Talk:Tsampa
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"is a Tibetan staple foodstuff, particularly prominent in the central part of the country."
I know nothing about this. but I was visiting a nomadic family in the east of tibet. And they told me that this was the traditional nomadic food for all tebetians...
[edit] Kummel
The article currently reads:
- Mashes of tsampa and kummel are sometimes applied to toothaches or other sore spots.
What is this "kummel"? I suspect that this article was translated from German, and that this word is actually Kümmel "caraway; cumin." If so I can only guess that we are talking about cumin, because which seems much more likely for Nepal. So I will go ahead and make the change, but if anyone knows better, please take the necessary action, and comment here. Thanks, Iustinus 02:00, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Preparation
The article claimed, "In its simplest form, tsampa may be prepared by...". This is not true. In it's simplest form, tsampa is consumed dry. This is verbalized as "rtsam pa bskam" (Tibetan: རྩམ་པ་བསྐམ་). I have thus changed it to "In its most common form..." 72.94.184.4 21:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
