Goat meat is popping up on trendy menus, touted as the next hot thing. How sad. The true goodness of goats is in their wise eyes, their frisky tails, their wispy beards — and their milk.
Calcium-rich, it's lower in fat, lactose and cholesterol than cow's milk but with a rich creaminess. And the goat's milk movement has grown way beyond chevre with a new generation of great products.
Laloo Goat's Milk Ice Cream ($5.99, 16 ounces) could convert the most goat-phobic. Creamy, dreamy Vanilla Snowflake has true vanilla taste, super-satisfying mouth feel and the merest goaty tang. It comes in half a dozen other flavors, too, including chocolate. Another plus: It has half the calories (140) and one-third the fat (6 grams) of Haagen-Dazs vanilla bean.
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