Would You Try Airag?

[@GreatBigStory]

Here's Beryl's "Hangover Foods Around the World" video she mentioned 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoaupqaDm8t4fK8

[@korro2983]

YO I THOUGHT YOU GUYS STOPPED! IM SO GLAD YOUR BACK!

[@captaint.tearex9279]

As a Mongolian, it's always surreal seeing ANYTHING from our culture being talked about by foreigners. Sometimes it feels like these days, virtually no one even knows we exist! 😂

[@astroboirap]

never forget genghis

[@RhinoAg]

@@astroboirap quite possibly the most brutal killer and practitioner of genocide and murder the world has ever seen.

[@astroboirap]

@@RhinoAg that's true. He was a very naughty boy

[@kabizcivciv]

"our culture" you mean stolen turkic culture and c cuisine?

[@andylimb]

Mongolia is still the top vacation I ever took. I went from the flaming cliffs to Sukhbaatar. I purposely went during Naadam too.

[@johnchiu]

I’m still loving that Beryl is back! GBS is back! Love love love it! ❤

[@MistressJohn]

beryl has a RAVING food / community channel

[@CountryFriedChocobo]

She's absolutely the best.

[@BerylShereshewsky]

Awww thank you!!!!!!

[@johnchiu]

@@BerylShereshewsky I've been chosen by Beryl! What a wonderful day. Can you do a segment on the food of my people? Taiwan? Thanks Beryl! You're the best

[@enduringbird]

I love that great big story is back and I love that Beryl is included!

[@BerylShereshewsky]

Yesss same its so amazing!!!

[@amyoung101]

Beryl just has a way of connecting people and food in the most loving and sincere way! Absolutely love seeing her 🤩She made fermented mares milk approachable and the history fascinating! Well done 🥰

[@BerylShereshewsky]

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[@talanigreywolf7110]

It almost feels like old times, seeing Beryl back on GBS!

[@daveotuwa5596]

Many Mongols are accustomed to drinking airag. They do not have a cow about the drink's taste. They adore the nationally exclusive protein because it is delicious! And it renders skeletal fortification!🥛

[@vysharra]

GBS wasn’t back until Beryl was back, love to see the channel recover it’s best features in the revamp!

[@intreoo]

This is fascinating. I remember watching a video about the food Yakut people eat, and saw that the Yakuts also have their own fermented mare milk drink called ‘kumis’. It’s interesting how similar so many Central-North Asian societies are!

[@alengm]

I am Kazakhstani. We have kumis too, but I never acquired the taste for it. Shubat (camel milk), on the other hand, is delicious.

[@niciton]

It is because all their cultures are influenced by the Mongols for centuries.

[@Nogu3]

I lived in Mongolia for many years, since at the time I was training to become a professional sumo wrestler and my mentor, who was from the rural regions, invited me to stay and train in the country with its many talented bokh practitioners (Mongolian traditional stand up wrestling) and its always so comforting to see Mongolian culture and especially food show up here and then wherever I go. Airag was something that I drank as much as water and shiguderi (milk vodka). Also little tip for anyone who wants to try Mongolian cuisine, give khuushuur (dumplings deep fried in lard), khorkhog (a type of traditional Mongolian hot stone barbecue) and tsuivan (Mongolian stir fried noodles, usually with mutton or horse) a try, as well as buuz (steamed dumplings often filled with meat). They're probably the most famous dishes from the country.

[@DinsRune]

All of that sounds delicious 🤤

[@dogewood5499]

Buuz is the best, especially with sweet pork.

[@wgoodiii]

I have tried this drink, airag, in Mongolia because I was in the Peace Corps there in 2010. I found it to be very hard to stomach, except for one time when it was prepared for Western tourists and it tasted like plain yogurt mixed with club soda. I actually prefer the distilled version which tends to remove the chunks; even though I don't like the higher alcohol content, it tends to go down more easily.

[@gimmins]

My partner is a Swiss, and he introduced me to cheese fondue. Unlike American Style cheese fondue, this has a very unique and interesting aroma. It did some getting used to and believe me, my first attempt was less than dismal. However, after giving it second, third and fourth try over several months, I am now so hooked onto it, that I prefer cheese fondue over meat fondue. You just gotta give these types of food more than one try.

