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	Koumiss - LoveToKnow 1911
		This fermentation, which appears to be of a symbiotic nature, being dependent on the action of two distinct types of organisms, the one a fission fungus, the other a true yeast, eventuates in the conversion of a part of the milk sugar into lactic acid and alcohol.
		Koumiss generally contains I to 2% of alcohol, o 5 to 1.5% of lactic acid, 2 to 4% of milk sugar and I to 2% of fat.
		Kefir is similar to koumiss, but is usually prepared from cows' milk, and the fermentation is brought about by the so-called Kefir Grains (derived from a plant).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Koumiss (222 words)

	Time Out Tashkent :: Koumiss
		Koumiss crockery (tubs, cups, scoops) was ornamented with thin carving and the tradition of making koumiss remains up to the present time.
		Koumiss-treatment (using koumiss for the medical purposes) was first applied by the Bashkirs and the healing power of koumiss is confirmed by the clinical-laboratorial researches carried out under the guidance of the scientists of the Bashkir Medical University.
		The effectiveness of koumiss was established in the cases of pulmonary and urino-genital sphere tuberculosis, emaciation, anemia, etc and Koumiss is widely used in sanatoriums.
	www.timeout.orexca.com /aug_sep2004/7.shtml (1145 words)

	Jim Turner's Koumiss Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Our modern day version of koumiss is a milk, sugar, and bread yeast mixture that has been fermented at room temperature in a pressure bottle for three to five days.
		Koumiss spas were common in Russia and people would visit them for a week at a time to get healthy.
		Being on a dairy farm, early twentieth century koumiss was made with raw cow’s milk and the yeast at that time was in cakes of which a piece would be broken off “about the size of my thumbnail” I was told.
	home.new.rr.com /jjturner/koumiss.html (637 words)

	Koumiss - Cunnan
		Koumiss is a traditional drink of the nomadic peoples of central asia.
		It is made from mare's or camel's milk as a result of lactic-acid and alcoholic fermentation.
		Frequent shaking was one of the conditions of koumiss-making and an abundance of foam was the sign of readiness.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /index.php?title=Koumiss&redirect=no (73 words)

	Koumiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Koumiss is a traditional drink of normands-cattle-breeders.It is received from mare's milk as a result of lactic-acid and alcoholic fermentation.
		Remedial qualities of koumiss were tested by clinical researches of the group of scientists of Bashkir State Medical University.
		Koumiss is an effective remedy in treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis of urinogenital system; in treatment of exhaustion, of anemia etc.
	www.bashedu.ru /bashkortostan/kumys/kymuse.htm (230 words)

	Salon.com Life \| Cruising for teen boozing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Koumiss and Rohovit let two of the kids go home to their parents, who are roused from sleep to pick them up.
		Koumiss confesses later that, as a teen, he drank beer at parties that got too loud and were broken up by police.
		Scott is released from jail early the next morning, after officers Koumiss and Rohovit enter his name in their log of the night's activities -- and, by extension, the informal network of Pleasanton teen gossip that they and the other TAPS officers share.
	archive.salon.com /mwt/feature/2001/06/13/taps/print.html (2734 words)

	Sour-milk Products
		The koumiss prepared from mares' milk is very similar to kefir in its action, and is a beverage much liked by the Tartars and on the Steppes of the Kirgises.
		While in London I frequently drank koumiss made with cows' milk and the koumiss ferment in the Aylesbury Dairy, and found it very digestible, although I did not like the somewhat sweet-sour taste.
		Koumiss is quite expensive, and its curative properties are probably not any greater than those of kefir ; in fact, its greater alcohol content might be considered a disadvantage, for, while kefir contains only o.89 per cent.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles30/health-and-diet-26.shtml (918 words)

	Koumiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Koumiss is prepared by dissolving four ounces of white sugar in one gallon of skimmed milk, and placing in bottles of the capacity of one quart; add two ounces of baker's yeast or a cake of compressed yeast to each bottle.
		Cork and tie securely, set in a warm place until fermentation is well under way, and lay the bottles on their sides in a cool cellar.
		In three days, fermentation will have progressed sufficiently to permit the koumiss to be in good condition.
	www.harvestfields.ca /CookBooks/004/04/07/007.htm (84 words)

