Cow Concentrate
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Issue Date
2010-08-25Author
Hacker, Randi
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas
Type
Recording, oral
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Postcards from Asia;0201
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Broadcast Transcript: Our hi tech world is so smug about how it's cramming more and more stuff into smaller and smaller spaces. Well, here in Mongolia, this is nothing new. Mongolian nomads have been doing it for centuries only instead of storing and carrying, say, 1000 songs in a tiny iPod, they have been storing and carrying 1000 pounds of beef in a tiny pouch. The meat is freeze dried between late November and March in barns across the steppes. The result is борц or winter food. борц is dried to such an extreme that it is practically powder, a powder that preserves all the flavor and nutrition of a whole cow without the weight. Nomads use just a pinch to flavor a hearty beef noodle soup that sustains them through the cold months. You might call it cow concentrate. Just add water! #ceas #hacker #mongolia
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This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia.
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