SC - My kingdom for a hobby

[Decker, Terry D.]

Kefir is another alcoholic beverage made from milk.  Depending on the source
of the definition, kumiss is made from mare or camel's milk, kefir is made
from camel or cow's milk.  Both words are of Turkic extraction.

I would point out that cultured buttermilk and yogurt are products of
fermentation and fall into the same category.  

Bear

> Micaylah described a recent article about the SCA in her local paper
> and quoted:
> > Monks used to make a liquor out of goat's milk that 
> everyone agrees was
> > disgusting.
> 
> Huh? Is this something you gave him or something he came up with
> himself? If the former, more information please.  The only alcoholic
> beverage from milk that I know of is kumiss and I figure it mainly
> shows how desperate the Mongols were for something to ferment. And
> it was from mare's milk, not goat's milk, as far as I know.
> -- 
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> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas         stefan at texas.net