	The Literary Year in Turkey Early Summer Complainer Turkey and Calligraphy Koumiss Farm: Traditional Turkic Culture on ...
		It is generally Turkish calligraphers who are sought to write the inscriptions on mosques, palaces and other monumental structures built in the Islamic world, and similarly it is usually Korans penned by Turkish calligraphers that are chosen for facsimile editions to be distributed in Muslim countries.
		During this period, the priorities of life could be summarized in three words "women, horses and guns." They lived in large tents (otag) and their main livelihood depended on stockbreeding and raising horses.
		The koumiss farm is an ideal place for visitors wanting to sample traditional Turkic food and to experience the ambience of an authentically decorated otag.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /archives.php?id=1909 (2481 words)

	Koumiss is a fermented alcoholic alcoholic milk milk beverage created... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		"Koumiss" is a fermented, alcoholic alcoholic milk milk beverage created first by the Tatars Tatars in the 13th century 13th century.
		Generally koumiss is about 2% alcohol (4 proof), but can be made more potent through distillation distillation.
		Koumiss and its cousin Kefir Kefir are still produced in many parts of the world, and can easily be made at home.
	www.biodatabase.de /Koumiss (145 words)

	Mongolian lore - ComraichWiki
		Aged koumiss sparkles slightly and is pleasantly acid to the taste.
		Underdone koumiss may upset the stomach while overdone koumiss is very sour and intoxicating.
		Although the method of preparing koumiss is the same, it tastes different in different parts of the country.
	www.sanctuaryshard.com /wiki/index.php?title=Mongolian_lore (3258 words)

	The Golden Riders, Epilogue, Notes, and Sources
		Koumiss (kumiss, comos, kumys, qimiz) is an alcoholic drink made from fermented mare's milk by the nomadic tribes of the steppes.
		The nomads made koumiss in skin bags which were hung by the doors of the tents so that people going in and out would shake the bag in passing through.
		He also describes a type of clear, refined koumiss (called "fl" comos or caracomos, as opposed to the white kind which still had milk solids suspended in it).
	www.angelfire.com /film/bookofdarius/riders5.html (2628 words)

	koumiss - definition by dict.die.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		koumiss n : an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia [syn: kumis]
		It can be obtained from any kind of milk, and is now largely made in Europe.
		[Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumish, and kumys.] Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits.
	dict.die.net /koumiss (76 words)

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		The specialized koumiss producing factories are developed in the Ufa and Alshai districts.
		The method of preparation of the koumiss by nomads was made secret and was transferred from generation to generation only in the circle of the family.
		This technology helps to produce koumiss any season of the year and organize treatment with koumiss in every corner of the republic.
	www.rbtl.ru /vatandash_www/9_02/29.htm (592 words)

	History of Turkish Cuisine/Central Asian Era
		Among those described as old Turkish dishes are tutmac (noodle soup), yufka (flattened bread), katmer (layered pastry), ekmek (bread), yoghurt, ayran, koumiss, corek (ring shaped bun), pekmez (a syrup made of boiled of grape juice and helva made with cornflour.
		Yahni (stew), kebabs (food on skewers), togya corbasi (a soup made from wheat flour and yoghurt), clotted cream, yoghurt, cheese, milk, ayran, koumiss, and wine were all consumed in the Tales of Dede Korkut.
		These feasts are described as "Various kinds of rice and stewed marrow dishes were, stewed and fried vegetables, meat stews, unpeeled vegetables cooked in hot ashes, roasts, partridges and quail, all in gold and china dishes, were arranged on a dais in keeping with the traditions of the two clans of the Oghuz Turkish tribes.
	www.cs.utah.edu /~kagano/seljuk.htm (595 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Koumiss - nourishing, ecologically pure, medicinal drink made of a horse milk.
		Koumiss renders significant alleviating effect for diseases of bronchi and lungs systems (tuberculosis, asthma, cold), activates the work of a stomach and intestinal track, has a good impact on a metabolism, eliminates adverse influence of antibiotics and raises a potency (during a koumiss season a shepherd does not feel satisfied with one wife).
		Farmers and some doctors state that Koumiss cures diseases of stomach, liver, intestines, and lungs.
	www.opt.web.kg /en/turism/kumys.html (141 words)

