Comments on The Old Foodie: Eating Camel.

I just returned from a month's vacation in Morocco...

2009-02-14T07:05:00.000+10:00

I just returned from a month's vacation in Morocco. In a restaurant in Rabat called Tagine wa Tangia, there was a camel tangia on the menu. I nervously ordered it. The waiter assured me that it is delicious. It was, and not at all exotic to taste.

A Tangia is a slow cooked dish named for the earthenware jar in which it is baked. The camel was a shank cut. It tastes almost exactly like braised short ribs of beef. It's very rich and gelatinous (like short-ribs)It has a slightly sweet aftertaste, but so does most Moroccan food, since they often use raisins, dates, or other fruit in meat dishes. I also had a Camelburger at Clock Cafe in the medina of Fes, which is indistinguishable from a good hamburger.

I have found a market here in minneapolis that has...

2008-11-22T01:07:00.000+10:00

I have found a market here in minneapolis that has camel meat available in the butcher shop - - i will be stopping by there tonight to purchase a small amount for a "test grilling" - - who kows maybe this will becaome a new Tanksgiving tradition - -
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Hello tanami scs: I am impressed! I usually think ...

2008-10-06T05:52:46.346+10:00

Hello tanami scs: I am impressed! I usually think of this sort of recipe as having historical interest only - I never dreamt that anyone would actually cook camel!

This was the only recipe for camel hump I could fi...

2008-10-05T23:18:00.000+10:00

This was the only recipe for camel hump I could find and it didn't work. I think the meat needs some other form of preparation because it came out impossibly chewy. Even so, the taste, although good was much too fatty and rich to be paletable, a bit like eating lard.

The camel was a young female in good condition and the meat was fresh. I marinated it overnight in lime juice, taragon, ground corriander and oil then roasted it with some green corriander seeds at 160c for 3 hours. It came out looking like a roast.

The outer edges went crispy and that was OK to eat although, again, very rich, not something you'd really want more than a nibble of.

I was in Jordan working for 3 months and had the j...

2008-06-06T07:07:00.000+10:00

I was in Jordan working for 3 months and had the joy of having fresh camel cooked for us by the butcher himself. I thought it was quite tasty, but then again, I'm very adventurous with food. It was a little tougher than beef, and a bit more gamey, although not nearly as games as deer or elk. If anyone enjoys discovering new tastes, I would definitely recommend trying camel. It does not taste like any other meat I've ever had...especially chicken.

From Entspinster:Cleopatra the 7th (the one in Sha...

2007-07-31T07:18:00.000+10:00

From Entspinster:

Cleopatra the 7th (the one in Shakespeare) is said to have been fond of "camel heels". Approximately your first entry, one guesses.

I'll CONSIDER trying everything once, will that do...

2007-07-30T15:07:48.820+10:00

I'll CONSIDER trying everything once, will that do?

okay you get an "A" for being original! Camel hum...

2007-07-30T09:07:00.000+10:00

okay you get an "A" for being original! Camel hump....hmmm. Well try everything once, right?