06-24-2004, 05:51 AM
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Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Moose Cheese
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CNN.com (partial article)
Swedish treat: Moose cheese
Wednesday, June 23, 2004 Posted: 6:10 PM EDT (2210 GMT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- It's healthy and tasty, for those with expensive tastes.
Farmers in northern Sweden are milking moose and making cheese, which they sell for a lot of dough -- nearly $500 a pound. The buyers include upscale hotels and restaurants in Sweden.
Christer Johansson and his wife, Ulla, started their 59-acre dairy farm "Moose House" seven years ago in Bjursholm, 404 miles north of the capital, Stockholm. They claim it is the only moose dairy farm in Europe.
The Johanssons currently have 14 moose in the fields but only three -- "Gullan," "Haelga" and "Juna" -- can be milked.
The three cows, who stay outdoors all year, were abandoned calves found in the woods around Bjursholm and taken in by the Johansson family.
"Fortunately they know and love us, because they weigh about 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds). They see us almost as their own calves," Christer Johansson said.
The Johanssons were inspired by similar facilities in eastern Russia, although those produce only milk, he said.
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Never heard of this before. I know cow's, goat's, water buffalo -based cheeses, but MOOSE??? Has anyone tried this stuff? Any good? Should there be more moose farms?
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