U.S. Embassy in Astana cooks beshbarmak on Pasta Day

13:34, 17 October 2016

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The U.S. Embassy in Astana decided to mark the National Pasta Day with beshbarmak, traditional Kazakh dish cooked with the use of meat, hand-made pasta, onions and broth.

“It is National Pasta Day in the US! We want to celebrate it with the Kazakh national meal “Beshbarmak”, joining the U.S. Consulate Almaty #beshintheusa campaign! Can you name the beshbarmak components marked on this photo?” a post on the Embassy’s Facebook account reads.

In March 2016 the U.S. Consulate in Almaty launched the Besh in the U.S.A. marathon in honor of the 25^th anniversary of the Kazakh-U.S. diplomatic relations. The campaign aims at familiarizing the American people with traditional Kazakh food, namely beshbarmak.

As per the campaign rules, everyone may join it just taking a picture of Americans and Kazakhstanis sharing beshbarmak and emailing the pictures to beshusa@gmail.co m . The name of the U.S. state must be indicated on the photo or in its description and the photos must be posted on Instagram.
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