[@cwbrownCaroline]

I would try it. My rule for new foods/beverages is to give them three tries spaced out. I’m so glad you’re back with GBS, I’ve just kept watching the old ones over and over ❤

[@jordanjamison97]

I do the same! I always try things multiple times, and see it more as a confirmation I don't like it rather than hoping I'd like it

[@petalmist0288]

So glad Beryl is back on GBS! She is an amazing host who really respects and is open to learning about new culture’s foods, which I really love about her ❤

[@lisam9233]

How interesting! It’s fun to hear about what’s common in other cultures, especially through the eyes (and taste buds) of Beryl, who has really become a voice and advocate of global foods. Great video. More please! ❤

[@EricaElise1985]

This makes me so happy to see this channel back and featuring Beryl too!

[@cascalanca]

It's great to see you guys back! Keep making them.

[@SaigeTatum]

I love Beryl's storytelling. I think I'd watch anything she'd put out 😂 I'm so glad she's back with GBS.

[@courtneyminx5408]

I’m always down to try something new! Might place an order to help support Mongolia 🇲🇳 love that Beryl and GBS are back! ❤️❤️❤️ Love from Bermuda!

[@slywlf]

Fascinating! This, along with the Tibetan yak butter tea, are things I would happily try given a chance. I am allergic to cow's milk but have no issue with goat and sheep, and so I suspect horse and yak milk would be ok as well. My taste buds are adventurous far beyond my actual ability to travel, unfortunately. 😋😉😁

[@geraldpagaling8118]

Love to see Beryl here again! ❤❤❤

[@alwkw3783]

Super interesting! Always love some Beryl:)

[@spwolftech]

Beryl is back! Sweet. great vid!!

[@BerylShereshewsky]

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[@andrewsnow5292]

I lived in Mongolia for two years and got to drink Airag during their Naadam and Tsagaan Sar festivals. It is, definitely, an acquired taste, but they're right: you absolutely learn to love it.

[@littlepinons]

Yay more Beryl tasting things for those of us with so many alergies it's easier to list what I can eat.

[@odgarig8601]

Feels trippy seeing my country on BGS. Keep up the good work!

[@af2313]

Really interesting! I like Beryl’s vibe 😊

[@DanikaLeighEllis]

So glad to see Beryl back!!

[@jehrinflanik9745]

Beryl is back!! good choice Great Big Story, keep it up.

[@charliebrown1184]

So happy to see Great Big Story and Beryl back together again! ❤

[@Pew-pew174]

ngl this kinda underrated after their shutdown

[@starshot5172]

The algorithm is harsh. I hope they get a trending video soon

[@Makri9]

This was so interesting. I've never been exposed to anything about the Mongolian culture so far. Loved it! ❤

[@TeluguTakshashila]

Welcome back beryl good to see you in great big story.

[@summerrose1545]

BERYLLL I love your videos all the time!!

[@sarath431]

Interesting. This is the first time I'm hearing of airag. Thanks for introducing this to us. I'll try it one day. A small request to you, ms beryl. Since you made a video on mongolian fermented milk, please make a video on russian baked milk. It is called ryzhenka or ryazhenka or something.

[@darkfyredragon]

Omg!! Great big story is back and WITH BERYL?! Was so sad when GBS closed shop but grateful to find Beryl setting out on her own. This reunion though? Wow. 2023 might actually be a good year lol. Great video!!

[@physics77guy]

You are back with great big story... Congrats

[@catherinebond7474]

I'm not sure I'd try it, but I enjoyed hearing Beryl talk about it.

[@aenean.]

Oh, hello Beryl! Love to have you back! ❤

[@ryutheslayer123]

I played Ghost of Tsushima and didn't really think much about it when they made quips about Fermented Horse Milk. Now that I am here, I am really surprised

[@ArdaSReal]

Airag? So similar to our Ayran in Turkey? Thats crazy

[@ESZ68]

no it is not Ayran. it's kımız and it's disgusting

[@ArdaSReal]

@@ESZ68 yes but obviously ayran is releated to it. Also dont call ot disgusting when your not used to it

[@ESZ68]

@@ArdaSReal have you even tried it? you wouldn't even take a second sip. believe me, it's disgusting

[@ArdaSReal]

@@ESZ68 you state taste as it were a fact, no drink or food is disgusting, you just happen to not like it.

[@ESZ68]

@@ArdaSReal "no drink or food is disgusting" is that so? some Arabs drink camel urine alone , some other Arabs drink camel piss with cow milk. How do you think it tastes? is it disgusting or not?

