[a_Turk]

After having the Bulgars close down their reactors and making their electricity too expensive to sell, I hope the EU won't convince them to kill their cows..

Here's a good recipe for a side dish:

Grate a large cucumber, mix with one quart of plain yoghurt. Add salt and garlic to taste, and a little olive oil.. Mmmm.

[a_Turk]

ping

[Torie]

Sounds delicious. I will try it.

[Servant of the Nine]

Want to live 100 years? Eat Bulgarian yoghurt

I don't think it would be worth it.

So9

[Jhoffa_]

Unaware that she may owe her longevity to the friendly bacterium, Maria grins, unveiling her two remaining teeth, and explains: "It's luck given by God".

Oh, of course.. She's stupid and unaware because she credits God's blessing for her longevity.

[Revolting cat!]

And if you happen to catch some of the yoghurt produced before the Bulgars shut down their noocoolar reactors, you'll have the added benefit of glowing after dark after eating it. Mmmmmmmm!

[Robert A Cook PE]

No.

It will just feel like you've lived a 100 years.

[Dog Gone]

Oh yeah. I really want to live to be 100 years old with two teeth.

Gimme some yogurt.

[July 4th]

Grate a large cucumber, mix with one quart of plain yoghurt. Add salt and garlic to taste, and a little olive oil.. Mmmm

Tzatziki! Yes...excellent.

[SamAdams76]

There is also much to be said for the regular consumption of olive oil, garlic, sardines, onions, hot peppers, wine and nuts. Since those are some of my favorite foods, I'll let you know in 60 years if I live to 100 or not. (I don't eat dairy products though.)

[STARWISE]

Gotta have dill weed with that .. hummmmmmmmmmmm.

[Mr. Mojo]

If one doesn't like yogurt, would eating supplemental lactobacillus/acidophilus (and other healthful intensinal goodies) be just as beneficial?

[Revolting cat!]

To spice up your recipe a bit, I'd add a grated red radish or two.

[Nebullis]

Lactobacillus delbrueckii bulgaricus.
How does that sound as a yummy probiotic?

[Russell Scott]

Amazing timing of this article. Just got back from the store with three cartons of yogurt from Trader Joe's. Was telling my daughter about the benefits of friendly bacteria in yogurt, and the longevity of people in certain eastern countries who eat a lot of it. Bam, appears like magic on FR. I am becoming melded to the FR oracle.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Shake well in a container equal amounts of yogurt and cold water, and sprinkle in some crushed basil or dill or something like that. Pour over ice, and drink on a hot day.

[varina davis]

Add to that, 1 teaspoon of fresh lemon juice and half a handful of crushed fresh mint and you have a superb sauce

[weikel]

Good post, so rotten milk is the key to longevity.

[spodefly]

Want to live 100 years? Eat Bulgarian yoghurt.

Can I get to 97 or so eating ham sandwiches and drinking Coke?

[Enemy Of The State]

Actually, If Im not mistaken, Japan holds the highest number of centurions and each of them attribute it to their high intake of soy products.

[rmlew]

The Proto-Bulgarians were Western Gur-Turks as opposed to Ghuzz turks like Anatolian Turkmen. Kumis/Kumas was common among all these Northern Gur Turks (Bulghars, Sabirs, Khazars, Barsils...). It was also eaten by Ghuzz Turks who moved into Volga Don areas in the 10th and 11 centuries, the Pechenegs and later Cumans/Polovsi/Kipchaks who moved into the area in the 10th century. The article mentioned Mongols eating Yoghurt. They conquered and co-opted the Kipchaks. I wonder when they began eating yoghurt.

Was Youghurt, or at least Kumis comon to all steppe peoples?
Did Ghuzz Turks consume it before migrating from Trans-Oxiana?
There was a lot of interaction and trade between the Thracians and Scythians and the Scythes and Proto-turks. Conceivably yoghurt could have spread across the steppes any time from 800 BCE to 600 CE.
Do you know if the Turkmen ate