Water Buffalo Meat and Milk

[Sue192]

In Somerset we have a water buffalo farm -quite a surprise when you see them grazing in the fields - and they sell their meat and milk at farmers' markets and farm shops. I was given a bottle of milk and it was lovely and creamy but tasted sweeter than whole milk. A quick search online was a little confusing but it seems the carbs are higher than whole milk, but maybe not, depending on which website you looked at. I know many members don't or can't have milk but there seems to be health benefits in the milk for those who can tolerate or have milk. And the meat appears to have interesting health benefits too http://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn2010108

 

[Deleted member 308541]

I used to get buffalo meat from the Northern Territories meatworks, when I worked in the meat industry in NW Queensland.

It had a great taste, reasonably tender cooked on a barbecue, and it was cheaper to buy than beef at the time.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

This is true also of Wild Venison, Goat and other non-farmed products.

I get a reasonable supply of Anglo Nubian goat meat every now and then.

 

[Sue192]

I get a reasonable supply of Anglo Nubian goat meat every now and then.

Anglo Nubian, now there's exotic..... Thanks @Tipetoo, your mention of AN goats sent me off on an interesting trundle through various websites, at 2am. It's no good swearing at insomnia, it just doesn't listen.

 

[Kristin251]

Pardon my ignorance , but is water buffalo different than bison? Water buffalo ware dumb Looking cows and buffalo are strong as* bulls. I could be wrong.

 

[Scott-C]

Google Eva Saxl, a T1. She and her husband fled to Shanghai during WW2 to escape from the Nazis, insulin supplies were cut off when the Japanese invaded. Instead of curling up and dying, they got hold of instructions on how to make insulin, set up a makeshift lab, got a butcher to supply them with water buffalo pancreata, did lots of experiments, and eventually made home brew insulin from scratch, saving her and several hundred other T1s. After the war, she went to America and became an advocate for diabetes at a time when there was prejudice against it. She's a hero. Whenever I'm feeling narked about my T1, I try to imagine Eva turning up and giving me a slap round the head like a small Jewish granny in a Woody Allen film saying, "oy vey, oy vey, what are you complaining about, you just go to the chemist to get your insulin, you got it easy, I had to make mine in a war!"

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...oQt9IBCEowBg&usg=AOvVaw0ok0OBVTZ8rQHrAZ3C5-9S