Kiddies, today I received an email from Jason Michaels of upstate New York. Jason writes: "Dear Grandmother Winsome, my city recently passed an ordinance requiring restaurant owners to list the calorie content of all items on the menu. While of course the menu doesn't disclose every ingredient of our Thursday special, I do want it to list the correct amount of calories. So how many calories are there in a human spleen?"
Well, Jason, an average adult spleen weighs approximately 175 grams and is made up of mostly protein and a little bit of fat. Given that protein contains four calories per gram, and fat contains nine calories per gram, the calorie content of an average adult spleen is about 183 calories. But of course it all depends on the portions you serve, Sweetie.
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