Milk the camel

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

This one is for Swato:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8285817.stm

and perhaps the stuff is good for diabetics too.

[Darlica]

I suppose it might be useful to Lactose intolerant people too...

Also Camels are lovely creatures.

[Griffin NoName]

Camels give me the hump.

[Lindorm]

Whilst travelling around in southern Libya, I got to try out the traditional dried camel cheese that the touaregs make. It did look a bit like a light-grey car rubber tyre on the outside, and did have a rather distinct pungency. The insides were somewhat crumbly and "short" in the texture, with a much milder and sweeter aroma. The taste was quite good, reminiscent of a well-aged dried goat cheese, but more sweet and with an acrid tang of the lactic acid fermentation variety. Not bad at all, and I would happily buy it again if I could find it here in Sweden.

Apparently, the cheese is made in a manner that makes it rather low-ish in fat content, but very high in protein, on the lines of ricotta and similar cheeses. Bedouins in jordania make a sort of dried protein concentrate out of fermented goat milk, but the touareg camel cheese was distinctly a cheese, not little dried balls of casein proteins.