Camel Milk

Because the UAE is so hyper-modern there are not many things that you can't get here that you might be able to get at home, and vice-versa.  Of course, there are always little local peculiarities, and here's a picture of one of them: camel milk.  I'm pretty certain that you can't get that at home, at least not in Burlington, Vermont.  It tastes much like cow's milk, with the exception that it is a tad salty (and it's not a taste I've adjusted to yet).  Several of the male students, especially if there are from one of the areas outside of Abu Dhabi or Dubai, actually own camels and will occasionally bring in fresh camel milk as a present for their professors.  It's a very nice gesture, although camel's milk doesn't agree with the western tummy.

I haven't braved camel milk shakes yet.