Top 7 Weird Eating Habits in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

[@sophialoren7855]

Finally, a channel to learn about Kazakh culture with a fluent English speaker! Thank you!

[@hellodarknesss.myoldfriend]

lol. in south africa we eat sheep head too. in lesotho, they eat horse meat as well. 😆

[@masterchiefpettyofficer1176]

@@hellodarknesss.myoldfriendnoone cares

[@normpeplow3813]

Thanks for this post, I agree.

[@blgram]

I'm from Turkey. When I was a kid, my family took me to village where my great grandparents live and some other relatives live. In diner, we had Sheep's head. I still remember my great grandmother gave its tongue to me to eat it. She told me she is giving it to me because she wants to see me successful. She said something like "you shall be able to give great speeches in front of important people"

[@aidostel]

Children usually eat ears. I ate dozen of it when i was child.

[@ardeiuti]

So did you? Become a great inspirational speaker, I mean

[@timuraykeldi8633]

Türkiyede bu adet hala yaşıyor mu? Ben öğrenciyken bizim kazak kırgızlarda böyle bir geleneği hakkında anlattığımda Türkler (yani Türkiyeliler) bana vahşi gözüyle bakardı

[@blgram]

@@timuraykeldi8633 bilmiyorum. Neredeyse 30 yıl önce oldu.

[@blgram]

@@ardeiuti Nope. :)

[@martinez153]

amazing video! my girlfriend is kazakh and this helps me feel a bit closer to her ☺️ thank you for such an informative vid, subbed!

[@danny55531]

As an Mexican-American that grew up eating tongue meat and loves Persian cuisine (They also have sheep's head called Kalepache) I will love Kazakh cuisine. Recently I became especially interested in Kazakh culture along with Kyrgyz and Turkic cultures in general! I already speak Turkish and would like to learn Kazakh and Russian to travel about central Asia

[@youandme9078]

Kazakh is NOT Persian:)

[@danny55531]

@@youandme9078 I know it's not ;) I am simply stating I will love it because it's similar to my cuisines

[@youandme9078]

@@danny55531 where are you from?

[@danny55531]

@@youandme9078 I am from the US and my family is from Mexico. I grew up eating Mexican food, Persian food. I'm familiar with the tastes of tongue, cheek, etc.

[@youandme9078]

@@danny55531 Lol okay. I’m turk. I Can say that the persians is not turk. We have own traditionel food is manti, ayran, raw food....- turk is not persians. Many persians were living too in Turkey. We all are not like.

[@kelsobell]

I am preparing to host an exchange student from Kazakhstan, and these videos are extremely helpful! Thank you!

[@TokkingBlackMochi]

I'm so happy that I found your channel to learn more things about Kazakhstan. QPop brings me here .. Korean salads thing is kind of mind blowing, I am really surprised about that. I agree with number 7

[@yiwoon_cr8s]

same here!

[@markhunt6177]

Thank you for sharing aspects of your culture with us. As a meat eater I think I would do well in Kazakhstan. I wouldn't miss pork either, it doesn't really agree with me. You speak better English many Americans.

[@elinemelb8238]

I was so amazed to learn from your video that Kazakhstan and Norway has a lot of similarities regarding eating habits and culture. We don't eat that much horse and insted eat a lot of pig, but other wise, it is so similar. I really want to visit Kazakhstan some day 🙂

[@shugylaassylbay6096]

Awww ☺️ You are always welcome here! I didn’t know that Scandinavian countries have something in common with us, that’s amazing. I have Dutch and Swiss friends but they were a bit shocked with the fact that Kazakhs eat horse meat and drink its milk. 😂 If you will visit KZ once, I would be glad to show you Astana and Burabay (my hometown). Just drop me a message on Facebook: Shugyla Assylbay.

[@evawettergren7492]

In scandinavia much of this is also quite common. Porrige is practically a national dish in Norway and sheep's head is not unusual in Iceland. Potatoes can be peeled or not, depending on what season you get them. Early potatoes have a thin skin and it is easier to just wash the dirt off. Winter potatoes get a tough skin which we often peel. We also eat a little bit of horse meat in Sweden. It is mainly smoked and thinly sliced and then put on bread. For some reason we call it hamburger meat... don't know why. As for religion, I think the sentiment is similar there as well. We are christian countries but few people consider themselves truly christian or religious at all. Not many practice religion actively so I would say the scandinavian countries are mostly secular in reality.

