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​Christmas Cows!

12/26/2015

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​Every Christmas the Kay Jewelers' commercials proclaim,  “Every kiss begins with Kay.”  The other night Joel remarked, “At our house, 'kiss' begins with cow.”   Not very grammatically or phonetically correct, I suppose, and I realize some women may not appreciate it, but I was thrilled with my Christmas present this year.  With investment help from our nephew, Joel surprised me with two Scottish Highland heifers for Christmas.  This was a sacrifice on his part because he would have preferred Angus or Herefords or something more practical, but aren’t the Highlands just about the cutest things you ever saw?  And they have lots of hair so I don’t have to worry about them getting cold.  
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On a more practical note, Scottish Highlands have lean meat (the hair insulates them so they don’t need as much fat), which is low in cholesterol  (but I’m not going to think about the beef part of it at this point — that issue is way off in the distant future).  They also have lots of butterfat in their milk.   And that part I do like!
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Sandy Radeke
12/26/2015 09:01:45 pm

They are pretty cute but where are you going to find a Scottish Highland bull to breed them with when the time comes???

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Donna
12/27/2015 12:42:31 pm

There's a herd just east of town and a couple near Milaca. If all else fails, there's always Craigslist :)

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Becky (elk river)
12/28/2015 11:57:41 am

Oh Donna! They are so sweet. I'm looking forward to meating them...just kidding!

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Donna
12/28/2015 01:36:01 pm

I see what you did there... Yes, come over and MEET them sometime. (We'll discuss the "meating" part down the road when they have boy calves — which I'm assured will not be cute).

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Teri Walker
12/30/2015 03:12:42 pm

I have always loved Scottish Highlands - being a Scot, maybe there is an affinity for all things Scot! Very nice present Donna,

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Donna
12/30/2015 05:12:50 pm

I thought it was a very nice present. Now I'm digging through Scottish baby names to come up with the perfect ones.

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