What we really didn't want to know could go into sausages ...

[Joel S. Berson]

but felt compelled to inquire about.

"Spanish researchers studied the potential utility of using bacteria 
isolated from infant feces as a starter culture for fermented sausages."

Winner of the 2014 Ig Nobel prize for Nutrition.

Courtesy Boston Globe, Sept. 14.  The Globe reporter apparently was 
running out of space, and didn't report the results of the last two 
prizes it listed.  However, elsewhere we learn that the nutition 
result was positive --"baby poop can be a great way to start culture 
for fermented sausage."
http://www.inquisitr.com/1489185/can-bacon-cure-nosebleeds-ig-nobel-prize-winner-says-so-video/

Joel 

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