airag

It is also typical to drink airag and exchange gifts.

The most prominent national beverage is airag, fermented mare's milk.

Mongolians also make a horse milk wine, called airag.

Someone else accidentally upset a bowl of airag.

Eight bowls of airag had not done much for her aim and the blows were raining down on my shoulders.

With the arrival of the third bowl of airag each guest was obliged to offer a song.

The mare's milk is processed into the national beverage airag, and some animals are slaughtered for meat.

For additional sustenance, horse mare's milk was made into an alcoholic beverage, known as airag.

The main part of their diet was "airag" or fermented mare's milk, a food which is still widely drunk today.

New reserves of airag were arriving.

It also includes a freshwater Airag Lake.

There is more airag.

Traditionally each guest had to drink three bowls of airag and three of arkhi.

The bowls of airag came and went, and the company grew mawkish and lachrymose.

The active ingredient in airag, responsible for its unique flavor, is lactic acid produced by lactobaccilli bacteria.

The Dundgobi province is also noted among Mongolian locals for its airag (fermented horse milk), a traditional Mongolian alcoholic drink.

The best airag is said to come from Dundgov or Middle Gobi province, south of Mongolia's capital Ulan Bataar.

It is the upper one in a system of the interconnected lakes: Khar-Us, Khar, Dörgön, Airag and Khyargas.

The railway station connecting Bor-Öndör (60 km) via Airag to Ulan Bator and Beijing is at the sum center.

Now we see the town elders serving the victor a plate of dried curds and his cup of celebratory airag, an eyeball-poppingly strong drink of fermented mare's milk.

Batu, addressing him, said "You have for a long time refused to come, but have effaced your ill conduct by your obedience" and saluted him with a draught of airag.

Laying a fat hand on my head, he mumbled a few words in faux Tibetan by way of a blessing, then offered me a bowl of airag [fermented mare's milk].

Visit a felt tent (called a ger) on the Mongolian steppes, and you'll likely find yourself handed a large bowl of airag - Mongolian moonshine made from fermented horse milk.

The groom's brother, in his role as best man, was trying to bring some order to the proceedings, introducing members of the groom's family, welcoming the bride's family, directing the flow of airag.

The founder of Calpis, Kaiun Mishima, traveled to the Mongolian region of northern China ("Inner Mongolia") in 1904, encountering a traditional cultured milk product known as airag.