On Feb 22, 11:51*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "Kalmia" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >> 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?
>
> (snipped)
>
> > 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?"
>
> I ate a beefalo burger at the Mid-South Fair in Memphis in 1975 *I threw up
> 10 minutes later. *Of course that could have been because it wasn't properly
> stored. <shrug> I was 15. *I wasn't checking to see whether or not the
> burgers were on ice before they were cooked. *But to this day, when I hear
> the word "beefalo" I cringe.

You also could have had a virus or something else totally unrelated to
the wholesomeness of the burger.
>
> Jill

--Bryan