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[English]

yep that's me drinking fermented horses

milk I bet you're wondering how I got

here let me tell

you it started a bit ago when I was

making a Mongolian stew called Bonton

for an episode about hangover meals

around the world the girl who submitted

the dish her name is Hulan from Mongolia

started talking about this specific

drink our favorite alcohol in the

evening to drink is beer and some times

fermented M milk and it's called a so in

this video we are going to do two things

first we are going to travel to outer

Mongolia to learn all about this amazing

drink and then because I was able to get

my hands on some we are going to do a

taste test so let's start by leaving my

living

room welcome to Mongolia where there

might be more animals than people locals

here make traditional egg the process

has remained largely un touched since

the 13th

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century spee

fore for

spe for

speech

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speech arig can be a reliable source of

protein fat vitamins a a c e and D in

the summer months many Mongolians

actually drink EG as a substitute for

meals to make it fresh Mar's milk is

filtered and then poured into a large

cide sack called the cuur it is then

stirred with a combination of lactic

acid bacteria and yeast with a wooden

Masher repeatedly over one or two

days

for because of its fermentation which

can give Eric an alcohol content of over

2% that is similar to a light beer it

also has some expected side effects

Beyond just its nutritional

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value

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for Eric can have a slightly sour taste

that some Mongolians think might take

some getting used to

I'm sold and I'm excited to try this egg

was actually not easy to find I searched

the city but ultimately I found it

online and had it shipped directly to my

house from

Mongolia so we are going to do a taste

test I have three different levels of

ARG starting with the most expensive

down to instant packets and I'm going to

taste them all I think that we should

obviously start with the most expensive

you know you don't want to start with

the cheapest for your first

rodeo

cheers

ooh that has a very interesting flavor

the taste of this feels

very grassy almost there's very much

this element of nature in this and

there's a sourness that you get from the

fermentation but it's different from the

idea of a cafir if you've ever had that

the sourness of this tastes a little

more

expired it's an acquired taste I will

give you that I will give you that all

right let's try the next one so this is

level

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two this one is actually maybe a little

bit easier to drink first impressions is

that this one was a lot

thinner this one just tastes a little

bit more like sour yogurt that you've

just put a bunch of water in and so I'm

finding the flavor to be like a little

easier for the third one we are doing

the cheapest version which is just an

instant packet so this is powdered

fermented Mar's milk that I'm putting

into lukewarm

water

cheers well I will say that this is

actually the easiest to drink because I

wasn't really sure how much water to put

in so this might be the most watered

down of all of them this kind of tastes

like cheese

milk I think that there is a very real

and understandable tendency for people

if they are introduced to a food that is

very much outside of what is culturally

accepted where they are to think like ew

or to be scared of it for me this whole

experience was really improved from

learning and really seeing the practice

in its culture and it made me a lot more

excited to try it and I think that that

it really helped me appreciate what I

was trying even if I didn't truly love

it

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I would love to know if this is

something that you would ever be open to

trying let me know in the comments until

then I am going to leave a link in the

description to where you can find all of

these milks just you know in case you're

curious cheers

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
drink /drɪŋk/ A1	verb - to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it noun - a liquid that is suitable for drinking
fermented /fəˈmɛntɪd/ B2	adjective - converted by fermentation
horse /hɔːrs/ B1	noun - a large animal with four legs, used for riding or pulling things
milk /mɪlk/ A1	noun - a white liquid produced by female mammals to feed their young
stew /stuː/ B2	noun - a dish cooked by slow cooking meat or vegetables in liquid
hangover /ˈhæŋˌoʊvər/ B2	noun - unpleasant effects of drinking too much alcohol
beer /bɪr/ A2	noun - an alcoholic drink made from grains
travel /ˈtrævəl/ A1	verb - to go from one place to another
animal /ˈænɪməl/ A1	noun - a living thing that can move and eat
process /ˈprɑːses/ B1	noun - a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a result
protein /ˈproʊtiːn/ B1	noun - a substance in food that helps body growth and health
sour /ˈsaʊər/ B1	adjective - having a sharp, acidic taste
taste /teɪst/ A1	verb - to perceive flavor through the mouth noun - the sensation of flavor
grassy /ˈgræsi/ B2	adjective - having the taste or smell of grass
acquired /əˈkwaɪərd/ B2	adjective - learned or gained after some effort
instant /ˈɪnstənt/ B1	adjective - happening immediately
powdered /ˈpaʊdərd/ B2	adjective - in the form of powder
cultural /ˈkʌltʃərəl/ B1	adjective - relating to the arts, traditions, or society of a group