mare milk

Kuerchekh or kierchekh, a popular dessert, is made of mare milk or sour cream with various berries.

The national dish of Bhutan, ema datsi, is made from homemade yak or mare milk cheese and hot peppers.

The nomads also make an alcoholic beverage, called kumis, from mare milk, although the fermentation process reduces the amount of lactose present.

China is particularly notable as a place of poor tolerance, whereas in Mongolia and the Asian steppes mare milk is drunk regularly.

There will be ample opportunity to taste 'Airag', the fermented mares milk, which is a favourite drink of Mongolians - and an acquired taste!

Donkey milk is similar to mare milk and human breast milk in that it is relatively poor in protein and fat but rich in lactose.

Bred by renowned Lexington, Kentucky horseman, Charles Nuckols, Jr., he was out of the mare Milk Dipper and sired by Calumet Farm's Arlington Futurity winner, Sun Again.

In a land where juice and wine were not readily available, many Mongols opted to drink milk-based products like suutei tsai or airag (a type of milk alcohol made from fermented mares milk) instead of pure water.