Fw: [Sca-cooks] Drakey asked- was Burger Khan

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I forwarded Adamantius' comments to him, and he replied:


> And the readers of this list must remember to, with regard to the interest
> comments below, that Mongolia is Ulaanbaatar, all 1 million, a huge city
by
> Central Asian standards, and the rest of Mongolia, and no way can the
> Mongols of UB live the traditional life, although they try to, to the
> chagrin of the authorities. Fast food is upon them, although, for a long
> time, Piroshkis were as likely as burgers. Actually, literate Mongols
would
> probably know the authors mentioned. The translation industry is alive and
> well there. Even Winnie the Poo exists in Mongolian, Puu Puu-giyn
yavdal...
> But, none the less, traditionally, Mongols do not eat burgers. Not the way
> they like meat, although I am sure many young Mongols do now. And, by the
> by, Chinese "fast" food has been upon them for centuries.
>
> Paul D. Buell

Adamantius had written:

> > > And the truly frightening thing is that, were you to mention a
> > > McDonald's burger, in English, to a Mongolian herdsman of the present
> > > day, he would know _exactly_ what you were talking about. He probably
> > > would not know about W. Somerset Maugham, but Ronald McDonald, yes.
> > > (Japanese schoolchildren have lodged some fascinating, brainwashed
> > > comments about ol' Ronald, too.)
> > >
> > > My brother-in-law was in Mongolia a few years ago, and attended a
> > > sort of barbecue which centered on a goat cooked in a sealed milk can
> > > with red-hot-stones, and the herdsmen, through translators and
> > > pantomime, managed to specifically make clear to him that the
> > > absolutely de rigeur seasoning for barbecued goat a la milk-can were
> > > the packets of freeze-dried soup mix American campers in Mongolia
> > > almost invariably carry for emergencies. (I actually have video
> > > footage of this; it might make a fun Quicktime presentation.)
> > >
> > > Hanson watched the back of the Lipton Recipe Secrets boxes for a
> > > couple of years after that, for goat recipes.