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Everything from old-fashioned whole milk to lactose-free skim to unsweetened soy -- it seems like the last time everyone in the family reached for the same gallon may have been back when they all shared the same phone number, too.
And if a venture backed by Dubai's ruling sheik gains momentum, Americans may one day be adding yet another carton to their shopping carts: camel milk.
As the Associated Press reports, a company in the United Arab Emirates has recently been cleared by E.U. health regulators to become the largest exporter of camel milk products to Europe. If all goes well there, camel milk could eventually make its way to the U.S.
Why camels? According to enthusiasts, camel milk is superior to cow's milk for a lot of reasons: it's got less fat overall but higher levels of heart-healthy unsaturated fats; it has five times the level of vitamin C; and it's naturally lactose free.
The milk in Europe will be marketed under the name "Camelicious," initially in a powdered version. There are long-term plans, however, to one day open a camel farm somewhere on the continent that may be hospitable to the desert-dwelling dromedaries, like Spain.
Camel's milk has long been consumed in the Middle East and across North Africa, and though the desert flora that camels typically eat naturally gives their milk a bit of a salty tinge, that can be augmented by adjusting their diet.
Still, flavor aside, camel milk is obviously considered exotic abroad, and as such, a tough sell to replace a household staple.
"We're thinking about [starting with] health food stores and alternative markets," a Camelicious spokesman told the AP, "It's probably going to be a niche thing at first."
True, but if it's anything like soy milk, in fifteen years we might be drinking camel-milk lattes at Starbucks.
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8-23-2010 @5:14PM George Line said... What a beautiful camel! :-) I would try camel milk. I get to try a lot of new things from http://bit.ly/aqI8v9 Sample size products are the way to try things before buying them!
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8-25-2010 @8:17PM Scott said... Whats next, Badger milk? lol
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8-25-2010 @10:49PM Nancy said... maybe breast milk
8-26-2010 @11:26AM SendtheMuslimshome said... And you can get samples in the grocery store handed out by women in burquas!
8-25-2010 @8:56PM CherCher said... Why not? We soon will be a Islamic country, the way things are going.
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8-25-2010 @10:38PM travelertaylor said... Hopefully, they don't inject those camels with hormones to make them produce more milk, like is done in the United States with cows. Maybe young girls will start developing breasts at age five if they drink the camel's milk.
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8-25-2010 @9:29PM petey said... I knew I would not need to scroll down far to find this stupid comment. That was the only reason I looked at the comments to see what idiot woould. in essence, refer to camel milk as if it were Muslim. You are truly misinformed and willingly dumb.
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8-25-2010 @9:26PM Randy Lake said... Is this for the expanding Muslim market?
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8-25-2010 @9:41PM Belinda said... RAW Camel milk from Israel is curing Autism...fact
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8-25-2010 @10:30PM Lickitydoodah said... It's not a fact. There are proponents of camel's milk who believe it to be so, that doesn't make it a fact.. Also many naysayers as well. Many also believe drinking camel urine and blood will cure disease.....are you thirsty?
8-25-2010 @9:56PM petekev said... I am glad that I don't know what it is like to be so filled with hatred and fear? No one is trying to get you to drink camel's milk nor is it even available here. If it does become available here, you will not be forced to drink it. Have you been forced to drink soy milk, goat's milk or any milk for that matter? It isn't even natural to be drinking milk if you are old enough to be typing.
As far as your wealth of knowledge on the EU and how the Muslims are taking over "their country", you may want to consider rewinding back to when the EU was formed. It is not a country. It is 27 countries
Mexican food is very popular and has been for many years. I get the sense that you don't care much for Mexicans either since they apparently force fed you tortillas and took away your wonder bread as a child.
Let go of the fear and go out and just meet people who appear different that you. I bet you will find out that you have a lot more in common than you know. I live in one of the most multicultral cities on the planet and love the experience. I have the best foods, music, theater, neighbors, etc due to the differences.
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8-25-2010 @9:59PM sal the fish said... Not in this lifetime.
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8-25-2010 @10:30PM Efrain DeJesus said... Camel Milk ? I hope the stock-market don"t buy it by the barrel !!!!!!
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8-25-2010 @10:46PM travelertaylor said... I made a typo. I meant to say, 'Maybe young girls won't develop breasts at age five.'I don't want the pedophile police after me.
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8-25-2010 @11:13PM E-mom said... Actually, soy is a cheap protein found in the majority of foods in USA. So, although no one is "forcing" anyone to eat it or drink it, we consume it unwittingly...same with a host of other foodstuffs as well. That's why it's impolrtant to read and understand labels. Also, you sound very accepting of everything that you believe to be "diverse". I wonder how accepting you would be if you were living in a community with a mosque and heard the sounds of "call to prayer" announced via loudspeaker 5 times a day. My guess is you would roll over and say 'what beautiful music'.
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8-25-2010 @10:54PM t said... it's just camel milk not a religion nor culture. Why are people culturephobic?
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8-25-2010 @10:57PM neesee said... I don't even like cow's milk.......To me, cow's milk is for calves, not humans. Camel milk is for little camels. Goat's milk is for baby goats. Who the heck ever thought that squeezing stuff out of udders (do camels even have udders???) and drinking it as a great idea? The same guy who decided to eat snails? It's a big yuck on my yuckometer!
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8-25-2010 @11:01PM psychdoc said... If you really wanted to eat American food, you would be eating Buffalo and Navajo fry bread. My American great grandparents ate what they knew in Poland: rye bread, pierogi, golombki, babka, etc. And they did it as proud Americans, grateful for the opportunity to live and raise their family in the freedom of the United States after they fled the horrors of Tzarist Eastern Europe. If, for example, people choose to eat tortillas because they happen to be really tasty and far less calories than our wonderful tasteless, nutritionless marshmallow white bread, perhaps it is because they are intelligent people. We are a melting pot. Deal with it. Unless you are American Indian (which I doubt because of your comments) you should be hanging your head in shame over the cruel way the "real" Americans were treated and not complaining about the wonderful variety of foods that this great country encompasses.
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8-25-2010 @11:25PM Emom said... Very detailed...thanks for sharing.
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8-25-2010 @11:44PM DOMSTER said... Or maybe a food stand in front of the mosque that sells BLT's and pulled pork sandwiches. Whatever works. GOD IS GREAT and I CAN'T WAIT.
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