My husband is super talented at finding just the right gifts for me, but this year, he fell down an unusual path. Knowing I love exploring food...good and bad...he found a list of the most unusual foods out there and decided to go after chocolate made with camel milk.
The chocolate it's self was not bad, but I wouldn't rank it in the top 25 best chocolates. He bought me two bars, one high in cocoa (which tasted pretty normal) and a milk chocolate bar high in camel milk which tasted...salty, very salty. (One friend said the milk chocolate bar had a mildly coconut taste to it....personally I didn't taste it).
This of course led to lots of discussions with others...Would you drink camel milk? Would you drink other animals milk, like rhino's or hippos? Personally, I decided, yeah sure...anything except cat, dog, or rodent....but this lead to some strange internet searches - apparently horse milk is popular in Europe. They say it has a burnt caramel taste...until that day it didn't occur to me that dolphins and whales produce milk (I know they are mammals, but I've never seen their boobs)...and of course, almost any animal you can dream of, someone out there is selling it's milk.....
Including Whole Foods. Last night when I was in Whole Foods, I found my camel milk...strait up, in a bottle..in the freezer section. $20 for 16 ounces. So there I was, faced with the reality of the question - would you try...no thank you!