[@tugelbekedilov7542]

Than you for sharing information 👍

[@petersk475]

I just discovered your channel and i love it! Salutes from Greece

[@d1n0ch4n]

Finally,,, (maybe you've hear this so many times, but I will repeat again) find a channel with fluent English about Kazakh culture. Rahmet !

[@WKBaker4]

Thanks for sharing your culture! Hoping to travel to Kazakhstan at some time! I’m original from California, studied in Germany now living in Tokyo!

[@virgil63]

Great video!! yeah, and actually eating sheep brain or tongue is pretty normal in Mexican culture too,,, well... from the cow mainly but we eat anything tasty ))).. Thanks for sharing.

[@wonyeelhwangbo6453]

Hi, Salitiss. I am Wonyeel, thanks for your so many precious infomation and I didn't know about 6th of them 'Korean salad' yet. When I come again in Kaz, I want to try that. Wish u all the best.

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

lots of koreans in the USSR.. "korean salada" is common in most former soviet countries.

[@sgandem]

Recently got introduced to your channel. Thoroughly enjoying and binge-watching all your videos as you very eloquently explain the beautiful Kazah culture in them. Thanks!!!

[@mimimajidi4369]

I'm Malaysian residing in Almaty now. Thank you for your videos, they are very helpful. May Allah bless you with hidayah & good deeds.

[@omeirkhan8806]

Allah isn't real and we don't need any hidayat.

[@bevl7721]

Wow! So many things I've learned! I had no clue about some of these at all. I knew about the sheep head but I didn't know about the horse!

[@walybox]

Me too it’s the first time to hear that ,

[@Mustafa1998]

In turkey we eat also sheeps head lot. Cant eat in europe but when I arrive turkey father makes it 3 4 times for me

[@monikakot7324]

Horrible

[@igat1983]

Thank you for great video! In Poland we used to eat a lot of offal including my favourite tongue, but I believe it is usually from cow or pork. Back in the days during celebrations it was often to have a pigs head, but I don't remember eating it. We don't have a lot of sheep, unless you are in high mountains, but then they are mostly used for milk (and delicious cheeses) and wool. Most of Europe peel their potatoes, not so much in UK though. We eat a lot of bread, but not with other form of carbs (like pasta, rice or potatoes), I think it is very common in Spain and/or Portugal to eat bread with everything ;) In Poland we have so called "Chinese soups", which are not really Chinese. It may be similar to your Korean salads, or it may have different origin, as our "Chinese soups" are rather cheap instant version of noodle soup.

[@seriferamadan9141]

What is your “Chinese Soup” recipe please? I checked with Google but, there’s lots of soups recipe, I don’t know which one is the Chinese Soup. My daughter’s boyfriend his Polish, I like to make some of his traditional food

[@igat1983]

@@seriferamadan9141 What we call in Polish "Chinese soup" is cheap instant noodle soup. Google "Vifon" or "zupka chinska" and see images. We don't have actual recipe for it, as it is only bought never homemade. Vifon is a company that produce them, later "amino" and Knorr started to do similar style of instant noodle soups.

[@seriferamadan9141]

Iga_T_1983 thank you very much

[@dilyam7]

@@igat1983 lol in KZ we also sometime call instant noodle soups Chinese noodles

[@craigpatching2697]

Hi Salta, you eating habits are a lot like New Zealand , but we don't eat horse meat, but we do eat pork / ham/ bacon. Its great to see you show the world your life, I would love to visit your country someday, Thank You so much.

[@kail9777]

Oh my goodness I learned so much!!! Such an interesting channel!! The Korean food part was fascinating!!!! : ) Also the ice !!

