I think PETA did this for shock value, not as a practical suggestion.  
Assuming that most people, when confronted with the idea of human milk  
ice cream, would think, "Eeeewwwwww!", they wanted to make the point  
that cow's milk ice cream should be considered just as "disgusting."  
At least that was my impression. :-(

Jennifer


On Oct 1, 2008, at 9:49 AM, Jamie Huddleston wrote:

> Sorry for the late comment on this topic...
>
> I can't help but wonder...  If a mother has a huge milk supply, and  
> happens to
> have milk above and beyond what her baby needs, wouldn't it be  
> better to
> donate that milk to a milk bank for less fortunate infants who can't  
> receive
> their own mothers milk than to donate it to Ben and Jerry's for a  
> food "nobody
> needs in order to survive"?  (thanks Rachel for that quote, couldn't  
> agree
> more!)  While I love ice cream, I would prefer to eat ice cream made  
> from
> cow's milk than eat ice cream made from breast milk that was donated/ 
> sold/or
> any other means that B&J would obtain it knowing there are infants  
> out there
> who could benefit from that milk.

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