Nargie's Mongolian Cuisine: AIRAG - KUMIS (Mongolian Fermented Mare's Milk)

Every winter, Americans enjoy some puny Budweiser Clydesdales horses slip about in snowflakes carrying some wimpy beer. This is a pretty neat trick from peasants in a young empire like the United States. Good job, guys!
But in Mongolia... During the dead of winter, whilst taking a break from hunting WOLVES with EAGLES (or sitting at home listening to The Red Hot Chili Peppers), dudes like Nargie chug airag. What is airag? Well, the warrior-lady princess horses, aka the mares, produce milk, which is fermented into a delicious and strong alcoholic drink. It's STRONGER horses making STRONGER drinks in COLDER winter for COOLER dudes like Nargie. Keep Mongolia Great!
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[@biffywang]

I miss my times in Mongolia. When i first tried airag, I was like, "What am I getting myself into? This is the most weirdest thing I've ever had!" My first sip, it was like a spoiled milk that was sitting in the fridge a week too long. But then it had this odd sweet after taste. I thought I was done, but I couldn't stop drinking it. It became oddly satisfying to drink! God willing, I will be back in this beautiful nation!

[@Pantheragatos]

How much alcohol is in it? 10% or more? I can see getting pretty tipsy on it ;-)

[@pedbagg]

@@Pantheragatos actually good fermented airag could hit up to 20%. Mostly its around 2 to 5%

[@Pantheragatos]

PBataa Gaming I’d try it 👍

[@alyssaaishezamora6610]

Im excited to travel there in Mongolia.... soon 💖💖

[@timberlord1637]

@@Pantheragatos usually its very low so that even kids are allowed to drink it. i have memories of being slightly tipsy drinking a lot of airag when i was 5 XD

[@amang1001]

Damn being a cowboy in any country is some serious hard work.

[@judoacademy5352]

I can't stop smiling. God, we have some beautiful country here.

[@seetheanimal5867]

Soooo pretty!! Sky n Earth n people n animals all breathe there!!

[@markrobinson1135]

With Nargie? What you see is what you get. A great host, knowledgeable about the Mongolian culture and he knows everybody

[@captainie1]

Wonderful videos I was lucky to be in Mongolia 10 years ago and we were treated to Airag . My best friend is married to a Mongolian lady,

[@avirmed.m3762]

Thanks for introducing Mongolia for foriegns.That's so speacial . Mongolian counrtyside is so beautiful and amazing.If u visit mongolia one day , u shoud know Mongolia's history then let's feel that beautiful nature. Hope u enjoy Mongolia .

[@seetheanimal5867]

Protect it from ALL foreigners... even me ... it is so pretty n worth keeping safe

[@baasantserenganbold2925]

I miss Mongolian countryside so much. So nostalgic. PS: I am a Mongolian who lives abroad.

[@denissaliaj9459]

@China Boss the horse doesnt breed with the sheep. But the dragon feeds on horse and sheep alike 😜 -Daenerys Targaryen.

[@thatsablackperson4708]

In Turkey we call it kimiz thx for the amazing video

[@positive.stories]

Love my country ❤️🇲🇳

[@ArakIngtiKathar]

I came here to see the grass, the nature, and various diet of human and Mongolian tradition and culture. It takes me back to my roots in the midst of modernisation.

[@MrWhiterunGuard]

With Nargie's mannerisms, way of speaking and his respect for the spirits of nature if he ever were to come to visit the Americas people would probably mistake him for a Native American.

[@nomad963]

Your friend was so natural with your customs! Love your videos and best regards from the Balkans! Cheers!

[@PankaikeAussieShep]

i love this channel so so much!! its so refreshing to learn about mongolian culture through its cuisine!!

[@aktaruzzamanrony9551]

Thanks for uploading .One of my favourite channel. Thanks nargie for sharing ur culture.

[@saiffulnassir5139]

i Love Mongolians Cuisine! and i Love Mongolian.... Two ThumbsUp Nargies! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@sophiaconwell4275]

I love the Mongolian people they love their horses & milk 🐴❤️

[@Saiedeh94510]

I enjoyed this episode very much. Thanks for the education!

