I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
tea or other hot drink?

Thanks

Tom

wrote:
> I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
> a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
> their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
> what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
> best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> tea or other hot drink?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>

Its really common in Tibet and it doesn't taste anything like you would
expect. You do need fat in your diet.

We always order it when we go to a very authentic mom & pop Tibetan
restaurant in NYC. You do need fat in your diet.

>>
>
> Its really common in Tibet and it doesn't taste anything like you would
> expect. You do need fat in your diet.
>
> We always order it when we go to a very authentic mom & pop Tibetan
> restaurant in NYC. You do need fat in your diet.

DoO they use fermented butter where you have it?

" > wrote in
ups.com:

> I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
> a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
> their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
> what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
> best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> tea or other hot drink?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>



Go get a Yak, milk the ****er, turn it into butter, put it in your
tea....... and let us know. OK?



If you don't want to do that........ **** off to Tibet and go try it
first hand.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

http://www.beccycole.com/albums/vide...ter_girl.shtml

wrote:
Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> tea or other hot drink?


Hot buttered rum comes to mind.

--Lia

In article >,
Julia Altshuler > wrote:

> wrote:
> Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> > tea or other hot drink?
>
>
> Hot buttered rum comes to mind.
>
> --Lia

I use that for colds. :-)
Works a treat!
--
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"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a bitch" -- Jack Nicholson

In article >,
PeterL > wrote:

>
> Go get a Yak, milk the ****er, turn it into butter, put it in your
> tea....... and let us know. OK?
>
>
>
> If you don't want to do that........ **** off to Tibet and go try it
> first hand.
>
>
>
> --
> Peter Lucas

Have you been drinking Peter???

What if you get called out?
--
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Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
:

> In article >,
> PeterL > wrote:
>
>>
>> Go get a Yak, milk the ****er, turn it into butter, put it in your
>> tea....... and let us know. OK?
>>
>>
>>
>> If you don't want to do that........ **** off to Tibet and go try it
>> first hand.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Peter Lucas
>
> Have you been drinking Peter???



No, I haven't.

I wish to hell I was/am/have been/will be, but .......


>
> What if you get called out?


Oh, like the two times already today????


Put it down to excess adrenaline/testosterone ..............



or just go milk a yak.




--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

http://www.beccycole.com/albums/vide...ter_girl.shtml

In article >,
PeterL > wrote:

> > Have you been drinking Peter???
>
>
>
> No, I haven't.
>
> I wish to hell I was/am/have been/will be, but .......

I'm sure you are not on call 24/7??????

>
>
> >
> > What if you get called out?
>
>
> Oh, like the two times already today????

It's Sunday. :-(

>
>
> Put it down to excess adrenaline/testosterone ..............

Adrenaline rushes can make me a bit fractious too. <G>
I fell ya there.

>
>
>
> or just go milk a yak.

Or a goat.

>
>
>
>
> --
> Peter Lucas
--
Peace, Om

Remove _ to validate e-mails.

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" wrote:
>
> I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
> a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
> their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
> what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
> best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> tea or other hot drink?

YAKS! I forgot all about YAKS!

Is there a yak cheese?

Google... google... google... YES!

http://www.cowsoutside.com/yak_cheese.html
http://www.cowsoutside.com/yak_tasting.html
http://www.tibetcheese.org/

Gotta get me some of that cheese!

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> http://www.tibetcheese.org/
>
> Gotta get me some of that cheese!


Agreed. Did you note that the 'where to buy' link is under
construction? Aaarrgh.


--Lia

Julia Altshuler wrote:
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> http://www.tibetcheese.org/
>>
>> Gotta get me some of that cheese!
>
>
> Agreed. Did you note that the 'where to buy' link is under
> construction? Aaarrgh.
>
>
> --Lia
>

We had it for the first time at the Tibetan Cultural Library that we
found by accident in the West Village in NYC that had a one week show
introducing the cheese. I know Ideal cheese on 1st Ave
(http://www.idealcheese.com/) and Garden of Eden on 23rd
(http://www.edengourmet.com/) in Manhattan have it.

Jke wrote:
>> Its really common in Tibet and it doesn't taste anything like you would
>> expect. You do need fat in your diet.
>>
>> We always order it when we go to a very authentic mom & pop Tibetan
>> restaurant in NYC. You do need fat in your diet.
>
> DoO they use fermented butter where you have it?
>
>
Yes

Mark Thorson wrote:

> Is there a yak cheese?
>
> Google... google... google... YES!
>
> http://www.cowsoutside.com/yak_cheese.html
> http://www.cowsoutside.com/yak_tasting.html
> http://www.tibetcheese.org/
>
> Gotta get me some of that cheese!

Um, maybe you don't. I got some from Jonathan when he first
was making it. It's a pale green color with a very definite
scent and flavor of grassiness mingled with a meatier,
animal smell. Not quite goat-like, but bolder than sheep. As
it ages, it becomes harder, more like a grating cheese. I
still have a chunk of it that I grate now and again over
foods. My guests have not been strong in their appreciation
of it; not when it was young, and certainly not now that
it's older.

Pastorio

>> DoO they use fermented butter where you have it?
>>
>>
> Yes

I enzy you. I am very curious about the flavor, but have never heard of a
place where I coudl taste it (I am in the Netherlands).

Jke wrote:

> I enzy you. I am very curious about the flavor, but have never heard of a
> place where I coudl taste it (I am in the Netherlands).

In _Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco _, there's a description of
how you can make smen at home.

Bob

George wrote:

> We had it for the first time at the Tibetan Cultural Library that we
> found by accident in the West Village in NYC that had a one week show
> introducing the cheese. I know Ideal cheese on 1st Ave
> (http://www.idealcheese.com/) and Garden of Eden on 23rd
> (http://www.edengourmet.com/) in Manhattan have it.


