American Elk AKA Wapiti
Moose AKA European Elk
Posted on 04/27/2007 6:26:43 PM PDT by dirtboy
Healthy, Tasty... Expensive
STOCKHOLM (JP) - Farmers in northern Sweden are milking moose, hoping that cheese-lovers with deep pockets will develop a taste for moose cheese.
It's healthy and tasty - and very expensive (nearly $500 per pound) because moose milk is hard to obtain.
Christer & Ulla Johansson started the 59-acre "Moose House" - the only moose dairy farm in Europe - seven years ago in Bjursholm (400 miles north of Stockholm). Moose House has 14 moose in the fields, but only three cows (Gullan, Haelga & Juna) can be milked. The cows were found as abandoned calves in the woods around Bjursholm, and were taken in by the Johansson family. The domesticated moose stay outdoors all year, and weigh about 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds).
Why so expensive? Moose only produce milk between May and September, and it takes up to two hours to milk a moose, with each producing up to a gallon of milk per day. Moose milk contains 12% fat and 12% protein, is kept refrigerated and curdling is done three times per year – yielding 660 pounds of cheese per year. Made in three varieties, the moose cheese can be sampled at the farm’s restaurant. Sales are mainly to upscale Swedish hotels and restaurants, and they have plans to export more cheese - especially their sour feta-type, which is laid down in oil and is easy to transport.
Moose House attracts 25,000 visitors per year, and is the main attraction in an activity center that also offers fishing, golf, canoe tours, and riding.
“Their “elk” are the same as our moose. Our “elk” are American Wapiti.”
- As a European, I’m not happy with this explanation.
Here in Europe elks/moose deliver cheese. In America this remains wishful thinking.
There’s pigmoose on the loose at chateaumeddybemps.com
My sister was going to post...but she had to go to the ER due to a bite...
Wow, cool picture! I’ve never eaten moose cheese before. I don’t think our resident moose, big ole Bertha, would let me milk her, but then again, I’ve never asked. LOL
Simply talking about the species.
Here in Europe elks/moose deliver cheese. In America this remains wishful thinking.
In other words, even the majestic wild beasts of Europe have become domesticated cattle? ;^)
Just jokin' WC. I know of some ranchers who domestically raise deer, elk, and bison.
We used to be able to get a drink called "Moosemilk" in the bars in Juneau. Bourbon and milk, a little pinch of sugar. Good for what ails ya...
They have Lab hysterics when they see a squirrel or a possum.
Believe it or not, they actually carry FRESH goat's milk in our local supermarket, not just the canned stuff (which is gross even if it's cow's milk.)
When she drank it, her face was a study!
American Elk AKA Wapiti
Moose AKA European Elk
That is the exact title of a book that a demented professor forced upon us in a bizarre literature class.
"Oh, Schmendrick had a horse, and he thought it was a cow,
He went out to milk it but he didn't know how,
And the night was very dark and Schmendrick couldn't see. . . "
. . . and I think we'll just stop right there . . .
Speaking of moose...erm...elk...erm...large deer....
http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/dogsinelk.html
Dogs in Elk. An oldie but a goodie.
Aaaaa-MEN!
How about one skating in your driveway in the dark? No more investigating strange sounds after dark, for me! I almost ran over that one!
This was my first winter in my little house, and my yard had moose in it all winter long. Now I know why they fenced in the rest of it...I did wind up with some nice pictures and a choice little pile of moose nuggets, though...
Here in America, Elks and Moose are fraternal organizations...
LOL!
Wonder if they're any kin to you-know-who . . .
(to the tune of Sweet Bessie of Pike)
“Oh, moose, moose! I like a moose!
I’ve never had anything quite like a moose.
My life has been wicked, my morals are loose,
But ...”
... and I’ll stop there as well ...
First my dogs and then my husband came running to find out what was going on in here.
Now the dogs want their own elk.
“Here in America, Elks and Moose are fraternal organizations...”
How did that happen?
If this is true it would entirely confirm my notion of America as the ‘land where anything can happen’.
I went to the US once. Women were beatiful and in general people were very friendly.
But my next car will be a Volvo.
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