Hi!
Kyrgyzstan is in tourist season and full of tourist especially in Karakol!
Today, I will introduce our “PINECONE “jam.
Kyrgyz people call it SHISHIKA and make this jam from the early summer.
It is said that pinecone is good for bronchial disease and Russian people used to take this as medicine from old times.
Almost all tourists are surprised this unique jam at the first time, but when they taste it once, they say ” It is really delicious!!”
Ah! also you can also eat pinecones!!!
Please try it and buy them our shops in Bishkek and Karakol.
(Reference price is 150com)
Unique local resource – unique jam as ”Pinecone jam”
There are many pine trees in Issyk-Kul Region, where it is harvested by hand mostly in mountainous areas. It is said, that boiled pinecone water can be used as a kind of medicine for throat among Kyrgyz people. However, the pinecones jam are harvested only for several days in the early summer that adds value to the jam.
Mr. Totubaev Joldosh, the leader of jam making group “Bereke” from Chon Kyzyl-Suu village, and selected as Jety-Ogyz regional leader in this year, has taught the technique of making pinecone jam to other new groups. In the course of interview he said that “Pinecone jam is getting very popular among not only Kyrgyz local people but also foreign tourists”.Jam from pinecones will pleasantly surprise you!
(Reprinted by OVOP Issyk-Kul’s facebook)
お久しぶりです。
ただいま、キルギスは観光シーズンで、カラコルは観光客で溢れております。（ちょっと大袈裟です。笑）
さて、本日は “まつぼっくり” ジャムのご紹介です。
キルギスではまつぼっくりのことをシシカと呼んでいて、人々は初夏からジャムの生産を始めます。
まつぼっくりは気管支系の病気に良いとされ、ロシアでは昔から薬として服用されていました。
その見た目といい、色といい、こんなジャムありなのか！？と観光客の方は驚かれますが、一度食べてみると、“おいしいじゃないか！”となります。見た目とのギャップが良いのかもしれません。
なお、この実も食べる事ができますので、是非ともお試しください。
商品はOVOP Issyk-Kulのカラコルとビシュケクのショップで販売しています。
(参考価格 150com)
(written by Kayo/Канышай)
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