SC - "bog butter"

[Oughton, Karin (GEIS, Tirlan)]

> >2) Highland Scottish cattle breeds (such as one would find in the
> >Orkneys) were and are generally rather log-haired.
> 
> Ye olde Aberdeen Angus again - don't know which others.
> 
> 
> 
	I'm wondering if folks are confusing Aberdeen Angus with true
highland cattle here? They are distinctly different breeds.

	Aberdeen Angus is a 'breed  developed in the 18th Cy approx for meat
production, thought to have been breed from the original poll cattle in the
areas of Aberdeen and Angus. It's generally completely black and is a very
impressive , if small framed animal. The main reason they are so famous
nowadays is that they produce superb quality meat, they have only ever been
grass-fed and therefore are presumably BSE free ( there have been no
recorded BSE cases), and are one of the few breeds that have been kept
totally pure-bred and each individual specimen has been recorded and logged
for a significant period, giving us a true history of the food source - you
know what diseases they have had, what they have been fed etc.

	Highland Cattle are the original cattle from the Highlands of
scotland , and they are longhaired, very shaggy and cuddly looking beasties
with big horns. Historical records from the 18th Cy show that it has
remained pure bred from then, so there is a good chance it's close to the
original pre historic breed - I can certainly see how you got hair in the
milk.

	Look at http://www.gsnu.ac.kr/~dairy/cow/index.html for some good
basic information and pretty pictures

	For those who want to try eating  a piece of Highland  try out
http://www.highlandproducers.co.uk/

	Karin
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