Matsoni

The introduction

Hello everyone, I hope that you are having a great day! Today I want to tell you about Matsoni and where to buy it and stuff like that.

Matsoni is a great thing, if you want to know the truth. It’s something that is Georgian and it’s really popular here, in Georgia because of many health benefits and, well, of course, because Georgian people use to prepare Matsoni for so many years now, that it’s just impossible to imagine Georgia without Matsoni.

Well, Matsoni is  a dairy product, which can be prepared from cow’s milk, or buffalo’s milk or something like that. Matsoni made from buffalo’s milk is pretty delicious, if you want to know the truth. It’s kind of thick and has a little bit different taste, than the usual Matsoni made from cow’s milk, you know. When we were children our neighbor had a buffalo and she used to prepare Matsoni from its milk and she used to give some of them to us, too, you know, it’s like a habit in small towns, where neighbours are like family members sometimes. So that, we just loved this buffalo Matsoni, if you want to know the truth and we always looked forward to eating it, because the usual Matsoni was not that good in our minds. My grandmother used to prepare Matsoni, too, however she used to prepare Matsoni from cow’s milk. There was also this “squeezed Matsoni” or something like that and it was kind of Matsoni without any juice and it was pretty delicious, too.

To be honest, children just grew up on Matsoni some years ago. They just used to eat Matsoni, because there was not much of a choice, if you want to know the truth. There was this whole period of revolutions and fighting and poverty and , well, people in towns and villages lived better than those in large towns and cities, because people in villages and small towns had those domestic animals, such as cows and chicken and they had those yards, where they could plant some trees and vegetables and have something to eat, whereas people in the cities could not do that and there was almost nothing to buy in the city.

So, people had these cows in those villages and small towns and they had milk and they used to prepare Matsoni, because it was easier to store and while milk is a drink, Matsoni can be eaten with bread or some other things, so that it can be used as a food or a dressing and it’s pretty awesome, if you ask me.

Matosni is very popular in Georgia, as I’ve already mentioned, and it’s a very light product, I mean, it doesn’t have much calories and when you eat it, you have this feeling of fullness and you don’t want to eat much, you know. It has many enzymes in it and it’s great for your digestive system, so that those people should eat Matsoni,who have problems with their digestive system. Also, people who want to lose weight eat Matsoni and it’s a great thing for weight loss, too. And while it’s a dairy product, it can be good for your bones and everything.

Buying Matsoni in Georgia

Well, you can buy Matsoni everywhere. And by that , I mean , that you can buy it anywhere you want in Georgia _ in any supermarket. There are Matsoni in cans, which are homemade and you can’t buy them everywhere, only in particular markets, because homemade Matsoni is not that common in the cities, as that factory made Matsoni, you know. There are some dairy companies in Georgia and they all have their Matsoni products, which are distributed to supermarkets and stuff like that, you know.

First of all, there’s Sante company, and it has this Matsoni, which my sister used to buy and eat. However, I don’t really like that one. Well, I mean, it’s a usual Matsoni, if you want to know the truth, however, I prefer other companies’ Matsoni, if you want to know the truth. Usually those Matsonis are 3.2%, so that you know that they have 3.2% fat in them and mostly they are 400 grams, I guess.

Then there’s this other company called “Soplis Nobati”, which kind of means “Village’s Gift” and it’s a pretty good one, too. They have good Matsoni, if you want to know the truth and their sour cream is good, too.

Another company is called Milko. I just love their products. They have different Matsonis, I mean, there are 3.2% Matsoni, iodised Matsoni, bifido Matsoni and they are pretty tasty and good. And I just found out some days ago, that they have made this 1% fitness Matsoni, which I didn’t really believe, that it would be good or something like that, however, I just bought one of them, so that I could taste it and see what it was like. And, to my surprise, it was pretty good, what’s more, it was better than all those other Matsoni, if you want to know the truth. 

