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One lump or two? Noreen who couldn't resist!

Mirjam... I have a question. It's a serious question, that I was wondering about (not that I would ever want to taste it)... do people cook and eat camels? What made me wonder about that is that a friend and myself were recently talking about buffalo and the fact that they make buffalo burgers, etc.... which I also would never want to taste... then the "camel" comment came up on the newsgroup shortly after that chat, so I started to wonder as I had never heard anything about it before. *shrug*

Gemini

Hee Ruth Gemini ,,, Several years ago somebody asked about Camels and i made contact between her and a Group in BeerSheva University who grow camels and teach people in desert places to , excuse the expression , Use the camel tottaly .... Ride it , Drink the milk , One can`t make cheese from it , but one cam make Icecream 'Gamalida ' ,, Both milk [ low in cholosterol, very antiseptic] And icecream are great.... When the camel is old , one can eat the meat and use the skin and the Bones ,Ps the Dung is used Dried for Heating , and also for fertilizing the ground. You don`t hear much because the people living with and off the Camels live Numad lives in Deserts ,,, They have to use EVERY source they have to exist ,,, A live camel carries things and them , only when it can`t work is used as food . mirjam

Ah... thank you, Mirjam! I wondered. I knew they were used for many years as pack animals, and I kind of figured the skins would likely be used for clothing, etc when they were no longer able to be pack animals.. but I wasn't sure if the meat was fit to eat. I'm really fussy about what I eat (although you wouldn't know it, considering that I'm over-weight), so I wouldn't personally want to even think about eating camel. I do suppose though, that if a person were hungry enough they would eat almost anything that they wouldn't normally consider. It would take a LOT for me to eat any "meat" other than beef, chicken, turkey, pork, canned tuna & salmon, and halibut (deep fried with batter).

My Dad made stew once and we sat down to eat. I thought it tasted a bit different, but because he was eating it, I figured there was nothing wrong with it. My Mom however didn't eat any... she was going to a Legion meeting soon and would be having a meal there. After I ate the plateful of stew my Mom asked me if I had liked it. I said "It was okay, I guess... but it tasted different than we normally have... was it older meat?" The answer was "No... it was venison!" I excused myself and went to the washroom to be sick. I know... all in my mind.. but the thought of eating a deer really bothered me and made me sick. :o/ Fussy, fussy!

Gemini

How odd! Venison is quite popular in Scotland

I know a lot of people who won't eat wild meat. Me, I love it!

Katherine

Actually my Mom was surprised that I would even eat beef and pork, considering that we used to live directly across the street from the Stockyard where they would have the cows and pigs (sheep too, but I won't eat that) in corrals waiting for the train to take them to slaughter. However... I didn't know that's where they were heading... my older brother (who introduced me to the animals so I wouldn't be afraid of them) told me they were on their way to a new farm to live... I was only little you know. So little did I know that the very animals I made friends with would end up on my plate a few weeks later... otherwise I likely would have become a vegetarian at a very young age. ;o)

Gem

I personally LOVE venison, buffalo and bear! Elk, too! Noreen

I am a Vegetarian , and even when i wasn`t there are many animals i never ate Becuase they were not Kosher.. But When thinking of Numads , you have to think of Hunger Thirst etc... ps Not all sorts of Camels produce the same Soft wool we know as camel hair. The local camels have course hairs that are good only for the Rugs and tent curtains. mirjam

I *knew* that YOU are a vegetarian, Mirjam! I remember camels hair coats, which were very very 'rough'... Hugs, Noreen

Gem, when I was a kid, we lived on moose meat. Dad would go hunting each fall, and that was our main meat for most of the year, with some pork occasionally. I agree with you, some how I just can't eat venison. Now that I've been away from the moose meat, I don't care for it either.