Before coming to Kazakhstan we decided that we wanted to try new things while we were here. One of those things was to try the national drink of Kazakhstan, kumis. Kumis is fermented mares' milk. Like horse milk. That's been fermented. We enjoy Russia's fermented drink, kvas, which is a drink made from fermented bread. It has a slightly sour and sweet taste that is quite thirst quenching and has a bit of a carbonated feel with the fermented yeast.
Today we went down to the local mall to get new cell phones. The one we had bought from a kiosk the day we arrived were cheap knockoffs (we found out later) and weren't working very well. After we picked up our new phones we stopped to pick up a few groceries. While in the dairy section we saw some kumis in a bottle. What better time than now to try something new.
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| Our Kumis, at the table. |
We decided to have it for dinner. I poured a little into all of our cups. We raised our glasses.
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| Lexa and Nika don't look too sure about this! |
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| Drinking our Kumis |
Then we drank. Disaster! It tasted like rotten kerosene. It was awful. I gagged, the girls spit it out. Sophie could only cry.
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| Sophie did NOT like kumis |
We all rinsed out our cups and then drank some juice to get the taste out of our mouth. Some might say that we got a bad batch or a bad brand. Overall we don't plan on trying kumis again.
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| Pouring out the unused kumis. Get it out of here! |
If you are like your Grandpa you will have everyone who comes to visit try it. They look suspicious even when it was sitting on the table.
ReplyDeleteWe won't subject anyone to Kumis - unless they ask for it! They were mostly apprehensive and not really excited. Their apprehension was completely justified.
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