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Can you make human cheese?

Can you make breast milk cheese? Yes, it is possible to make cheese with breast milk. Although, it's certainly not a frequently attempted endeavor or widely accepted appetizer option.

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So should you get out that vintage wine you’ve been saving and serve up some aged colostrum curdles, or leave this unique culinary creation to avant-garde chefs and lactating turophiles? Here are the fascinating facts to consider. Turns out there’s a market (albeit a niche one) for cheese made with — you guessed it — breast milk. And whether you’ve landed here by accident or while doing extensive recipe research, the very notion of breast milk cheese is probably enough to pique your curiosity — if not your appetite. Yes, it is possible to make cheese with breast milk. Although, it’s certainly not a frequently attempted endeavor or widely accepted appetizer option. While some chefs have privately — and publicly — tried using the ingredient in recipes, you probably won’t see “foremilk fondue” on a restaurant menu near you anytime soon. If you watch the reality TV show “MasterChef,” though, you might know that a contestant once served Gordon Ramsay — much to his shock — breast milk mac and cheese.

While he was caught off guard by the use of this intensely personal secret ingredient, other culinary artists are more readily on board with some titillating experimentation in the kitchen. After all, breast is best, right?

In 2010 renowned restauranteur and chef Daniel Angerer made waves and headlines when he posted a recipe for breast milk cheese on his blog. As the story goes, his nursing wife had an abundant supply of pumped breast milk and lack of freezer storage; thus, inspiration struck. Waste not, want not when you have a plethora of mommy’s milk to ferment. Alas, a little (OK, big!) thing like health regulations impeded Angerer from being able to offer the gourmet fruits, er, dairy of his wife’s labor to his more adventurous restaurant diners in New York City. Yes, this fromage “faux pas” was solely a black market menu offering that was only available to close friends and family members in Angerer’s home kitchen — and for good reason, of course. Breast milk is unpasteurized and can harbor illness-causing bacteria if it’s not handled and stored properly. Moreover, it’s a bodily fluid; it can carry viruses like HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. This is why donated breast milk should be strictly screened and tested before distribution. While the risk of contracting a serious disease via a bite-size portion of breast milk cheese is incredibly low, it still warrants a red flag from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, as well as other regulatory institutions around the United States. There are rules in place meant to discourage the use of human fluids in the use of cooking. Health implications aside, the majority of cheese connoisseurs are aghast at the idea of swapping out cow’s milk or goat’s milk for a lactating mama’s liquid gold. That said, a few bold foodie fanatics out there are intrigued by the ingenuity of using breast milk. Furthermore, strict vegans may appreciate culinary creations made with the human (and humanely) sourced ingredient as an animal-friendly alternative to other “dairy” products. In fact, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) celebrates the idea of using human milk instead of animal milk as a more ethical choice in cooking. Still, it should be noted that Angerer’s original recipe for breast milk cheese uses part cow’s milk and rennet to achieve coagulation, so it’s not quite a vegan dish.

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How much does a muskox tag cost?

Single Species Hunt: 1 Hunter - $10,900.00USD plus Federal Tax of 5% Musk Ox license and tag - Canadian $472.50 CDN Musk Ox license and tag - American/Other $640.00 CDN

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Trophy Shipment

It is highly recommended that you have your trophies shipped to you or a taxidermist of your choice after the hunt. We will assist with this process and make sure that the trophies get to you or your taxidermist in a timely matter. The Musk-Ox will be skinned by your guide on the spot then frozen. In order to get your hide and skull across the border it must be salted and dried and the skull must be totally cleaned. Also, most of the time the airlines will not accept the package as luggage because of the size and weight and they will require it to go as cargo. The approx. cost to have it shipped to Edmonton and have it fleshed, salted, and dried and to clean the skull is as follows;