Documentary 'Milk Road' Humans are the only species that drink milk after the infant stage and into adulthood. Humans began drinking milk from other animals as far back as 7000 BC. Milk, which has been on our tables for over 9000 years, is a window into the history of human civilization. Covering a total of 4 countries from Mongolia to Turkey, France, and South Korea, we follow the history of human milk culture through the origin of milk and the different processes of its spread depending on regional culture. ● The Great Migration of Mongolian Nomads, by Livestock, for Milk Last October, as the bitter cold wind began to blow, a long procession formed across the Mongolian grasslands. The reason nomads migrate in search of pastures for as little as 3 days or as long as over a week is solely for their livestock. For them, livestock milk is an important food source and the secret to extending their lives. Milk has been sacred to nomads for generations. Even now, nomads perform a ritual to offer milk to heaven and earth when milking an animal. Looking at the nomadic society where the primitive way of life of mankind still remains, we can understand why humans started drinking milk. We watch an actual nomadic family prepare for winter using milk and look into the meaning of milk in it. ● The origin of milk, going to Anatolia Anatolia means the region where the sun rises. It is said that traces of mankind who first started drinking milk can be found in this place that covers most of the territory of Turkey, the crossroads between Asia and Europe... We headed to a 700-year-old village protected as a UNESCO cultural heritage. An interestingly shaped bowl, 'Bark', is displayed in an antique shop there, and then we visit a cave deep underground that we visited for the first time on a Korean broadcast. What are the red lumps inside? We trace the various milks of Turkey, where Mongolian nomad home cooking is served on the mats of nomads we meet in the fields, and dozens of types of cheese are spread out for breakfast at a hotel restaurant. ● Unraveling the secret of hard cheese in France In Iraq, where Mesopotamian civilization flourished, there are ancient murals depicting humans milking cows. But, did the ancient French have the cheese-making tools invented in this Mesopotamian civilization? Visiting the Cheese Expo, where you can see the history of cheese development in France, you discover tools that look like milk jugs from Mongolia and milk bowls from Turkey. And in a cave in the Auvergne region that you find, you see cheese being aged like in Turkey. The people who spread this 'hard cheese' were the Celts who were nomadic in Central Asia. You visit another cave that they are said to have occupied and find traces of Central Asian goats raised here 10,000 years ago... What kind of influence did Asia have on the French milk culture? Milk, Asian Road and European Road Meet on the Korean Peninsula The first dairy cow, 'Holstein', was introduced to Korea in 1902 by a Frenchman, 'Short'. Before milk came in through the sea, there was already food in Korea that used milk that came in through the continent. Tarakjuk, the food of the king, was there an official who committed a crime because of that porridge? Let's hear the old story about Tarakjuk and visit Naksan where the government office 'Yuwooso' that supplied it to the royal court was located. We will look at the traces of milk in our history recorded in old documents and the popularized form of milk that is currently loved in various forms. #Milk #Cheese #MilkRoad