[@AJ-iv8hf]

Thank you so much for this great content that your channel providing, interesting and true facts. I am living in SK now and my friends asking so many questions about my homecountry, from now on I'll just recommend your videos ))

[@wackyzack1234]

I remember when I studied abroad in Kazakhstan and after like a week I was craving veggies. So much meat and carbs but it is delicious, I miss all of the mutton

[@olesyawinkler1863]

Very interesting! Thanks

[@yektaamir]

Thank you, very informative enjoyed your video

[@JosephYap38]

I love besh! I always get a big portion and I can’t finish it. Pork is ❤️ 😊

[@colinschmidt8881]

My Kazakhstan shirt came in the mail today :)

[@shugylaassylbay6096]

😯

[@seriferamadan9141]

I don’t like ice in my drinks either, even though summer time my country people using ice in their drinks, I prefer without ice or cold water from fridge

[@chansusharon]

Even we eat sheep's head , all the internal organs in our country ""Nepal"

[@creativeworld1714]

Very nice. First time someone introduce Kazikhistan very well. Nasir from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@fatimaamier8262]

Eating pork Astaghfirullah

[@febryanwahyuprafitra3716]

Theres many people in here not really follow all the direction of islam too, it's really challenge 😁. I mean depend the person, love you sister 💕💕 from indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩 you really good

[@mohammedalmaamari4333]

Just she needs to change her last name from " Muslim-Ali" to Turk-Mongolian Traditional Name.

[@danv3004]

You did an awesome job talking about our Kazakh culture. One thing I want to point out is that Kazakh people don’t eat or avoid eating pork in general. Horse meat, lamb meat and beef is usually consumed. As a Kazakh, I don’t eat meat but that is my personal choice.

[@jebu100]

Just landed on this video, and the coincidence is that today we have sheeps head and sheeps legs cooked in our kitchen.. 😋, and I find all eating habits same matching with my state we eat same bread we call it double roti, we peel our potatoes same way, we don't prefer to use ice in our drinks and in past we use to either dry or freeze our food for winters but now that habits are gone coz whole year we have foods available in grocery stores.

[@zahoorhameed1309]

keep it up friend i always watch your videos

[@YoungKim0705]

Korean salad... Pretty educational :)

[@Userhandle7384]

That’s interesting, I’m American and I almost always peel potatoes unless it’s baked potatoes.

[@h.rihma11]

In Indonesia we also eat sheep/lamb/cow head...we made it for soup, called by "gulai". I loved it

[@lucasdesimone101]

Hello Salta!. Horse meat and their products are common in some countries of Europe o even in Latin America, as well. Most people know it as " Mortadella ". I Love your channel and I would like to visit Almaty some day!. I heard about a great Ski Station is nearby The City!. Kind regards. L.

[@JV-oi6ch]

All those weird parts of the animal you mentioned - brain, eyes, tongue, kidney, liver etc. - we call them spare parts and we enjoy them a lot. I have never eaten horse meat; I presume it would taste like beef and would not mind tasting it just to get a feel for it. Nice video presented very well.

[@fahadalmulhim8142]

You are so good , thank u so much 👍.. I like to read more about your Aspects & comments ✋

[@valnauffts9965]

Your channel is very interesting ,I learned a lot about your country . It’s looks so beautiful. Thank you so much .

[@johnbernard5166]

It's not weird habit, actually in my country too we eat the head, ear or even tongue ...etc i really love horse meat 🍖 , big kiss to kazakh

[@sabrinastraveladventures4263]

How interesting...being French i can relate a lot to what you are saying. I saw lots of French labels on your supermarket vlog, even the setting of the supermarket is like a French supermarket down to packaging, alleyways....Except that French eat pork...all parts of the animals are pretty much for sale.. tongue, kidneys, brains, lungs, Im vegetarian and we live in England and all this is not widely available here in United Kingdom...that carrot salad "korean salad" is so common....i get delivery every 2 weeks from French supermaket and order this all the time...i grew up on this, school canteen will have this as a starter option available most days 😀...i saw certain dairy (we too love dairy) produces that dont exist in France but made by French Brand "Président"...its unfortunate that those arent available for us to try it would be so interesting...i guess we will have to come and try for ourselves in Kazakhstan! One day soon hopefully 🙏 Sabrina and Ruby

[@tbjtbj4786]

Pork especially wild pork can have some serious illness and parasites if its not cleaned and cooked correctly. I would not have any problems with the meats there. Except maybe the horse meat. I would try it i have been told it was good. But i was rased on a farm/ ranch and was riding horses by the time I was 4. I have 5 now. I don't think I could eat those 5. So would corn portage be the same as southern American grits? And here we eat the potato skins alot of the time.