There are these small cute Matsonis, too, they are products of Sante. They are in a small can and there’s this another smaller thing on them, where there’s some jelly. There are different kinds of them. Some are strawberry jelly or jam, some are of blackberry and some are of peach, I guess. I’ve tasted that strawberry one and it was pretty good. I mean, you can take that jelly and pour it into the Matsoni and eat it like that together. That’s how it’s meant to be eaten. However, you can eat them separately , of course, if you don’t want to mix them together. However, I still recommend eating them together. Well, if you want to eat them with some biscuits, that’s alright, too, I mean, you can spread that jam on the biscuit and then eat it with Matsoni or stuff like that, it’s all up to you. The thing is, it’s really good thing to have products like that, because, in today’s world, everything is in a fast mode and people just have so little time for eating and there’s no healthy eating because of that, so they just have to buy something in fast food restaurants and eat them on the road or something, so when there’s this small Matsoni with that jam, they can just buy them and eat them and the portion size is just perfect and they can get those enzymes, too, from Matsoni, and, at the same time, have this tasty strawberry or blackberry or peach jam with that Matsoni. That’s just awesome, if you ask me. So that one doesn’t need to go somewhere and buy some things, which are not very healthy, and, besides, they are pretty large, so that it’s really more than enough for one person. And, besides, you can buy that Matsoni beforehand and you can have it in your bag or something and just take it and eat it whenever you feel hungry or something like that. It’s pretty easy that way. So that, you won’t even need to go to some supermarket, when you are having a break or something. And it doesn’t cost much. I guess, it’s something between 1 Lari and 1.50 Laris.

Eating Matsoni

You know, Matsoni has been my sister’s favourite since childhood, and she just used to eat Matsoni every day. That was her food, if you want to know the truth. She used to buy this Sante Matsoni and eat it. well, after some time, she just used to eat Matsoni and some cakes, I guess, because she really love cakes and, especially, Choux, with cream filling and stuff like that. And she also likes those crispy biscuits and, well, I can eat Matsoni without anything, I mean, I just eat it the way it is. You know, it’s kind of sour or something like that and it’s not really sweet or whatever. And we used to eat it with some sugar and bread or biscuits when we were children. So that, my sister still loved that kind of dish and she used to eat Matsoni like that, I mean, she used to eat it with two teaspoons of sugar, I guess, then she would stir this Matsoni, so that the sugar would dissolve in it and then she would cut some bread slices into smaller pieces and put them into this Matsoni and sugar mixture and stir them there. Another thing was Matsoni with biscuits. You know, there are those crispy biscuits, we call them “Pechenia” from Russian language, and they are pretty awesome in Matsoni, if you want to know the truth, so that my sister really loved that one, too, and she would add some sugar to Matsoni and then break those pechenias into pieces or just crumble them and put them into Matsoni mixture. That way this Matsoni was really tasty, and, to be honest, I really liked that one and I preferred that one to the one with bread pieces in it. it was cooler, than bread pieces, you know.

So, you can eat Matsoni with sugar, if you like sweet stuff or kind of sweet stuff and if you don’t like sour stuff or something like that. It becomes really delicious, when you add some sugar in it, trust me. You can also eat Matsoni with just bread, or you can add some sugar to it and bread pieces or you can just add the sugar and those pieces of biscuits in it and eat like that, it’s all up to you, how you like eating it, however, it’s a really good stuff and you’ll like it, if you ask me.

Well, people eat Matsoni when they are dieting, too, I mean, for weight loss. I’ve already mentioned some things above, and I will tell you again here, too, that Matsoni has some enzymes, which are good for digestive system and they help digestion and stuff like that, so that when eating Matsoni, you don’t just eat to kill your hunger or enjoy eating it, you eat it, so that your digestive system is happy, too. There’s this thing, people do while dieting: they eat Matsoni, only they dissolve some coffee in it. and, sometimes, who can’t eat Matsoni like that and who needs it to be kind of sweet to taste, they add some raw honey in it and  eat it like that. I haven’t tasted it, however I can’t really imagine what it tastes like. Some say that it’s horrible, some just eat it without  whining and stuff like that. So, I don’t really know how it is.

Well, then there’s this Matsoni soup, which people prepare pretty often and once my aunt had it prepared and she told me, that it was pretty delicious, and she was really surprised, when I told her, that I hadn’t tasted Matsoni soup ever. So that, I had this chance of tasting this soup and I tasted it. well, to be honest, it was like a Chikhirtma, however, it didn’t have scrambled eggs in it and it was kind of sour, if you want to know the truth. It was pretty good, though. I still remember its taste, and, well, it’s not that bad, however, I wouldn’t prefer Matsoni soup to Kharcho soup or just a plain soup, if you want to know the truth. 

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