Definitions
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- noun A
yoghurt -likedairy product, made fromfermented cow's milk inArmenia andGeorgia , of Armenian origin
Etymologies
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Examples
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Buttermilk, kumiss, and matzoon are often agreeable and beneficial to the sick; by some, they are more easily digested than whole milk.
School and Home Cooking Carlotta Cherryholmes Greer
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Later in older children, raw beef, eggs, boiled milk, kumyss, or matzoon and gruels may be given.
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Kumyss, buttermilk, matzoon, bacillac, and other fermented milks are better borne than plain milk.
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Malted milk, kumyss, or matzoon may be given in place of milk.
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Later kumyss or matzoon can be tried, and finally thin gruels made with milk.
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-- Sour milk, buttermilk, sour cream, kumyss, matzoon, zoolac, and similar products shall not be made from any milk of a less grade than that designated for Grade B and shall be pasteurized before being put through the process of souring.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables
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We have known patients to take kindly to an exclusive diet of kumyss, or matzoon, or predigested foods, with stale toast or zwieback, to which can be added stewed fruits.
chained_bear commented on the word matzoon
Cool word. What does it mean?
February 14, 2007