“The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.”
The man who said that is suspected of being an ancestor of about 8% of all living Asians so you probably should listen to him :-P
Traditional Tatar cuisine actually resembles current ‘Western cuisine’ in some things, like frying dough in large amounts of fat. (Chack-chack in particular, soaked in honey and studded with walnuts, can be eaten as a finger food and as a cake.) As to the horse flesh, well, tastes differ.
“The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.”
The man who said that is suspected of being an ancestor of about 8% of all living Asians so you probably should listen to him :-P
Yeah, but what does Genghis Khan’s dad say? He is, remarkably, suspected of being a direct ancestor of even more living Asians than Genghis!
He says not to eat food offered by Tatars.
Traditional Tatar cuisine actually resembles current ‘Western cuisine’ in some things, like frying dough in large amounts of fat. (Chack-chack in particular, soaked in honey and studded with walnuts, can be eaten as a finger food and as a cake.) As to the horse flesh, well, tastes differ.
Patrilineal ancestor, not just ancestor. When talking about someone who lived 40 generations ago, there’s a huge difference.