Traditional kinds of butterand cheese among the Bashkirs

In the article on the basis of field ethnographic materials collected in the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan, as well as historical and folklore sources it is said about traditional ways of making butter. It is known that the most ancient method used by many pastoralists included churning of butter in a leather tableware. The utensils are outlined. The method of preparing of butter in the cylinder churn using a wooden churn-staff is described. Dried or fresh curdy cheese product - kurut since ancient times was known to many other pastoral peoples. His role in a semi-nomadic way of life can not be overestimated. The study of milk products and beverages shows that changes in the customs and technology went as on line with natural developments related with improvement of farming methods, appearance of new products, expansion of means of their processing, as under the influence of the outside, with the expansion of ethnocultural contacts, borrowing technology, etc.

traditional milk food of the Bashkirs, dairy butter, curds cheese -kurut, traditional utensils, ethno-cultural borrowing