BERLIN, GERMANY: Two German army cooks have been suspended for preparing sausages partly using their own blood, the Focus weekly reported on Sunday (March 2nd).

Identified only as B. and G., the pair were suspended in December after admitting under questioning they had eaten sausages made with their own blood drawn by the girlfriend of one of the cooks, the newsmagazine reported.

Pictures of the sausages were published on the Internet.

The two were denounced by a colleague solicited to join their operation, added the article. According to an unidentified army officer, it was no longer possible to keep the two in their posts as they "no longer had a shred of authority" following their culinary venture.