[@UndergroundDoggo]

Airag is the best natural drink for your gut :) Thanks for sharing. Steppe society foods will make you strong!

[@lemontree9518]

its so nice to see beryl talking about foods again 😭

[@carltomacruz9138]

Oh wow, Beryl's back in Great Big Story!!!

[@Walden21UrbanAG]

Very nice milk item from the GBS. I love it and i really like to taste it myself. Greetings from Bas de Groot Milksommelier

[@lexd9452]

Keep making videos with Beryl!

[@JF-wp2rz]

Wow! That's such an interesting video 😍 and I love Beryl!!

[@MeLaThor13]

Horse milk candy.... i got to try it last summer from a very sweet Mongolian. I'm still not sure how i feel about it. It was very aromatic and aged cheese smelling and taste, with a thin candy coating. I *think* i liked it.. ? Not, that I'd pop a handful at a time but a couple with a few beers and amazing interns, it was great!

[@barkingtriangle]

Love your honest review!

[@alekseimaccleod3899]

Yes, I would eagerly try airag! Don't know when it'll happen, but my ideal scenario would be to sip some homemade stuff in a yurt out on the steppes. One day, I hope...

[@amitpatilamit]

A fermented horse milk? That horse fermentation process must be very tricky. 😀 And of course I am very happy both GBS and Beryl are back!!! 🥳

[@yasirjaved9041]

Wow. Good to have you back ❤

[@jenniferroxy5956]

Love the show beryl! Always nice to see you😊

[@alishacoombes8476]

Love GBS! We get to see little glimpses of how others live. So cool

[@khawkgirl]

I tried that when I was in Mongolia last year! It was like a super sour yogurt smoothie. I liked it!

[@paleoph6168]

Nice to see Great Big Story make a video on something Mongolian!

[@stripysocks3772]

I tried this many years ago while on an amazing trekking holiday in Mongolia. I remember it tasting like alcoholic yoghurt. I really enjoyed the Mongolian tea.

[@orawal]

Biting open the sachet! Woohoo 🤘😃

[@adamthompson3691]

Love fermented horse milk! Went to Mongolia in 2008. Aboslutely the most beautiful place.

[@Dandelion274]

Thank you for this video! As a cheese/milk lover, this drink seems perfect! Especially the tiny alcohol content haha

[@TheSnufking]

I like the narrative & story telling video format more than this.

[@Alice_Walker]

This was so cool, I know virtually nothing about Mongolia. It's very beautiful 💜

[@lolitsdevin]

I've had an older version of this in Xinjiang, China that was fermented for longer with higher alcohol content. Honestly it was one of the worst things that I've ever tasted. Smelled like vomit and tasted like yogurt past the expiry with a tinge of harsh alcohol flavor.

[@its_a_me_]

As a Mongolian, I must admit old Airag is literally a shit, it will make your stomach ache and tastes like well, shit. But fresh airag is a very different thing, so keep that in mind (Also do not try anything "Mongolian" in China, my personal suspicion is they purposely sold expired airag to lower our country's reputation.)

[@demointem]

fr im mongolian and i hate it sm 😭😭 i feel like only older generations and ofc countrysiders like them

[@totallynotmodsan7627]

​@@demointem bro, it's an acquired taste 😭, like it's not even that bad my guy...

[@TundieRice]

@@totallynotmodsan7627 An acquired taste means that most people who aren’t used to it won’t enjoy it when they try it…so yeah, while you say it’s not that bad, don’t be surprised that people who haven’t been drinking it their whole lives are going to think it tastes nasty. That’s kind of the whole point of an acquired taste, lol.

[@GuidedWithLight]

Why don’t they put sugar or honey in it? Maybe then it would taste better?

[@natotako3882]

She is back 😮

[@prechathenomadmama]

Great video!

[@stacymcilwain5161]

I'm always up for trying new foods and drinks!

[@Daveleoful]

GBS😃😃 Loving it ❤❤

[@fkun1156]

Beryl is awesome!!

[@dagmarbeeke6163]

Beryl just makes anything interesting 😊 Love her videos!!

[@gc_kwhwveld]

I just found out GBS is back! This is amazing news holy shit

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

My lactose intolerant and Asian flush suffering ass 😢

[@Baegitte]

As an Asian with ZERO Asian glow… my condolences 😅😅

[@saisamsuri]

You realise Mongolians are Asian right? Like they literally used to call us Mongoloid. 😒

[@Baegitte]

@@saisamsuri no shit.

