaga breast milk ice cream has proved popular at the Icecreamists cafe in London.

Eww! Ice-cream made out of breast milk! Gross! There’s a good chance that was your first reaction to reading about the Baby Gaga ice-cream being served by the magnificently trend-baiting Icecreamists parlour in Covent Garden, and to be perfectly honest, even after thinking it through for long enough to write this piece, it’s still my reaction.

I struggle sometimes just thinking about my food having a face. The idea of my dessert coming from a milker with a name, the ability to speak and a business plan for her lactational products is simply too much. (The milk comes from the breast of Victoria Hilley, apparently, who receives £15 for every 10oz she supplies. Which makes me feel slightly sick in a different way, as I suddenly imagine every sodden breast pad I lobbed in the bin during my own nursing phase as a tenner in the landfill.)……  continue reading

St Andrew’s Day

Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland and today St. Andrew’s Day will be celebrated by Scots all around the world. The Scottish flag is the Cross of St. Andrew.

St. Andrew is believed to have been a fisherman in Galilee along with his elder brother Simon Peter (Saint Peter).  Both became apostles of Jesus Christ.   St. Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the belief of the Christian religion though Asia Minor and Greece.   Tradition suggests that the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece put St. Andrew to death by crucifixion.  The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew, which appears on the Scottish Flag.

In the town of  St Andrews there is a week long festival of arts and activities and since November 30th 1996, when the Stone of Destiny was returned to Scotland and housed in Edinburgh Castle it has been decreed that the Castle shall be open with free entry on every St Andrew’s Day to allow the people of Scotland to view the fabled Stone.

For a baby born on St Andrew’s day what could be more appropriate than a cute sleepsuit or bodysuit depicting a baby holding the flag of Scotland.

Britain Under Siege

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Slowly and under the guise of improving the quality of life for the British people mass-produced foreign imports have infiltrated Britain but at what cost?  As imports out way exports the trade deficit continues to grow and this trend shows no sign of letting up.

Years ago Britain had a wealth of cotton mills; the success of cotton mills gave birth to Mill towns, such as in Lancashire, these cotton mills contributed to the huge and rapid economic expansion for many parts of Britain.  There were 140 cotton mills in Burnley during the cotton heyday.

Stoke-on-Trent was once considered to be the home of the pottery industry in England and is still known today as ‘The Potteries’.  The production of pottery dates back to at least the 17th century and was founded on the area’s abundant supplies of clay; salt, the lead used for glazing; and of coal, used to fire the kilns.  Experts calculate that in the heyday there were up to 4,000 bottle kilns with as many as 2,000 still standing in the 1950’s. The Clean Air Act sounded the death-knell for the smoky, coal-fired ovens . There are 46 still standing today, although most of these are listed buildings.

The virtual annihilation of the steel, pottery industry and cotton mills was just the tip of the iceberg. Britain’s craftsmanship was dealt an ill-fated blow from which it may never recover.

As we look back on the loss of Britain’s various industries, it must be noted that the various skills utilised in these industries are inevitably also lost.

We now live in a throw away society where it is no longer economically viable to repair electrical appliances, clothing etc due to cheap foreign imports. A throw away society is unsustainable and the catastrophic effects on both society and the environment are undeniable.

Whether people are becoming disillusioned with the lack of the quality often found in cheap foreign imports or whether it is the desire to own a unique handcrafted product we may never know.  The fact remains that the influx of cheap imports was the cause of death for numerous well-known British companies.

Hand crafted merchandise is slowly becoming more popular and it is largely thanks to the various entrepreneurs who are using their new found skills to produce unique products and offering them for sale via the internet.  The recent rise in websites offering handcrafted products is mostly due to people choosing handmade products over conventional ones.  In fact, the handcrafted industry continues to grow in spite of the economical crisis we currently find ourselves in.  A quick search via Google for the term “Handcrafted” reaped 9,460,000 results.

Britain may once again enjoy the affluence of skills it once boasted, but only if as consumers we make the conscious decision to not only buy British but to also buy handcrafted products.  Thereby supporting the small businesses on which we may depend to aid Britain’s recovery and long term future economy.