[@zhumashnurzhamal4130]

До чего позитивный блогер.салем из Астаны Алматы.

[@АлександрКара-Сал-б2м]

Отличный Хымыс! Молодцы!

[@tooyamikage1862]

Going to visit Mongolia someday because of my show Phantom Requiem.

[@uka8528]

Geez, what a wonderful vibe in this video, and also all of those scene makes me homesick 😭

[@aspenschannel7740]

Imagine a country entirely made up of a windows background ... Mongoliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@jheyy5014]

Well sir you are back! We missed you. Fan from the Philippines.

[@dammyb.4438]

Did you see the atmosphere in the ger? There is no mortgage, no stress, no tsunami, all foods are 100% organic. That’s so happy people

[@taij9998]

that's true

[@gritcrit4385]

Yes true. But they are also at the mercy of weather. One bad winter, one summer with no rain could wipe out your entire livestock.

[@SatisfyingJoyMotive1222]

that`s right

[@bobfryfish]

@@gritcrit4385 They know how to endure in these environments though.

[@gritcrit4385]

@@bobfryfish don't tell me what my people can and cannot do

[@luxtempestas]

Finally! I read a lot about Airag, never tasted it but someday...

[@bustereagal3570]

I Love This Channel God Bless You Nargie 😍🙏

[@Sはしらま]

Я люблю вас все молодцы!

[@j.dpowerman5031]

👍👍

[@joethesimple685]

We hope that one of next great videos shows Nargie portrays the role of Genghis Khan. And presenting more delicious Mongolian dishes to him. I could imagine that. 🍻😊🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

[@amangcaya4468]

All your videos make me reaaaaally interested in Mongolian culture!! Hoping to visit mongolia one day

[@ozdoits]

Delightful educational goodness. Thank you Artger!

[@БаатархүүСалжуудовогт]

The southern regions: Saikhan,Orkhon and Bayan-Agt of Bulgan province are well known for producing the traditional Mongolian drink Airag(fermented mare’s milk) .

[@xakbata120]

NARGIE dude Waiting u long long time ...miss u

[@lovelove7643]

I love mongolian I am Tibetan Ilove you Mongolian

[@vinizhimo6963]

I really love Mongolian tradition and culture so simple living.

[@seetheanimal5867]

It's not simple... it's real. In u r an entitled racist prick

[@seetheanimal5867]

Where r u from simpleton.. let's talk bout ur Simple people n laugh

[@batzayaolonbayar2746]

Yes yes yes oilgood bn hehe heegui mongolchuud min shn shuu. What a beautiful life ❤️❤️❤️

[@anumyagmardorj7919]

Thiss why Mongolia has no coronavirus yet, except solely french guy

[@nyamkaa1]

Яая аа.. Баян-Агтын айраг үнэн тасархай юм байна лээ.. Юун Сайхан, юун Могод..

[@Royamamasgirl]

So amazing 😻

[@pankajshiv5402]

Again great job nargie..... thumb's up

[@derederekat9051]

coomis my favorite drink!

[@dickmanspieter7431]

Saighan Bena. In 14 days I will go back to the country where I belong. 🇲🇳 See u soon Mongolia, Minii ger gej nerledeg züiliig arvankhoyordugaar sard bairluul

[@tenuunerdenetsogt8057]

Airag ❤️‍🔥

[@txmommee1]

Yay! Nargie is back!

[@Zaya8888]

About damn time Nargie...

[@HUUUUU-x6n]

Gaihaltai uw soyoltoi ard tumen shuu Mongolchuud eh ornoo sanachlaa ... saihan shuu MOngol min

[@tseborushka]

i just got familiar with these sounds at background, video standart is very good and entertaining. Information and content is so educational. Thank you for making these videos. I am soo looking forward your videos Nargie! Make me wanna travel around my country so much. Thank you

[@carlpilkington]

Look at how short these horses are. I bet they are very sturdy as well. Its like the western horses are like bugatti, but Mongolian horses are like a sturdy 4x4 pickup truck.

