Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSunday, March 21, 2010
As mentioned previously in these pages, shopping for food and especially milk can be a challenge here. All the Russian milk has been gone for months and now the Polish milk is history, too. Starting early last week, fresh Mongolian milk seemed headed for scarcity as well. (Mongolian milk has a kind of extra-cow-ey flavor that takes some getting used to.)
Yesterday I searched four different stores for the fresh stuff but found only Mongolian long-life ultra-pasteurized milk. Finally, I gave in and stocked up on the long-life stuff, although somewhat reluctantly since it is rumored to be occasionally supplemented with Chinese powdered milk. Based on last year's milk scandal in China, that is one rumor worth considering.
This morning, to my delight, I looked out into the courtyard to see that the milk man had, at last, arrived.
