Unexplained Mysteries

[Fletcher]

If you cross a billy goat over a sheep (ewe) you get a geep .. geep meat. Absolutely true. A farm I once supervised for a corporation had a few errant billy goats who successfully ventured into new pastures. For a while we thought of using this terminal out crossing to develop a more lean goat like tasting meat for the local Indian restaurant trade.

If you cross cattle with buffalo you get a cattlelo .. cattlelo meat was once going to be the new thing in farming except the animals weren't as docile as they thought.

Now b4 I am reminded that these animals have different chromosome numbers & shouldn't be able to be bred then think of zebras & horses, horses & donkeys, resulting in mules etc. Usually they're sterile but not always so.

Sheet meat therefore must be the reverse cross of a ram over a doe & probably would have satisfied the Indian trade just as well. Otherwise it could be sheep meat that tastes like crap which is more likely.

[scott]

Are you saying this 'sheet meat' is something different from Oscar Meyer Bologna?

Yes Terry, there is a huge difference. The growth of cultured meat basically takes place inside of a test tube, not inside of a living animal. Therefore it is more humane, more effecient, cleaner, and healthier than any of our current industrial meat-producing methods.

[jim_mich]

If you cross cattle with buffalo you get a cattlelo .. cattlelo meat was once going to be the new thing in farming except the animals weren't as docile as they thought.

In the USA they are called beefalos. I occasionally see them on farms around here.

A few weeks ago I saw the strangest herd of cows; they were all 'belted' or 'sheeted' black cows with wide white belts. I found later that they are Belted Galloway, originally from Scottland.

[Fletcher]

Yes, we have Belted Galloway's here also though they are more a boutique breed. The main hill country beef breeds are still Angus & Hereford & then all the imported breeds such as Limousine, Charolais, Belgium Blue's & a raft of others. Cross breeding to another breed provides about 10 % additional growth & meat thru hybrid vigour which translates directly to more revenue per hectare.

The cattlelo experiments were with water buffalo rather than bison though this has been done also.

You can probably tell I like a piece of steak or two :)

[terry5732]

Are you gonna try and convince me Bologna once had sumpin to do with livestock?!

[rlortie]

No!

But you cannot buy Polish Sausage, Goats milk and Head cheese in a hardware store either.

Ralph