The breast is best…?

So I just read that there are reports of a Swiss restaurant owner who is going to substitute 75% of the cow’s milk he uses, with BREAST MILK.

In response to this, PETA wrote a letter to Ben & Jerry’s, asking them to switch from cow’s milk to breast milk in all their ice cream production.

Don’t believe me?  See it here.

In a nutshell, PETA’s arguments against using cow’s milk include linking its consumption to human health ailments, and linking its production to harsh treatment of cows and the veal industry in general.

This is fine.

The question is - why replace the cow’s milk with breast milk?  Why not suggest something less controversial, like soy or almond milk?  I know soy ice cream doesn’t have the same texture as cow’s milk ice cream, but do they think that breast milk ice cream will?

It seems like the simple answer to this is to either just be a vegetarian, and know you are not supporting the cow industry at all, or enjoy your cow treats in peace.  But breast milk??

I can picture it already.  A new cottage industry!  Entrepreneurs will flock to build huge factories with sterile stainless-steel equipment and set the place up to look like a living room.  Women will lounge on couches and eat anything they please, breast pumps attached, chatting and watching Oprah.

To save money, maybe we’ll outsource internationally by building ‘plants’ in less-industrialized nations.  Who needs sterile breast pumps when you have eager villagers aplenty, all with years of experience milking now-obsolete cows and goats?

Me, I’d rather go get a pint of Chunky Monkey on the way home, while the getting’s good.