This was my favorite buffalo calve. In Egypt, buffalo milk is very popular and important to the Egyptian diet. It is 97% fat, which is what the people need since they cannot afford a lot of food, they need to get fat in their diet any way possible. Egyptians are just now starting to produce milk like we do in the US- before each farmer would have two or three cows and they would milk them for their family. While this still continues today, there are hopes that this will change for matters of efficiency. Also, a cultural mind-set that serves as an obstacle is that traditionally you give milk away as a gift if you have too much and to have to sell milk is shameful. While this practice isn't in full service, and the buffalo are still a little wild, there are hopes that changes will occur.
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