[@SuperNasri91]

As a muslim, Ive one question.. Is it all meat in Kazakh’s supermarket are halal? Or do we have to find any halal logo on it? 😄😄😄 btw ur vids is super informative.. im ur new suscriber

[@kazakhexol]

I've never seen non halal meat in our supermarkets

[@OiksnKawa]

It's actually very hard to find non halal food in our store's

[@mekesoetens134]

Great video. Do you have tips for a vegetarian visiting Kazakhstan? And for when visiting a Kazakh family as a vegetarian?

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

Central Asia isn’t the best region for you

[@mekesoetens134]

@@yerlocalpeanutdealer795 Yes, I am afraid you are right 😅

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

@@mekesoetens134 Agriculture wasn’t that developed in the old days of Central Asia.

[@hey_irmasaaa9886]

I think the best option for vegetarian is to visit neighboring country Uzbekistan. It has a lot of veggies, and when I mean a lot its really a lot, due to the warm weather they have plenty of fruits, veggies and vegetables. Kazakhstan doesn't have much to offer since it imports fruits/vegetables from Uzbekistan and its very expensive

[@danv3004]

I am a Kazakh American. When I visit my home country Kazakhstan, my family accommodates me. They live in a big city Atyrau so we go out to the restaurants where you can find a plenty of vegetarian options. I also go grocery shopping and make my own food.

[@saplingrow3227]

Thanks for letting us know about your food and culture. Love from india

[@zahoorhameed1309]

i wanna learn kazakhstani languages

[@fatimaamier8262]

Learn Arabic it's wajib

[@zahoorhameed1309]

@@fatimaamier8262 i also know pork is haram. just i was curious about kazakh people . i hope you would forgive me . and i'm sorry. i'm going to delete my comments. and THANKS for realizing me

[@Fatherland927]

Kazakhstan (and Kyrgyzstan) has good nightlife street food, too it's great

[@zeminder1]

We eat sheep’s brain in Northern India. Brain is called “bheja”. Bheja curry is a special dish and is relished greatly.

[@gohanssj48]

I live in Brazil and here is common to Peel potatoes too, even when you Will boil them.

[@walbertsterling496]

Love you, i respect all that you say love ,greatness.

[@business_venture]

Same as our Nagas culture, pork is our most popular meat in Nagaland.. Our looks, our lifestyle very similar..

[@ppmm75]

love your videos , so much useful info...

[@wetot2]

May Tengri God of blue Sky give you hidaayah 😊

[@bowallin6111]

We eat horse in Sweden in Scandinavia. Its very common and sold everywhere including places like 7-11. The funny thing is that Americans think it must be illegal.

[@BenedictChan76]

👍🏼Great Success!👍🏼

[@AnoukhHellstream]

Sounds like I would feel right at home in Kazakhstan. Only thing from the list I don't have in my daily life is horse meat, and i'm curious about how those salads taste like. I don't really eat pork either as I don't really like the taste of it. I haven't had porridge since I left Sweden, which is kind of a shame. I used to eat rice porridge with milk and butter for breakfast. I think I made a mistake in moving to the US. I should have moved to Kazakhstan instead.

[@hengaj7204]

Beautiful country 😜 n culture here, thanks for sharing

[@preciouspixies2]

plz make video on acrylic nails in kazkhstan

[@alfalaq99]

Gosh, I wanna go back to Kazakhstan.

[@RiazKhan-wq9qt]

My a distance relative married Almaty women, her name is Nuri. I’m from Bangladesh. They are living in Bangladesh.

[@dsvance1]

"No ice in my water, please." Yeah, so then they bring no ice, but the water is like 1 degree above freezing. I just ask for a mug of hot water. They don't charge for it, I don't have to deal with cold water. Win Win!