[@gold_leaf0702]

I love how there's a timestamp just for the butterfly:)

[@axelkuling1393]

0:55 its like windows XP wallpaper

[@rachelcoleman4693]

I love that spotted horse at 13:00.

[@tugsuufre]

Called Appaloosa in english i think. There are around 500 names for horse color appearance in Mongolia. You will find from this how strong horse culture we have.

[@zahwa85]

Started Missing my home town back in Tibet

[@erdenebulganchuluunbat1432]

I like it wow. All the best Nargie bro

[@fockewulf9518]

Airag... Saah ingite...

[@bbjagaa]

My late father-in-law used to bring 800 litres of airag every fall, and 6 of us would drink it within a week or two. I liked this episode

[@TealCheetah]

Wonderful video!

[@batoshagdarov2027]

газар уhан хоер нир- нир гээ, ганса модон ядар- ядар гээ. Юунбэ?

[@huselman]

Thunder

[@lkhagwadorj]

аянга

[@batoshagdarov2027]

Айраг модоор сохигдосон

[@hishigjargal7019]

айраг бүлэх

[@batoshagdarov2027]

Good idea!

[@umarfarooqgujjar9353]

Like from Pakistan💚💜

[@AbdulAhad-xt5wm]

6:40 even the horse agrees with you

[@estroudchef]

Another good video

[@bx3556]

Ayiraag means to "Separate" in Old Turkic (and in the modern day they drink ayran a yogurt watery drink with salt, they still have ayirag but they more often drink Raki which is Arak, in the steppes Araki from Ayirag, but combined maybe with raks [grape in Greek] which is why Raki is made with grapes but sometimes called "lion's milk", a heavier alcoholic content than Ayraag), in Mongolian spelled ääryg. Some Mongolians say tsegee, which may have something to do with Skyr in Iceland.

[@tulgaericson4550]

"Araki" sounds a lot like "arkhi" which means vodka or alcohol in Mongolian

[@agungwayne3090]

Airag

[@cihanyildiz5112]

Anladığım kadarıyla bu biz türkler de kımız olarak geçiyor

[@klyanadkmorr]

Kewl a VIKING Descendant hanging out with a MONGOLIAN descendant, beauty of the human race varieties living TO SHARE IN PEACE! Finger game = Mongolian ROCK PAPER SCISSORS lolmao

[@jeffrosenberry]

Thank you.

[@indratsolmon7871]

Gosh i miss my country so much...

[@daamii25]

Indra Tsolmon bi chamaig sanaad bn

[@dugzamilza5212]

Mongol- off roading Toyota Prius alongside Jeep Wrangler and Russian Buhanka.

[@incelkeys6630]

Fermented horse milk , in turkic countries it is called " kımız" . Correct me if I am wrong.

[@enkhtaiwantaiwnaa8682]

Yes you re right. I heard that kumis.

[@mry1908]

Delicious

[@thedandywarhol5729]

GENGHIS KHAAAAAN!!!!!!! (Why does every mongolian look like genghis though?)

[@lilleafjewelry]

@WarPaint 47 he spelt it right and u're too rude

[@colefriel3171]

Dohyunnie Kiyomi the romanization of the traditional name is Chinggis Khan

[@lilleafjewelry]

@@colefriel3171 It's right if u're mongolian but when u search in English Genghis khan is right

[@rbr6561]

@WarPaint 47 oh u mean Alexander the great

[@winlaxmunkhbat2216]

@WarPaint 47 bruh its chingis haan in mongolian

[@МыктыбекНазаров-и6в]

☺👌👍👏👋

[@marcomongke3116]

horse handling aka logistics for world conquest.

[@unbagideon5938]

Nargie s come backkkkkkk

[@pingpong5314]

Давайте перевод на русский!!! Очень интересно и очень хочется узнать нового!!!

[@j.dpowerman5031]

👍👍

[@bobifisher2967]

🤣:

[@Kruppt808]

those low ger/yurt doors(entrances look brutal to me) i am 6ft 5, 300+ pounds. it looks like it would be a tight squeeze to get in, but inside looks spacious.