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

@@saisamsuri I'm talking about myself not being able to drink this cod of my conditions you dingus

[@HighlyRegardted]

Just finished ‘Genghis Khan: the making of a modern world’ and saw ur vid while searching for a source to try airak… curious how the stuff u buy online can possibly be fresh… but the reviews seem generally positive

[@yefefiyah]

Soooooo...where did your leftovers go? I'm so curious, but not curious enough to buy some.

[@Bluerthanwaffles]

She tried so hard to say it wasn’t bad lol 3:42

[@alxonplays3208]

This is going to be a Great Story

[@jb-ek3pq]

If you had the silver bowls that Mongolians use to drink out of everything becomes like +10 flavor 👌🏻

[@Whiskerinthecat]

quality contenttt

[@ahmadsaeid]

I have been trying to score some horse milk to try a drink that I saw in a documentary in Mongolia involving making green tea in horse milk, for probably the last 10 years. Still no luck. I guess I just have to go to freaken Mongolia!

[@ChivvehTheMusheh]

That sounds interesting, do you remember the documentary?

[@ahmadsaeid]

@@ChivvehTheMusheh I don't remember it, and I looked for it, could not find it. I remember watching it on Aljazeera documentary, in Arabic though. I also remember it was about traditional healing practices in Mongolia, not just horse milk. Also, it wasn't 10 years ago prob, I was exaggerating, more like 6 probably :D sorry, that's all I know. Good luck finding it :D

[@ChivvehTheMusheh]

@@ahmadsaeid haha thanks for the hints!

[@Sludgedragon]

I read somewhere that airag tastes like a combination of champagne and buttermilk. I haven't been able to try it yet, but since I like champagne and love buttermilk, I expect to like it if that description is at all close. Where did you order the airag from?

[@marcobuncit7539]

Woah, so this what master Temujin had been drinking game with his family & friends. How lovely mutlivitamins beer😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@joe_m_miller]

I love GBS with all my heart and am so glad to see it back but if I had one suggestion, less food stuff more human interest!

[@gretaweiss6802]

It’s nice to see you back with Great Big Story, Beryl!❤❤

[@igcas]

WOW its back 😲😲😲

[@breakhart]

when she said fermented milk first think in my mind actually Isn't that would taste like sour yoghurt, and then when tasting 1 of the sample she said it's like watered sour yoghurt I'm thinking thank you very much for confirming 😁

[@justmejenny7986]

I probably wouldn't try it because I don't drink milk but it was certainly interesting to learn about.

[@chickennumgit1055]

Holy cow they're back

[@dogewood5499]

I’ve tried authentic Airag before. To me, it tasted like slightly sweet, soured milk with a hint of strong Greek yogurt on the after-taste. It’s not bad at all: some people are just too weak for it lol

[@Nihal.Studiee]

Yoğurt is not greek it is turkish

[@Nihal.Studiee]

Btw does it taste like alcohol?

[@ga75]

love u beryl

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Beryl is great 🎉

[@samhaimgirl]

So cool! Now I'm curious to try it too hahahaha

[@Dante0397]

"process has remained largely untouched" girl, it has remained incredibly largely and touched, you know it

[@mikec518]

Hi! Just a heads up: it's not typically referred to as "Outer Mongolia", just "Mongolia". I know, pretty confusing, since there's an Inner Mongolia, but that's mainly bc of politics. Inner Mongolia is now a small territory of China. Thanks for making the video!

[@kyleebrock]

A 2% we can all get behind!

[@Nihal.Studiee]

It is Airag in Mongolia and Qımız in Turkic States.

[@elisabethairey3447]

Beryl I love seeing your back on great big story! I have to admit I’m not brave enough to try this. But I love when you’re willing to try things I know I won’t or can’t. I find food around the world fascinating.

[@notrixamoris3318]

BERYL!!!

[@asynchrony]

You already know the Mongolians don’t horse around with their airag.

[@bloatedsodium7301]

Hold my horse milk.

[@lct7192000]

I wonder if that first one was expired. It's a long way for a fermented drink to go without being refrigerated. I don't think I'd try it. I drink Kefir and kombucha too

[@physics77guy]

We have same thing in India but it's not out of horse milk but from cows milk who gave birth.... We call it bowli

[@fireaza]

Today I learned that horses have udders, like cows!