# Camel's hump. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775 "2007-02-11T23:13:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/1 "2007-02-11T23:13:22Z")
In Rush Hour, Lee says he’s eating a dish called camel’s hump. Is this a real dish? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/2 "2007-02-12T02:30:51Z")
I Googled “‘camel hump’ food” and found this in one second. [Braised Camel Hump](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/06/programmes_food_for_thought/html/2.stm) By the way, I think it’s quite rare. I lived in Tianjin/Beijing for 2 years and never saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/3 "2007-02-12T03:08:56Z")
I remember seeing some poor camel tied up on the Great Wall outside of Beijing, posing for tourist pictures. I’m pretty sure I’ve had camel meat in Australia. It was ground up into hamburger meat. There are wild camel herds descended from pack animals used in the 1800’s. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/4 "2007-02-12T04:55:33Z")
Dunno about camel hump, but when we were in Libya last year our guide told us that camel meat was a common food there. If the hump is edible, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be consumed as well. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/5 "2007-02-12T05:08:52Z")
I had camel hump at a restaurant in Bei Hai park in Beijing that was supposed to be a recreation of the last Empress’ dining hall. my wife keeps saying we had “camel toe” when she describes it and I have not had the heart to explain to her why that is so wrong. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/6 "2007-02-12T05:12:52Z")
Camel isn’t Kosher because of the configuration of it’s foot, but is it Halal? ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camels-hump/391775/7 "2007-02-12T07:33:21Z")
[QUOTE=DanBlather] I had camel hump at a restaurant in Bei Hai park in Beijing that was supposed to be a recreation of the last Empress’ dining hall. my wife keeps saying we had “camel toe” when she describes it and I have not had the heart to explain to her why that is so wrong. [/QUOTE] Post some pictures of your wife and we can be the judge if she had camel toe. 🙂