Editing Camel (section)

====Dairy====
{{Main|Camel milk}}
[[File:Khan al-Lajjun.jpg|right|thumb|Camels at the Khan and old bridge, [[Lajjun]], [[Ottoman Syria]] (now in [[Israel]]) - 1870s drawing]]
[[File:Camelcalf-feeding.jpg|right|thumb|A camel calf nursing on [[camel milk]]]]

Camel milk is a [[staple food]] of desert nomad tribes and is sometimes considered a meal itself; a nomad can live on only camel milk for almost a month.<ref name=sandiegozoo /><ref name=davidson06 /><ref name=bulliet75>{{cite book | publisher = Columbia University Press | isbn = 9780231072359 | last = Bulliet | first = Richard W. | title = The Camel and the Wheel | url = https://archive.org/details/camelwheel0000bull | url-access = registration | year = 1975 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/camelwheel0000bull/page/23 23], 25, 28, 35–36, 38–40}}</ref><ref name=fao12>{{cite web| publisher = FAO's Animal Production and Health Division| title = Camel Milk| work = Milk & Dairy Products| access-date = 6 December 2012| date = 25 September 2012| url = http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/themes/en/dairy/camel.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121101015011/http://www.fao.org/AG/AGAInfo/themes/en/dairy/camel.html| archive-date = 1 November 2012}}</ref>

Camel milk can readily be made into [[yogurt]], but can only be made into [[butter]] if it is soured first, churned, and a [[clarifying agent]] is then added.<ref name=sandiegozoo /> Until recently, camel milk could not be made into [[camel milk|camel cheese]] because [[rennet]] was unable to coagulate the milk proteins to allow the collection of [[curd]]s.<ref name="ramet-making">{{cite book|title=Camel milk and cheese making|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/T0755E/t0755e02.htm|last=Ramet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624013724/http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0755e/t0755e02.htm|archive-date=2012-06-24}}</ref> Developing less wasteful uses of the milk, the [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]] commissioned Professor J.P. Ramet of the [[École Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires]], who was able to produce curdling by the addition of [[calcium phosphate]] and vegetable rennet in the 1990s.<ref name=fao06>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/2001/010701-e.htm|title=Fresh from your local drome'dairy'?|publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization|date=6 July 2001|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126122946/http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/2001/010701-e.htm|archive-date=26 January 2012}}</ref> The cheese produced from this process has low levels of cholesterol and is easy to digest, even for the lactose intolerant.<ref name="ramet-processing">{{cite book|title=Methods of processing camel milk into cheese|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/T0755E/t0755e04.htm|last=Ramet|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624013729/http://www.fao.org/docrep/003/t0755e/t0755e04.htm|archive-date=2012-06-24}}</ref><ref name=young>{{cite web| last = Young| first = Philippa| title = In Mongolian the Word 'Gobi' Means 'Desert'| access-date = 6 December 2012| url = http://philippayoung.com/?tag=camelcheese&page=2| quote = As evening approaches we are offered camel meat boats, dumplings stuffed with a finely chopped mixture of meat and vegetables, followed by camel milk tea and finally, warm fresh camel's milk to aid digestion and help us sleep.| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130303111456/http://philippayoung.com/?tag=camelcheese&page=2| archive-date = 3 March 2013}}</ref>

Camel milk can also be made into [[ice cream]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15589766 |title=Netherlands' 'crazy' camel farmer |publisher=BBC |date=5 November 2011 |access-date=7 November 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106232703/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-15589766 |archive-date=6 November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/lifestyle/food/al-ain-dairy-launches-camel-milk-ice-cream-1.637218|title=Al Ain Dairy launches camel-milk ice cream|website=The National|date=26 March 2015|language=en|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref>