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Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days agoOr that the northern parts have been culturally genocided by russia and have not retained thwue original bread. The areas I listed all have some history of colonization.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Not only Russian language and foods have plenty of borrowings from Central Asia due to centuries of trade, but immigrants from the region settle in all the major Russian cities and bring their cuisine with them, both as street food and as restaurants specializing in cuisine of those countries. Dishes with tandyr bread are made in street shops. Multiple varieties of lavash and other bakery from Central Asia can be found in any supermarket in Russia.
But you also mention ‘north Central Asia’ specifically, which as far as I can tell is Kazakhstan. Well, Kazakhs were nomad herders for centuries and ate mainly meat and milk, only starting with cereals around eighteenth century, and particularly late nineteenth century when they began settling down more.
Pray tell, what original bread was ‘culturally genocided’ in these circumstances.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Kazakhstan is quite far west as asia goes. I was thinking more novosibirsk. Height of India. and even further east. Bangladesh is about the center, so western mongolia and krasnoyarsk.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Central Asia is defined as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Mongolia is in East Asia.
Anyway, I don’t know much about Mongolia and can’t say anything about its food, except that they were historically also nomadic, so I wouldn’t expect much agricultural cuisine. Wikipedia seems to agree, saying “Mongolian cuisine predominantly consists of dairy products, meat, and animal fats”. Same appears to be true for Tuvans, Buryats, and Altai people, if you’re hinting at those.
If you have some particular traditional bread in mind, please share.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Weird definition then. I just called it that geometrically on my own.
Not sure about any native bread that got erased, I was just speculating. I was there in presence and saw no bread, only imported preserves of like spanish and turkish breads.
I also saw regular cultural erasure, or what seemed like it anyway, of the general local culture that used to be in that region.
For all I know it could equally be the fault of the climate or something else.