A Norwegian young man Alexander Selvik Wengshoel cooked and ate his own hip bone.
The
25-year-old man who describes himself as a conceptual artists says that
initially he wanted to use his bone in his art but then this crazy idea
appeared.
Alexander underwent the metal hip replacement operation aged 21 and was allowed to take his bone home as souvenir.
When he got home he decided to cook some meat, he first boiled the bone and then fried the meat which came off.
"It's
not every day I will have a piece of human flesh which is mine and
which it is possible to eat. First I just had a little taster, but since
it tasted good, I made it a full dinner of it. It was a very exciting
and stimulating. It was so personal."
When asked about the taste
of the meat he said that it was like wild sheep. Now his bone is
exhibited as part of his work at the Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art.
Wengshoel
was born without a functioning hip, he underwent a series of failed
operations and endured years in a wheelchair or on crutches.
Sources: Telegraph