[@OiksnKawa]

To the fact that we actually very respectful to animals because they are very huge part of our culture, i would like to mention, that back in Kazakh Khanate we compared persons wealthy by the count of sheep, horses and cows they have. Because rich people had a lot of them, because of that our pet names in families are all like "құлыншақ"(baby horse) " ботақай "(baby camel), "қошақай" (baby sheep) (We also have some beautiful pet names that i adore really much is "жаным" (zhanym) whic means "my soul" we call that our lovers or people we really love. And the second one "айналайын"(ainalayin) which have very deep meaning. It comes from verb " spinning " and is connected to tengri ritual, but in all we say it to the person that we want to all their illnesses,misfortunes, and worries to turn to us, so that we took away all their problems, usually parents call their children with that pet name)

[@foortibalok]

তোমার সত্যবাদী গুণ টা অনেক ভালো লাগলো।

[@rafiqkie]

Okay... Noted, I do not eating pork or lard in my entire life... Yup, because I rely on religious matter.. To Salta keep on rolling your clip for more.. 😘😍🥰👍

[@fatimaamier8262]

Stop watching her videos... She ollis promoting secularism

[@rand-san2095]

TBH, grass-fed ruminant animals are probably healthier for you to eat. They have a better Omega-3 to Omega-6 ratio. Same with Pasture-raised chickens and pigs, but that is more difficult to find in the US.

[@methanial73]

The problem with the taboo over pork originated from Trichinosis. In Ancient times their weren't vaccines for it and people would get infected. That's no longer an issue since the vaccines. Pigs are not dirty in the wild. They're also as clean as you want, depending on how you want to raise them.

[@adityawijaya3163]

kazakh culture has some features in middle east and asian culture somehow

[@thetrueguidance-----3601]

May Allah guide the kazakistan people towards Islam... In sha Allah, one day will come all kazaks will come to the path of their ancestors that is Islam

[@rajatkataria5468]

It's not weird it's your traditional be proud you have it's your responsibility to secure your traditional being a indian I respect you with my heart ❤️ 🙂🇮🇳 ❤️

[@martinsfelsis7820]

A pig's head (cūkas galva or cūkas šnukurs) is one of the traditional Latvian holiday foods. Often they are not easy to find, so it's time to get to work! First, decide if you want your cūkas šnukurs fresh-roasted, or smoked.

[@Nigsalda]

Hi ! Can you do a video where you bake traditional samsa ? Thank you

[@blahblee9383]

I was married to a Kazak/american. Well his ancestors were anyway and it was strange how I thought he had Asian in his line because of his eyes but when my daughter did her dna she found out she was Kazakhstan, Turkish, and Greek. So we are learning all we can of the traditions and foods of the culture. I am Meso American and she knows all my side traditions. We are enjoying learning her ancestors on her dad's side.

[@peliasaurelius3854]

Well, Kazakhstani people are Asian

[@kirupagajan]

I'm a srilankan Tamil. We eat poragde. Specifically when our mom get angry or lazy

[@RabidIrishGuy88]

I'm curious, do the "Korean salads" have some vinegar in them, are they like some kinds of variations of sauerkraut?

[@RabidIrishGuy88]

PS- peeling potatoes seems to be something that varies heavily with many Americans! I think it's connected to what you described- in some places, it's the main effective way to "wash" the potato, or get it clean. I'm a farmer and also know that a disease called "scab" makes the skin unpleasant to eat, so if that ever happens, people tend to peel them. I prefer to eat everything, including the skins, but have to grow the potatoes in such a way that they don't get scab (keeping the soil acidic, and not using overly fresh manure, is the way).

[@nouralkafnawiz8692]

I’m Arab and in our culture we eat a sheep’s head ( I personally don’t like it but my family loves it )

[@mdazimurrahman6052]

Hi I wanna come to kazakhstan can you help me

[@fahimbhaia]

why you dont upload any new video?

[@ialcinosman5224]

In Romania GUDEM(Something special from Horse meat)

[@zahoorhameed1309]

nice its amazing

[@fatimaamier8262]

Disgusting to call this amazing... MAY Allah guide u all back to Islam Quran and sunnah

[@zahoorhameed1309]

@@fatimaamier8262 i mean video is help full. and she told us about their culture

[@yerlocalpeanutdealer795]

@@fatimaamier8262 Crying?

[@Yuuuuuuuull]

@@fatimaamier8262eating sheep and horse is haram now?

[@miorfaizulsabki6667]

May Allah open your heart to learn and practice what Allah revealed to our prophet Muhammad saw.

