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Fermented Milk Products From All Over the World • Ayran (Turkic countries)
In Turkic countries, the summer can bring scorching temperatures, but the people here found a great way to quench their thirst and hydrate their bodies while maintaining a good state of health. The answer lies in ayran, a refreshing beverage made out of plain yogurt, water, and salt. The beverage contains no alcohol and it is the best way to rapidly restore the electrolytic balance in your body because when we sweat we also lose a lot of salts besides water. Thus, ayran is a
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Fermented Milk Products From All Over the World • Långfil and A-fil (fil is the short form of filmj
Långfil is a very interesting fermented product made out of milk. It has a soft yet elastic texture, like fine ropes of yogurt, have been formed during the fermentation process. This ropy appearance is due to the species of bacteria that are involved in the making process of the product, Lactococcus lactis var. longi. This particular bacteria take the carbohydrates contained in milk and transform them into chains of polysaccharides, making långfil have its specific gooey and
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Glossary - a short guide for all...
1. Yogurt/Bulgarian yoghurt: Yogurt is a dairy food that has been consumed for millennia across southeastern Europe and western Asia. It became defined by its bacterial composition when a Bulgarian student Stamen Grigorov discovered the Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and symbiotic relations with another lactobacteria called Streptococcus thermophilus in the Bulgarian version of the yoghurt, which popularized the discovery among the scientific community. Bulgarian yoghurt becomes t
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