On 22/02/2012 6:42 PM, Kalmia wrote:
> On Feb 22, 6:19 pm, Chemo the > wrote:
>> On Feb 22, 10:34 am, wrote:
>>
>>> I never understood this. There is absolutely no buffalo meat, no buffalo
>>> hair, no buffalo parts, or anything else connected to buffalo in this
>>> food.
>>> Why do they call it this name?
>>
>> Many many years ago, long before our time, in a distant past in the
>> wild wet there lived a creature called the Buficken. It was a small
>> creature that resembled a cow but had feathers and wings. Much like
>> many animals...it was nearly killed off for it's tasty wings. today,
>> they are raised in a very secret location that not even the CIA or the
>> FBI know there whereabouts. And now you know the rest of the story.
>
> Well, there IS or WAS a beefalo. It came up one time on that show
> with Orson Bean, and Kitty Carlisle could NOT say it without a laugh.
> Trivia question: was that "I've Got a Secret' or "Will the real so
> and so please stand up?" show. Old age setting in - I can't even
> think of THAT show's name. "What's my Line?"


We raise Beefalo down the road a bit from where I live in Western
Australia.
This is from our Rural Radio show, the Country Hour


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Beefalo - Clinton McRobert
With the rise in popularity of composite cattle breeding for eating
quality, it's timely to revisit one of the more intesting compsoition
breeds in Australia, Beefalo. Beefalo is a cross between domestic cattle
and buffalo, or bison as they're known, with a minimum bison content of
3/16ths, and breeders have recently formed their own national society.
The Australian Beefalo Society was formed recently to guide the small
number of Australian producers past the challenges the group face. In
WA, Manjimup cattle producer Roy Decke has been growing beefalo for over
10 years. The vice president of the new society has recently bumped up
his herd with a number of pure breds.
Roy Decke: Manjimup Cattle Producer
Christina Della-Valle: Secretary, Australian Beefalo Society