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Thursday, February 09, 2006

chewin the yak fat ...

Do people in Mongolia really eat yak fat???? (From a comment posted earlier this week, that I can't link to at the moment...)

Mongolian Culture:
"In Mongolia, the diet depends on region. In the south, a lot of mutton, camel and camel dairy products are eaten. In the mountains, however, beef is much more common. In the capital city of Ulaanbaatar, there is a wide range of food widely available, most of it imported. Vegetables are main new part of the Mongol diet, which is traditionally based on meat and dairy products.

"Yak's milk butter is also very important to the Mongols, however it is important they prefer to use cow milk, both as a food source and a fuel for lamps. In the past, because it was once almost their only fuel, schools were sometimes forced to decide between food for the staff and students, or lamplight for reading and learning."


I think Ulaan Baatar means "abuse of the letter 'A'" in Mongolian.

1 Comments:

At 8:26 AM, CP2 said...

Unhh, I think I'm gonna yak.

 

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