The Indian Way

Sorry to anyone who might read this page from time to time, but I've been MIA lately. No, I didn't morph into an up-and-coming singer from Britain; I've just been really flippin' busy at work and home. But now it's time to blog again.

It's lunchtime, so it's little surprise I was drawn to a post on Treehugger about how tasty and environmentally friendly and tasty and healthy and tasty buffalo meat is. In short, it's got less fat and cholesterol than beef, chicken, pork, or monkey brains, more protein, and also it's tasty. Plus most bison is farmed in its natural habitat by small farmers and is fed on native grasses. There's more, but I'm not gonna repeat the nice post I've already linked to. (P.S. I know that buffalo = water buffalo, like from SE Asia, bison = the animal I'm talking about. But everyone calls it buffalo and I don't want to be confusing.)

Sound elitist and expensive? Not really. It's not as cheap as a bag of lo-grade, 30% fat frozen hamburgers from Super Wal-Mart, but the prices aren't bad if you're not buying it at Whole Foods. Check out this list of ranchers and small businesses that sell bison. You can order directly from most of them. The prices aren't bad, though they vary from rancher to rancher, and you can order a bunch and stock up. It's not like you're using your freezer for anything else, unless you're a serial killer. So eat some buffalo today! Or whenever the shipment arrives.