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ARMENIA'S CAPITAL OF KHASH (AKA, BOILED COW'S FEET)
EurasiaNet.org
May 16 2011
NY
May 16, 2011 - 10:48am, by Yigal Schleifer
By Aydin, via Wikimedia Commons
Now.com recently published a great feature about an extended Yerevan
family that has cornered the market on khash, a traditional Armenian
dish made out of boiled tripe and the lower part of a cow's leg. From
the article:
Since the 1990s, the seven families of Vardanyan brothers who reside
in 154 Mashtots Street are the initiators of this business that has
become something of a tradition. In the town, it is well known as
"khash district".
Hasmik Makaryan, 53, wife of one of Vardanyan brothers (Arayik
Vardanyan), says that her mother-in-law started their business,
and later they - the daughters-in-law and their husbands continued it.
"This is how we earn money. We have all got education, but we needed
to live, to survive somehow, therefore we started this khash business.
People were telling our address so often that as a result the name
of our district has become 'Khashi Tagh'," Hasmik says.
The brothers' houses are next to each other. If Arayik does not have
the product a client wants, then he sends him or her to Vardan's house,
and if Vardan does not have it, then - to Rafik's house, and so on.
EurasiaNet.org
May 16 2011
NY
May 16, 2011 - 10:48am, by Yigal Schleifer
By Aydin, via Wikimedia Commons
Now.com recently published a great feature about an extended Yerevan
family that has cornered the market on khash, a traditional Armenian
dish made out of boiled tripe and the lower part of a cow's leg. From
the article:
Since the 1990s, the seven families of Vardanyan brothers who reside
in 154 Mashtots Street are the initiators of this business that has
become something of a tradition. In the town, it is well known as
"khash district".
Hasmik Makaryan, 53, wife of one of Vardanyan brothers (Arayik
Vardanyan), says that her mother-in-law started their business,
and later they - the daughters-in-law and their husbands continued it.
"This is how we earn money. We have all got education, but we needed
to live, to survive somehow, therefore we started this khash business.
People were telling our address so often that as a result the name
of our district has become 'Khashi Tagh'," Hasmik says.
The brothers' houses are next to each other. If Arayik does not have
the product a client wants, then he sends him or her to Vardan's house,
and if Vardan does not have it, then - to Rafik's house, and so on.