buffalo burger
{{short description|Hamburgers made with meat from the American bison}}
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Buffalo burgers are hamburgers made with meat from the water buffalo, beefalo or American bison (Bison bison).{{cite news |first=Dick |last=Sheridan |title=Buffalo Meat Makes Comeback |date=15 June 1999 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/buffalo-meat-comeback-article-1.838183 |work=Daily News |location=New York |accessdate=25 November 2011}}
Description
Author Dan O'Brien said that buffalo meat is sweet and tender and has a unique taste. He also said that it has to be prepared as carefully as fresh fish.{{cite book |last1=O'Brien |first1=Dan |title=Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch |publisher=Random House |location=New York |year=2002 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeWosucOVokC&pg=PTA90 |accessdate=25 November 2011 |isbn=978-0-375-76139-3}} The magazine Women's Health said that the taste of beef burgers and buffalo burgers is almost indistinguishable, but that buffalo burgers are a bit sweeter and more tender. It normally costs more than beef.{{cite journal |last1=Kaddy |first1=Matthew |others=Sarah Breakridge (recipes) and Jim Franco (photographs) |journal=Women's Health |title=Bust Out of a Food Rut |date=June 2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cUDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA97 |accessdate=25 November 2011}}
Nutrition
Buffalo burgers have less cholesterol, less fat, and less food energy than burgers made from beef or chicken. The American Heart Association recommended buffalo burgers in 1997 as more heart-healthy than chicken or beef.{{cite journal |last=Duffy |first=Gillian |journal=New York |title=Where's The Beef? |date=June 23–30, 1997 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOgCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 |accessdate=25 November 2011}} The burger is high in nutrients such as protein, zinc, and vitamin B12. Buffalo burgers are more healthy than beef because bison do not store as much fat as cattle. An {{convert|3|oz|g|abbr=off|order=flip|adj=on}} serving of buffalo meat has {{convert|93|kcal|kJ|abbr=off|order=flip}} and 1.8 g of fat compared to {{convert|183|kcal|kJ|abbr=on|order=flip}} and 8.7 g of fat in the same serving as beef.{{cite journal |journal=Orange Coast |last=McKibbin |first=Amy |author2=Beth Morrison |title=Roaming an Altogether Different Range |date=April 1995 |volume=21 |issue=4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16 |accessdate=25 November 2011}} A recipe for simple buffalo burgers was listed in Men's Health Muscle Chow.{{cite book |last1=Aveden |first1=Gregg |title=Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Easy-to-Follow Recipes to Burn Fat and Feed Your Muscles |publisher=Rodale |location=New York |year=2007 |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k6Wj4V-BKocC&pg=PA70 |accessdate=25 November 2011 |isbn=978-1-59486-548-0}} The magazine EatingWell came up with a buffalo burger recipe that is low in cholesterol and high in calcium.{{cite web |url=http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/smoky_buffalo_burger.html |title=Smoky Buffalo Burger |date=May–June 2008 |accessdate=25 November 2011 |work=EatingWell}}
See also
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