	Wonderful Houses Around the World-pages 2-5
		Yurts are set up in places where water is easy to get, and where there is grass for the horses and sheep to eat.
		When I visited this home on the steppe plateau of Tov Aimag, I was greeted with a big bowlful of koumiss, a fermented drink made from mare’s milk.
		The air is very dry here in Mongolia, and the koumiss made me feel very good.
	www.shelterpub.com /_wonderful_houses/WH_p2-5.html (145 words)

	koumiss - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		koumiss : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		KOUMISS : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=koumiss (177 words)

	Halfbakery: Alcoholic milk
		From Mongolia; blurring the distinction between Milk Wine and Koumiss.
		Koumiss, on the other hand, is an age-old fermented drink traditionally made from mare's milk.
		Similar to Koumiss, there's Chinese Milk Wine, available in both regular and cheese flavored.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Alcoholic_20milk (515 words)

	Koumiss Recipe (1906) - Food Reference Classic Recipes
		Koumiss Recipe (1906) - Food Reference Classic Recipes
		Dissolve 1/3 cake of compound yeast in a little warm water.
		Any other use of the materials in this website without prior written permission is prohibited.
	www.foodreference.com /html/koumissr.html (130 words)

	News / AmCham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Swiss businessmen want to adjust in Kyrgyzstan manufacture of koumiss in the form of a powder.
		The head of the fund “Kyrgyz at”, citizen of France Jacqueline Ripar told during the meeting with Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Felix Kulov.
		She said, technological details of manufacture of koumiss in the form of a powder have been studying today in Switzerland and Germany.
	www.amcham.kg /news/225 (124 words)

	Cook's Thesaurus: Cultured Milk Products
		To make your own: Add a tablespoon of plain kefir (with active cultures) to milk and keep it at roughly 110° for several hours, then refrigerate.
		kumiss = koumis = koumiss = koumyss = arjan Pronunciation: KOO-miss Notes: Like kefir, kumiss is a beverage made from milk cultured with bacteria.
		Asian nomads originally made it with the milk of camels or mares, but commercial producers now use cow's milk.
	www.foodsubs.com /Cultmilk.html (851 words)

	Gift from Bulgaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Kefir is made with kefir grains, called “gift of the Gods” but of unknown origin, that initiate a dual lactic acid/alcohol fermentation process.
		Traditional koumiss is made with mare’s milk and named for the horse-herding Kumanes tribe that lived on the central Asian steppes until 1235.
		It is fermented by the acid producing L. bulgaricus and the alcohol-producing Torula yeast.
	www.motherlindas.com /yogurt.htm (628 words)

	Shantar and the Horse Maiden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is a dead lake, with no fish and with water that is milky white in colour.
		The Nymph of the Lake once stole some koumiss from Kargzant's mares and to punish her, Kargzant told his mares to fill the lake with koumiss so that she would never have to steal it again.
		Since then, no fish live in the lake and the nymph can be seen drinking koumiss and riding the horses that live within the lake.
	www.soltakss.com /tales17.html (317 words)

	Milk - Cunnan
		Milk, when fresh from the beast, can be used to make cream, butter, yoghurt, ghee and cheese.
		Mare's milk can also be used to make koumiss.
		This page was last modified 07:27, 29 April 2006.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /index.php?title=Milk&redirect=no (100 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : Koumiss \Kou"miss\, n.
		From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : Koumiss \Kou"miss\, n.
		[Written also koumyss, kumiss, kumis, kumish, and kumys.] [1913 Webster] Koumiss has from time immemorial served the Tartar instead of wine or spirits.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=kumish (180 words)

	BookRags: Science in the Kitchen. Summary
		In making koumiss be sure that the milk is pure, the bottle sound, and the yeast fresh.
		If there is any curd or thickening resembling cheese, the fermentation has been prolonged beyond the proper point, and the koumiss should not be used.
		MILK AND LIME WATER.—In cases where milk forms large curds, or sours in the stomach, lime water prepared in the following manner may be added to the milk before using:—
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/12238/318.html (491 words)

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