It could be a "famine food"? That's my term for assorted ethnic dishes. I reckon at sometime in the region's past they had a nasty famine. They had to be really creative with not much, and couldn't be picky about it. Fast forward several generations and it becomes a "treat" or a "national delicacy".
It could be a "famine food"?
ReplyDeleteThat's my term for assorted ethnic dishes. I reckon at sometime in the region's past they had a nasty famine. They had to be really creative with not much, and couldn't be picky about it. Fast forward several generations and it becomes a "treat" or a "national delicacy".
Yeah most likely. There's actually a lovely article about it here: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210426-qurt-a-kazakh-cheese-of-resilience
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