BHUT10D-165
November 19, 2010
It is inevitable, that as you travel you are taken outside your comfort zone, and exposed to new experiences that you've not encountered before. Frequently this is in the form of food, as there is a variety across the globe that Americans can only wonder at (and watch in the form of increasingly popular food-travel shows). This image today encapsulates that. In Bhutan, a common snack is a dried form of yak's cheese. These bricks are about the consistence of a large gum eraser, or what an eraser would taste like were I to chew on one. And you cannot really chew and swallow it; rather, you let the digestive enzymes in your mouth go to work on the cheese, and it slowly disintegrates in your mouth. It has a salty tang to its flavor, and lasts a long while. I kept mine in my mouth for the better part of a 3 hour car ride, and it was still barely half gone before I gave it up in favor of lunch. Still, it was an experience, to be sure. Enjoy.
Technical notes:
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon 18-135 f/3.5-5.6
Focal length: 44 mm
Exposure: 1/400 @ f/4.8 ISO 400
Post-processing: Tone adjusted with LR 1.4
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