{"product_id":"ground-water-buffalo","title":"Ground Water Buffalo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Kathmandu, the most sought-after dumpling on the street is not pork or chicken. It is water buffalo. Nepalis call it buff momo. It is pleated by hand, steamed in stacked baskets, and dragged through a sharp tomato and sesame achar while it is still too hot to hold. It is the everyday food of the city, and it has been for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne full pound pack.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost Americans have eaten cheese made from this animal's milk, mozzarella di bufala, and never its meat. The buffalo meat on an American menu is almost always bison, which is a different animal altogether. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is also the only thing in our shop we did not raise ourselves. Farmer David is not building that fence or digging those watering holes. He has enough on his plate. Carrell Farms in Monroe, Georgia has raised water buffalo since 2000. Their herd is grass fed and grass finished, never fed grain, and antibiotic free and vaccine free. The animals are processed at Williamsburg Packing in Kingstree, the same plant that handles our beef and pork.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOpen the pack and the color tells you something is different. The meat is a deep, dark red, and the fat runs white instead of the pale gold of grass finished beef. It is leaner than our ground beef, so it renders less in the pan and holds a firmer bite in a burger. The flavor is clean, deep, and a shade sweeter than beef, with none of the gamey edge people brace for with an unfamiliar meat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLean meat loves bold company. For dumplings, do it the way Kathmandu does: fold in ginger, garlic, and a heavy hand of onion, which melts as it steams and keeps the filling juicy. It also works rolled into meatballs or built into a spiced meat sauce. For a burger, keep it simple: salt, pepper, a hot cast iron, and a slice of sharp cheddar, and let the sweetness come through. Farmer David procured 100 pounds of this ground, just so he could have that burger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you want to taste what the animal changes, cook a pound alongside our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wishbonefarms.com\/products\/ground-beef\" title=\"Grass Fed Ground Beef from Wishbone Heritage Farms\"\u003egrass fed ground beef\u003c\/a\u003e, same pan, same salt. And if dumplings are the plan, our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/wishbonefarms.com\/products\/ground-pork\" title=\"Pasture Raised Ground Pork from Wishbone Heritage Farms\"\u003eground pork\u003c\/a\u003e makes the other half of the platter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wishbone Heritage Farms","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52560882893098,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/1148\/4202\/files\/PhotoComingSoon_309d591d-a32c-43a5-80a4-135abab74960.jpg?v=1774800610","url":"https:\/\/wishbonefarms.com\/products\/ground-water-buffalo","provider":"Wishbone Heritage Farms","version":"1.0","type":"link"}