Well, I looked. Honest I did and I couldn’t find any recipes for yummy baked goods that called for camel urine as an ingredient.
But that’s not to say that I came up empty.
Oh no!
I discovered that there is a good deal of documented medicinal value in Camel meat and camel milk.
Throughout much of North Africa, The Middle East and much of Asia the camel is the main beast of burden- for skins, for milk, for meat, and for racing and beauty contests. Yes you read that correctly. I’ll circle back to that. Give me a minute.
The arid regions that I just mentioned enjoy the benefits of the camels’ lagniappes in many ways:
The milk plays an important role in controlling a number of health and mental disorders. It has anti-diabetic properties. It is a treatment for Crohn’s disease and autism (anti vaxxers please take note!). It lessens some allergies and has anti cancer and anti tumor actions.
Amazing. Right?
It’s no wonder some folks got carried away and started drinking the urine I suppose.
But wait! There’s more. It has cosmetic and anti aging properties and is quite tolerable by many lactose intolerant people.
And the meat has similar medicinal properties as well, so if you’re invited to a really authentic Middle Eastern dinner party ask if they’re going to have camel there. Your body (maybe not your taste buds) might thank you.
Oaky, I promised that I would circle back to talk about camel…beauty…contests…
Yes, they do exist. In fact, there was a scandal recently in which some camels were discovered to have had BOTOX TREATMENTS.
Yes, you read that right. Someone not only felt that his camel was “pretty cute”, but COULD be sooo much cuter if he shot some plastic surgery solution into the camels’ (“Lips”, presumably, but I don’t really know for certain). I don’t have enough “background with which to ascertain what might be a really cute “cow” (a female camel), and what to do about it.
And finally returning finally to camel urine, there is an apocryphal “cure” for a constipated dog…but let’s not go there.
And since I suddenly had some unexpected extra time, I thought I’d share what I found …with you. If there’s something you’d like me to look into…let me know.
Because…
I suddenly have extra time. We might as well make “productive” use of that time, and I realize that “productive” is a subjective term at this point, but what the heck.