[@aaricmercy1151]

She can eat pork 🐖🥩 u get lost

[@miorfaizulsabki6667]

@@aaricmercy1151 Any human being have the choice to disobey god

[@aaricmercy1151]

@@miorfaizulsabki6667 the one who u belive is not mine God... You can't impose.... U belive in God... We have superior than God which is called vagwan..

[@miorfaizulsabki6667]

@@aaricmercy1151 im talking about her..never about you. Are you intoxicated by cow urine?

[@Human_boy_91]

​​@@aaricmercy1151 when he imposes religion bro ? he just prayed to Allah for Kazakh muslims It's wrong to pray?

[@Metarig]

I feel I've been Kazakh but I didn't know it

[@somashekars7928]

I liked Korean salad story

[@earlvonndelacruz9101]

I would love to eat sheep head. In the Philippines we eat horse. I wish you can help me when I visit your country

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

only english speaking people and thai people are obsessed with ice in their drinks. in europe drinks are served room temperature or slightly cool.. russia too.

[@dedeborya9015]

the sheep brain is delicious .... I am always the OLDEST foreigner at the table - I am FAT because I am well honored. Thanks Central Asia ! (if you want pork - go to the Russians - they have it; and as they can't often sell it - they are happy to see an American that will keep their stocks well enjoyed) The 'Korean' Salads are great adds to home borshcht. In Bishkek if you are drinking an ICED LATTE it is because over the last 8 years, it is a cafe that I have trained, posted, promoted. (Seattle Native - coffee should have ICE damnit)

[@walybox]

first time I hear they eat horse meat, I imagine it's delicious,I would like to eat horse meat_____primero ves que escucho que comen carne de caballo me gustaría comer la carne de caballo.

[@giuseppecappelluti3626]

Sometimes I see Kazakhs like a Russianised version of the Turks of the 11th century. (Disclaimer: I don’t say Kazakhs are backward. I just imagine that Turks of the 11th century looked like Kazakhs, before they intermingled with Persians, Greeks and West Asians)

[@JawadAhmadsahibzada]

😂 1:40 also cooked in Pakistan, but not very common , but you explain it in a very funny way 😂 2:14 i love brain - taste like eggs - from cow, goat or sheep one, but never tried head meat 😂 ... 3:50 exactly, you won't even find in Pakistan even if you ask for it. horse meat is not Haram in Islam but i'm not used to it, that's i will never try 😂. 4:56 very very common in Pakistan. 8:48 exactly - ice is not very common. in summer season yes, but generally not. ,,,,, very informative video, Thank you but you missed "kapoory" 😂😂😂😂 which you can buy as a dish in Pakistani hotels or street foods, i have never tried it 😂

[@GABRAN47]

I've had sheeps head. Its actually tasted OK. I'd eat it again especially the tongue..

[@monikakot7324]

Horrible

[@asselassanova6911]

Kazakh people Don’t eat pork! ❌❌❌ We are Muslims. It’s haram. If you eat yourself, don’t generalise , talk only about yourself. If you are unfaithful , it doesn’t mean all are kafirs

[@farizajm8025]

Exactly sister! 😊I also wanted say these actually

[@sahenoorkhatoon6970]

She told that that Kazakh people don't follow islamic rules

[@HyperF1]

Pork is delicious and has the least revolting smell, compared to fish, chicken, mutton, beef, horse meat, donkey meat, venison, etc., unless you have grown accustomed to their tastes.

[@wildbill9919]

l live in the USA and have wondered what horse meat tastes like.

[@stevenchristiansen1354]

Тоже хочу научиться говорить на англ как ты

[@jinxsiemcdeath6250]

Sheep head is alright. My preferred cooking method is roasting and I would take the cheek. Brain, I absolutely will not because of possible prions. Horse meat objectively would have very little fat and somewhat gamy, like a giant rabbit.

[@Userhandle7384]

Those korean salads are Russian they’re not really korean as you say. Wanna try them though!

[@shugylaassylbay6096]

It’s not Russian, post Soviet countries are not all Russian. Local Koreans eat it.

[@hamit.akimbekov]

Блиииин Казакстанды сагындым =(

[@msawesome011]

So beautiful ❤❤❤

[@arlansuper]

I want that meat!