New York Times on Key Sacha Baron Cohen-Borat Story: GOT KUMIS???

In another effort to boast its credibility, the New York Times continues to fearlessly plow ahead on matters pertaining to Boart, (Sacha Baron Cohen) and the good people of Kazakhstan.

In a rare instance of Boldface foreign policy journalism, we checked with ROMAN VASSILENKO, the press secretary for the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Washington, who has made a second career out of correcting the record on Borat's Kazakhstan...

..."I get one, two e-mails a day," Mr. Vassilenko said. "But it's been constant. I get e-mails from Americans and from Kazakhs. Americans are suggesting how they should handle it, i.e., that we should invite him to Kazakhstan, which we did. There are some very passionate people in Kazakhstan who are very eager to host him. One Kazakh businesswoman in Taraz invited him; she wants to make him taste kumis, which is fermented horse milk."

For the uninitiated, KUMIS (and I quote):

Kumis

Source: Olga, RussianFoods.com Editor   Mail to: [email protected]

Description Kumis, favorite Kazakh drink is a milk product from mare (cow) milk, considered restorative and tonic. Method Bring to boil milk, water and sugar, then coll down. Add kefir or clabber and leave in a room until it is sour. After that add yeast and leave until fermentation. Mix carefully, strain and bottle. When kumis bubbles, it is ready to be served.		Ingredients 1 l milk. 1 c water. 3 tb sugar. 2 tb kefir or clabber. 5 g dry yeast.
Kymyz (kumis) is made from fresh mare''s milk only, which is poured into a special leather bag for fermentation and is then stirred with a special wooden stick "bishkek" over 2000 times to produce good kymyz. Adding kefir to cow milk will make more kefir as bacteria involved in fermentation is different from the bacteria used in kymyz.   Madia   Wrong Recepie (sic) I wonder why the Editor did not take time to learn what real Kumis is before publishing it. Kumis is mare's milk, which is female horse, not a cow. Kumis boosts one's immunity and is very healthy. It does have a specific sour taste which may not be liked by everyone. Goes well with honey. Thank you. Yenlik

When these Cossacks get recipe correct, we will republish.  Maybe problem not recipe, maybe problem is telling horse from cow?

Wait, comrade!!!!  I am now convinced, mare is correct from offical link to Kazakhstan Visitor's and Convention Bureau:

The national speciality is kumis, fermented mare's milk. Cafés where this can be ordered are called Kumis-Khana. Refusing it when offered may cause offence. In the steppe and desert regions where camels are bred, the camel's milk, called shubat, is offered to guests.

Eight glasses a day, bubbala.

Comments

[Jill]

Does anyone have the REAL RECIPE for Kumis using Mare's Milk? My mare, Ginger is happy to provide me with milk..now..real recipe needed. Help!

[buy kamagra]

So here you have it, a frozen yogurt like recipe using So Delicious Coconut Milk Kefir.
Because coconut milk kefir is so low in fat, I combined it with full fat coconut milk to prevent it from turning out like ice milk and freezing up to an icy block when placed in the freezer. Make sure the coconut milk you buy contains at least 10 grams of fat per 2 ounces, which is per 1/4 cup). You can use Thai Kitchen, Whole Foods Brand, or something from an Asian market.