KZBlog

An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan

Tag archive for ‘beshbarmak’

  • Horsemeat and Vinegar

    Registan’s very own Joshua Foust has a fun article up on Need to Know by PBS about the joys of Kazakh food. There’s also what looks like a pretty good recipe for lamb and pumpkin manty, my favorite. Never had horse manty and I don’t agree with using lean meat. Manty should have a bit […]

  • Please, Sir Can I Have Some More Horse Fat?

    Chris Merriman prompted to me to write a quick note on Dom Joly’s take on horsemeat. A while ago, I was at a formal celebration and they served beshbarmak made of horse meat, but not just horse meat: the big fatty chunks of horse meat. In fact there was very little actual meat on the […]