[@calhoun1968]

Just one minor thing I've noticed over tha past year or so, Nargie says Bowel (That's the place your poop comes from), instead of Bowl (the concave thing you drink or eat soup from)....

[@txmommee1]

Because it’s his second language and even with a few small mistakes he still is 100% better at English than we are with Mongolian.

[@enkhzayazundui1063]

Concave...ok. i learned a new word.👍

[@elaztic]

All that for some Eric. Dope 🐴🥛🍼

[@buministemi5212]

Kımız is traditional drinks of Turks. Even protoTurks drunk it. Kımız is also part of Turkish oath ceremony. If you split your blood into bowl which full of kımız, you can make an important agreements. But you have to drink it. That bowl is ant kadehi. Todays we still use it for oath we say '' Ant içerim'' Also we have special letter for it. Orkhon- Gokturk alphabet has Ant letter. Shape of letter shows the bowl with blood.

[@bbjagaa]

All sound familiar, mongol turks are brothers

[@ХхтмрГанболд]

Anatolian Kurd greek not Mongolian bloods

[@PauloChristianGilPaza]

Im waitung for thusss

[@ulanbatyr4442]

Oh,қымыз

[@y-mefarm4249]

I wonder if somebody is lactose intolerant if they can drink mares milk. 🤔

[@tukal8682]

I think you can. Mares milk more like mothers milk. My daughter had milk allergy I did skin test with mares milk didn’t show reaction. But she did not want to drink mare milk.

[@aam2457]

Are the horses weirdly small or are all these guys huge? That's crazy dude our horses are easily 600kg

[@qinshi6278]

My trun brother

[@qinshi6278]

Ok

[@tophealth429]

Great video. BTW does anyone know the music that starts around 04:00? And don't say it's Darude -Sandstorm. LOL

[@smotero034]

Jesus Christ I want to know too. Shazam cannot identify it

[@mikematters6307]

Whats this stuff everyone is sniffing in almost all ur videos?

[@bgs5272]

Nargie!

[@DerickC_]

Ghost of tsushima

[@tamirbuynulzii8724]

unique

[@reesesmith5998]

Does anyone know what kind of yeast is used during the process of making the Airag?

[@DivineKnight_115]

Who else came here to learn about airag after playing ghost of Tsushima? I learned something new today…

[@oniduuoniduu7846]

монгол хадмалтай хийвэл бүүр гоё байна. Үнэхээр сонирхолтой байнашүү

[@ARTHUR_MORGANhh]

Who else came frome khotun kahn the last drink of his life and chopped his head

[@алуурчинжэфф]

enuund english zaaj ugudluu haayaaa t1 ch yum shig zuw yum deer english yarildaa

[@emilabd2616]

Ух бир чыны кымыз ичмек элем

[@duugiide]

❤️

[@aihal_sakha]

✊👍

[@mazaalai9352]

Yes yes yes yes hahaha

[@raymondreno6025]

Foal is pronounced like goal, fowl is a bird

[@bbmcgee33]

Or means rank! I kept thinking they were talking about something horrid! :D

[@wolfhaven9312]

Does this drink make you drunk or not so much? I would like to try it when I go to Mongolia. Darned covid better get under control! ☺

[@orgilgankhuyag5222]

Yes it can.

[@wolfhaven9312]

@Saturno Garuda interesting... So some variations are stronger than others. Yeah, like homemade beer. 😎🍺

[@jeffrosenberry]

It can, but the alcohol content is low.

[@JGMoore]

Puny Clydesdale horses?

[@RenegadeRanga]

I find it fascinating that cows aren't somehow used more.

[@winlaxmunkhbat2216]

freethinker1 cows are used more than horses (for dairy products)

[@mickymouse2445]

Do mongolians heard cows as well? I think I haven't seen it jet.

[@winlaxmunkhbat2216]

@@mickymouse2445are you slow?

[@agungwayne3090]

Pretty girl..