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New Entry from "Food Through Time"--All Mongolian Recipes

posted by [personal profile] cathyr19355 at 01:09pm on 19/06/2011 under
Just a little heads-up about an interesting website that describes modern and "traditional" Mongolian food. Links and discussion appear here.
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posted by [identity profile] fadethecat.livejournal.com at 05:18pm on 19/06/2011
While at a restaurant a few weeks back, I actually caught a portion of a food show that was, for that episode,trying traditional Mongolian cuisine. It was fascinating: they had something like five different items in the meal that were just variations on Doing Something With Mare's Milk. The fermented milk to drink, different variations of cheese and clotted cream fried or cooked in other concentrations of milk... It looked fascinating. Amazing how much variety they could get out of a single ingredient.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 05:22pm on 19/06/2011
...they had something like five different items in the meal that were just variations on Doing Something With Mare's Milk.

This website reflects that quality, too.

The fermented milk to drink, different variations of cheese and clotted cream fried or cooked in other concentrations of milk... It looked fascinating. Amazing how much variety they could get out of a single ingredient.

They had to. They lived (and many still do) in the middle of open grasslands with nothing but their mares, clothes and weapons. No refrigeration. They could hunt for meat, or gather what few edible plants there are on the steppe, or trade to some extent, and that was it. So they had to be resourceful, and they had to figure out how to make whatever foods they had last as long as possible without going bad.
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 09:58pm on 19/06/2011
Oh jeez. I know why you were looking up airag. Did you buy a bottle?
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:10pm on 19/06/2011
No, not yet--but I'm still thinking of doing so. Two of the Rainbow of Favors give Cellars of Wine, and the Bishop will give me a Cellar if I breed him a Hound of Heaven...
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 11:18pm on 19/06/2011
Not sure what the Airag is good for yet. I have one, and nothing's come up.

I'm holding on the Rainbow of Favors until I have a large project I need stuff for. Considering making another Hound of Heaven because I kind of want one.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:47pm on 19/06/2011
Right now don't have any big projects other than joining God's Editors...really want another choice for Constant Companion other than Jewel Thief, Artist's Model and Rubbery Appendage....
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:49pm on 19/06/2011
Let me know if you ever do get a card involving the airag. Does it have a sale price in the Bazaar? If so, what is it?
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 03:26am on 20/06/2011
E 62.50, which is (as with all those things) a hell of a lot less than what went into buying it.

Book of Hidden Bodies: E 6.00
Favors in High Places: E 12.50
Cellar of Wine: E 12.50
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 03:28am on 20/06/2011
BTW on the Airag, I asked Alexis whether there was ever going to be a use for it, and he replied "Possibly. ;-)" Not much for giving spoilers, Alexis.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 04:02am on 20/06/2011
No, he's not. He won't even give ETAs for when new batches of content are coming out.
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 09:35pm on 20/06/2011
Incidentally, Hounds of Heaven have no resale value except to the Bishop.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:29pm on 20/06/2011
Interesting! Thanks for the heads-up.
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posted by [identity profile] etain.livejournal.com at 02:57pm on 20/06/2011
I know I am missing something here that does not actually have anything to do with aerig.
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posted by [identity profile] tlatoani.livejournal.com at 09:36pm on 20/06/2011
Yes. We're talking about a game called Echo Bazaar, in which a specific bottle of Airag is a fairly obscure and expensive item.

http://echobazaar.failbettergames.com
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:33pm on 20/06/2011
[livejournal.com profile] tlatoani already answered that one. There are links to the game in those of my Tweets with #ebz in it. However, before you plunge in you may want to look at this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EchoBazaar
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 11:12pm on 19/06/2011
Of course, they also add both salt and milk to tea--that's much less appetizing to us. The Tibetans of the Himalayas add butter to tea as well--I suppose in that climate the extra calories come in handy for keeping warm.
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