"camels" news and stories

These days, the question isn't really "got milk?" It's more like "which milk?"

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.

What do you do if you're in the Australian outback and have a feral camel problem? You start a camel meat business, of course. That's what Garry Dann did. He started Territory Camel to help deal with the feral camels in the area, and he's even begun getting feral camels from other parts of Australia brought to his processing plant. This has the added benefit of employing large numbers of indigenous people.

Territory Camel mainly makes camel steaks and sausages. For now their products are sold only in Australia, though Mr. Dann is trying to get tier 1 accreditation from Australian Quarantine Inspection Service. That would allow him to pursue an export market, mainly to Middle Eastern Countrys where camel meat is more acceptable.

A spokesman for the company said that, while getting people to try the camel meat is a challenge, once the hurdle has been jumped the "yuck factor is dispelled". They say that camel meat actually tastes like beef, so much so that even experienced cattlemen can't tell the difference. Not only that, but the meat is also low in cholesterol. This sounds like another strange food on my list of things to try. Yum!

[Via ColdMud]

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