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Pope Francis: I was fed donkey's milk as a boy

Pope Francis reveals he was fed asses' milk when growing up in Argentina

The Pope, who famously disdains luxury, said he was fed donkey’s milk when he was growing up in his native Argentina

It was a symbol of decadence in the classical world, most famously in the case of Cleopatra, but Pope Francis has revealed that he once had a penchant for asses’ milk – as a baby.

The Pope, who famously disdains luxury, said he was fed donkey’s milk when he was growing up in his native Argentina, to supplement his mother's milk.

The unusual revelation emerged this week when the Pope was given a present of two donkeys by an Italian company called Eurolactis Italia that produces donkey milk.

The firm also donated a few gallons of the milk to the Bambin Gesu (Baby Jesus) Hospital, one of Rome’s best known paediatric hospitals.

Containing more lactose and less fat than cow’s milk, donkey milk is considered to be closer to human breast milk.

The Pope, who famously disdains luxury, said he was fed donkey’s milk when he was growing up in his native Argentina

Photo: Franco Origlia/Getty Images.

By Nick Squires, Rome

6:17PM GMT 05 Dec 2014

Novak Djokovic buys up annual supply of donkey cheese

The entire annual production of the world's most expensive cheese made from donkeys' milk has been bought by the tennis player Novak Djokovic for his chain of restaurants.

Novak Djokovic has bought the entire annual production of the world's most expensive cheese made from donkeys' milk

The Wimbledon champion and world number one player who is passionate about his Serbian homeland where the cheese is made said he wanted to make sure he secured enough to supply a new chain of restaurants that he is opening in the country.

The cheese when it was unveiled earlier in the year joined the burger that costs £3,000 from a restaurant in Las Vegas and a £700 caviar-coated omelette at a plush New York hotel as being one of the world's most expensive foods.

But unlike the posh US producers of the other foods the cheese now snapped up by the tennis ace is made on a donkey farm in Serbia, in Zasavica, that also provides the name of the company.

Slobodan Simic, the manager at Zasavica, said the secret of the cheese's great taste was the fact that it was produced from milk taken from donkey's raised on one of Serbia's most famous wildlife and nature reserves.

The cheese, known as pule, is made only from donkeys and it takes 25 litres of fresh donkey milk to make a single kilogram.

The entire annual production of the world's most expensive cheese made from donkeys' milk has been bought by the tennis player Novak Djokovic for his chain of restaurants.
Photo: Getty Images/PA

By Richard Alleyne

7:57AM GMT 10 Dec 2012

Why Donkey Milk Cosmetics (Asses’ Milk) are good for your complexion

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