I have to try it the next time I'm in New York.


I'm always on the lookout for new and exotic cheeses. When I checked
wikipedia about yak cheese, I was disappointed to learn that it's not as
exotic as I'd thought. It looks like all the animals we humans
routinely use for milk and cheese are bovines. They're all pretty
closely related. Yaks can interbreed with regular dairy cattle.
(Bovidae Bos grunniens can be bred with Bovidae Bos taurus.) Goats and
sheep are not as closely related to dairy cows.


--Lia

Omelet > wrote in newsmp_omelet-
:

> In article >,
> PeterL > wrote:
>
>> > Have you been drinking Peter???
>>
>>
>>
>> No, I haven't.
>>
>> I wish to hell I was/am/have been/will be, but .......
>
> I'm sure you are not on call 24/7??????


My pager is my constant companion.
We were out at a local restaraunt the other night, having a nice dinner
with a group of friends. We had only *just* finished our mains and our
pagers went off.

Luckily, the owners of the restaraunt know us. They just yelled out "Fix us
up later". By the time we got back all our friends had gone home, and the
place was closing.

Then we were on our way to the SO's office Christmas party on
Saturday....... halfway there, the pagers went off. We looked at each
other, looked at the time, looked at the location of the fire........ and
just said "Bugger it, we'll have to be late for the party"!!




>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > What if you get called out?
>>
>>
>> Oh, like the two times already today????
>
> It's Sunday. :-(


Whackjobs and arsonists can't seem to differentiate that it's a 'day of
rest'!! :-)


>
>>
>>
>> Put it down to excess adrenaline/testosterone ..............
>
> Adrenaline rushes can make me a bit fractious too. <G>
> I fell ya there.


I get ticked off because every time I take my boots off, the damn pager
goes off again!!

If I leave my boots on, it stays silent. It just waits for me to get
comfortable :-/



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

'Enjoy today, it was paid for by a veteran'

http://www.beccycole.com/albums/vide...ter_girl.shtml

PeterL wrote:
> " > wrote in
> ups.com:
>
> > I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
> > a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
> > their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
> > what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
> > best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> > tea or other hot drink?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tom
>
> Go get a Yak, milk the ****er, turn it into butter, put it in your
> tea....... and let us know. OK?
>
> If you don't want to do that........ **** off to Tibet and go try it
> first hand.
>

Flea collar getting too tight today, eh?

wrote:

> I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
> a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
> their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
> what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
> best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
> tea or other hot drink?

Yes, but it's fermented yak butter and lots of salt
in the tea. I'm pretty sure it's going to be an acquired
taste by anyone not born in Tibet. I have a wonderful
Tibetan cookbook and it has a recipe for it and a description
of how they use it. I love lots of Tibetan recipes but you're
never going to get the yak butter tea past these lips. ;-)

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?

"Bob Terwilliger" > schreef in bericht
...
> Jke wrote:
>
>> I enzy you. I am very curious about the flavor, but have never heard of a
>> place where I coudl taste it (I am in the Netherlands).
>
> In _Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco _, there's a description of
> how you can make smen at home.
>
> Bob
Bob, did you read my posts about trying to make it this spring? My smen
never fermented. The cause? To my best suspicion, the use of pasteurized
butter rather htan butter from raw milk. I have since located a source for
"raw" butter, though (which wasn't easy but the Slowfood organization had an
address for me).

Next time I feel up to a fermented butter experiment, I'll go and get that
butter.

On 10 Dec 2006 03:13:44 -0800, "
> wrote:

>I am reading a book where Tibet is mentioned, and the author refers to
>a "yak butter teacup."Does that mean that people dissolve butter in
>their tea? Would that be a good idea? It would seem unhealthy to drink
>what is basically like grease, but maybe in certain areas that is the
>best method of obtaining energy. Has anyone dissolved butter in their
>tea or other hot drink?

The Tibetan restaurant near me serves yak-butter tea. It's
interesting. When it's hot (it's a little like salted tea with milk),
it makes me think that if I'd grown up with it, I could see its being
a real comfort food for me. When it's cold, it's foul and disgusting,
and I don't recommend drinking it. :-)

Serene
--
"I can't decide if I feel more like four ten-year-olds or ten four-year-olds." Laurie Anderson , on turning 40.

http://serenejournal.livejournal.com

Serene wrote on 19 Dec 2006 in rec.food.cooking

> The Tibetan restaurant near me serves yak-butter tea. It's
> interesting. When it's hot (it's a little like salted tea with milk),
> it makes me think that if I'd grown up with it, I could see its being
> a real comfort food for me. When it's cold, it's foul and disgusting,
> and I don't recommend drinking it. :-)
>

What colour is the tea? I believe Yak milk is slighty purple in colour and
was wondering about the colour of Yak butter.

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:29:33 GMT, Mr Libido Incognito >
wrote:

>Serene wrote on 19 Dec 2006 in rec.food.cooking
>
>> The Tibetan restaurant near me serves yak-butter tea. It's
>> interesting. When it's hot (it's a little like salted tea with milk),
>> it makes me think that if I'd grown up with it, I could see its being
>> a real comfort food for me. When it's cold, it's foul and disgusting,
>> and I don't recommend drinking it. :-)
>>
>
>What colour is the tea? I believe Yak milk is slighty purple in colour and
>was wondering about the colour of Yak butter.

I didn't notice any purple tinge. It looked like a tea-with-milk tone
to me, basically a light tan.

Serene
--
"I can't decide if I feel more like four ten-year-olds or ten four-year-olds." Laurie Anderson , on turning 40.

http://serenejournal.livejournal.com