Food & drink

What's on the table — including the dishes the Karachay are famous for.

• aş food, a meal
• gırcın bread
• hıçın hıçın — the famous stuffed flatbread
• et meat
• süt milk
• ayran ayran — the salted yogurt drink
• bışlak cheese
• bal honey
• şeker sugar
• tuz salt
• caw butter / fat
• şorpa soup
• çay tea
• arpa barley

aş (food) is where aşarğa (to eat) comes from — eating is literally "food-ing".