America’s growing Somali community has spent the last two decades trying to integrate into American society.
Now, in the city of Minneapolis, home to the largest Somali population in the United States, one chef is using food to bridge the divide. He’s trying to convince Americans that burgers made from camel meat are the next big food fad. But is he winning over the home of the hamburger?
CGTN’s Nick Harper reports from Minneapolis.
Jamal Hashi wanted to bring the humped-beast’s meat to Minneapolis, home to the largest population of Somalis in America but the first time put camel meat on his menu it didn’t go well.
Four years later, he tried again – in 2010. He served the camel doner-kebab style: a skewer of spiced, ground meat mixed with egg and breadcrumbs and it was a hit. He sold out of camel meat in four days.
He started offering the “The Hashi Burger” at Safari Express, and began ordering a pallet of meat every few months—each of which arrived from, of all places, central Australia.
