Editing Carabao (section)

===Meat===
{{See also|Buffalo meat}}

The term "carabeef" is used to refer to the meat of carabaos in the Philippines. It is a [[portmanteau]] of "carabao" and "beef" and was originally coined in [[Philippine English]] in the 1970s to distinguish the meat of water buffalos from beef.<ref name="Doctor">{{cite news |last1=Doctor |first1=Vikram |title=Ban on cow slaughter in Maharashtra: Why Indian consumers should insist on buffalo milk & carabeef |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ban-on-cow-slaughter-in-maharashtra-why-indian-consumers-should-insist-on-buffalo-milk-carabeef/articleshow/46487532.cms?from=mdr |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=The Economic Times |date=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="Joanino">{{cite journal |last1=Joanino |first1=Charlene |title=Carabeef takes limelight in Buglasan 2019's Organic Farm Family Congress and Agri-Fair |journal=Bubalus |date=4 November 2019 |volume=2 |page=9 |url=https://www.pcc.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Bubalus-Newsletter-4th-qtr-final-12.27.19.pdf}}</ref>

The butchering of carabaos is strictly regulated under Philippine law in an effort to conserve the population. Only carabaos that are seven years or older (if male) or eleven years or older (if female) can be slaughtered after the acquisition of necessary permits and clearances. In all other instances, the killing of carabaos is illegal. However, this law is often violated due to poor enforcement.<ref name="Fernandez">{{cite book |last1=Fernandez |first1=Doreen G. |editor1-last=Walker |editor1-first=Harlan |title=Milk: Beyond the Dairy |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford Symposium |series=Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1999 |isbn=9781903018064 |pages=126–136 |chapter=Carabao Milk in Philippine Life}}</ref><ref name="Cardiñoza"/><ref name="Ganancial">{{cite news |last1=Ganancial |first1=Rachel |title=ProVet says no law prohibiting use of carabao meat in corned beef |url=https://palawan-news.com/provet-says-no-law-prohibiting-use-of-carabao-meat-in-corned-beef/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=Palawan News |date=21 July 2022}}</ref>

Carabeef is popular in some regions and can be used in dishes in place of beef, like in ''[[Tapa (Filipino cuisine)|tapa]]'', as well as in commercial processed meat like [[corned beef]] and ''[[longganisa]]''.<ref name="Fernandez"/><ref name="Cardiñoza">{{cite news |last1=Cardiñoza |first1=Gabriel |title=Pangasinan's carabeef business flourishes |url=https://business.inquirer.net/209000/pangasinans-carabeef-business-flourishes |access-date=10 February 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="ss">{{cite news |title=The prospects of carabao industry |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/the-prospects-of-carabao-industry |work=SunStar |date=20 October 2013}}</ref> Carabao skin can also be cooked as ''[[chicharon]]''.<ref name="ss"/>