According to the web page I found this on, the following recipe was taken from an article in Mothering Magazine, September 1983.

Ingredients

  1. 1 placenta
  2. 1 potato, peeled and cubed
  3. 1/4 cup fresh parsley
  4. 2 carrots
  5. 3 stalks of celery
  6. 1 large tomato
  7. 1 small onion
  8. 1 Tbsp flour
  9. 1 tsp salt
  10. 1/2 tsp paprika
  11. pinch of cloves
  12. pinch of pepper
  13. 6-8 crushed coriander seeds
  14. 2 Tbsp vegetable oil

Equipment

  1. cutting board and cooking knife
  2. sautee pan
  3. small paper bag
  4. stew pot
  5. Kitchen range

Preparation

  1. Cut all of your vegetables above into bite-sized pieces and set aside
  2. Cut the meat away from the membranes on your placenta. Unless you want to make sausages, discard the membranes.
  3. Cut your placenta into bite-sized chunks
  4. Fill the paper bag with the flour, salt, paprika, cloves, pepper, and coriander seeds. Drop in the pieces of placenta and shake the bag so that they all get thoroughly coated with the mixture.
  5. Sautee the placenta in the oil, then drop it in the pot.
  6. Add the vegetables and 4-5 cups of water.
  7. Bring the mixture to a full boil, then simmer for one hour.
Serves two loving parents.

DMan: Superstitions aside, Placenta is actually quite nutritious. It is what the developing fetus uses as a repository of vitamins and energy. Many animals eat their own placentas after giving birth for just this reason.