Could this gag-reflex begetting trend be the new thing in cocktails? Semen cocktails? Yes, you heard me right. Paul ‘Fotie’ Photenhauer’s latest book is touting the art of man juice in cocktails:Semenology – The Semen Bartender’s Handbook.
And this isn’t the first attempt in procreating his theory. Back in 2011, he self-published the Natural Harvest: A collection of semen-based recipes
cookbook in which he states, “Semen is not only nutritious, but it also has a wonderful texture and amazing cooking properties. Like fine wine and cheeses, the taste of semen is complex and dynamic.” Ew.
According to Photenhauer, he is promoting “learning how to mix selected spirits to enhance the delicate flavors of semen.”
As well as featuring cocktail recipes such as the Macho Mojito, Semen Hemorrhage, the Slightly Saltier Caviar and Orgasm on the Beach, he also offers helpful advice on the harvesting and storage of this “freshly harvested ingredient.”
He told SF Weekly, where the story broke: “If you want your partner to swallow, you should be willing to eat your own semen – I mean, it’s your semen.“
“Then I started thinking about it. People eat all kinds of weird shit. Eggs are the menstruation of chickens. Milk is the mammary excretion from cows. Semen is… at least it’s fresh and you know who the producer is.”
He sounds like an absolute creepy guy, right? According to Anna Roth of SF Weekly, she says Photenhauer isn’t some perv who sits around drinking semen all day — he reserves semen cooking only for special, intimate encounters with his partner.
“For me, it’s more of a fun twist to add to food, or in this case a drink. It adds a definite personal twist to it,” Protenhauer says. “I would never eat or drink semen, cooked or otherwise, from someone I wouldn’t be willing to have sex with.”
Not sure I’ll ever be testing these cocktails out, but it is trend that is inseminating the cocktail world at the rate rabbits’ procreate.
Would you be brave enough to try out semen cocktails? Wonder if Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods will be up for the challenge?***
***UPDATE: Andrew Zimmern has answered my question today via Twitter. Would he try sperm cocktails? Here’s his answer: