He should import some Italian expertise and start making fresh mozzarella di buffola, good fresh stuff is nearly impossible to find here, and terribly expensive. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300
On July 28, 2016 2:26:06 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >A buddy of mine ended up with some number of water buffaloes. It is >actually a pretty funny story. I can't remember all the details but it > >involved a guy who had like 20 of the things he was going into the >mozarella cheese business and needed some place to keep them. This was >like 4 or 5 years ago, maybe 6. My buddy has cattle he raises for beef > >for restaurants around here, and his farm is along the river, so for >whatever rent he said sure he would keep them and do whatever with >them, >they can hang out in the river or ponds or whatever. > >So time goes by and the guy is not dealing with the WBs, then goes >dark, >not paying anything and can't be reached. Some months pass and he >calls >up and says he has found another place for them, so he says he'll come >and get some to take wherever. My buddy notices a few days later >seems >like there are more around so he counts them and is totally like WTF is > >going on, there's more of them now than there were before. Seems >rather >than picking them up the guy dropped off more that he had been keeping >somewhere else. So now there's like 30-35 of them hanging around, and >the guy disappears again. Plus I think they started reproducing, there > >might have been a bull or two in the mix along in there at some point, >or he brought them or something. > >Then some other guy from Georgia calls and says he has bought them, >some >number of them, and wants to come get them. My buddy by then is like >come get every one of the damn things, I'm tired of fooling with them. > >So the guy shows up with a tractor trailer, and starts loading then >says >he only bought 20 or 25 of them, he can't deal with the others, thank >you very much. So my buddy now has a bunch of the things around still, > >and reproducing. They are pretty big, and fairly docile but stupid, so > >he just kinda lets them hang out with his other cattle. He might have >sold some or something but apparently the market is fairly limited to >cheese producers and there aren't too many in that bidness. I'm not >sure they're any good for eating or they would be on menus around here. > >I don't think anyone else wants to milk them so they just do whatever >cows do. You go over there and drive through the fields, and there are > >these big water buffaloes and babies hanging around in the pastures and > >the woods and whatnot, mixed in with his regular cattle, it's pretty >funny, looks like Vietnam or some damn place. > >--FT > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
