How to carry meat in Mongolia

1. Loose in a shopping bag

If your boss owns a horse farm and kills one of his horses on the weekend, you may find yourself carrying horse meat home on the Monday. The meat will come in an ordinary grocery shopping bag slightly smeared with blood and will contain various cuts of meat, including two ribs. You will be told of the healthiness of horse meat before being sent on your way. You will walk the fifteen minutes home with a bag that clearly contains meat and you won't be able to contain your smile while thinking: "Look everybody! A foreigner is carrying a bag of meat!"

2. On your shoulder

Toss a sheep thigh over your shoulder and be on your way. Pass by a herd of cows on a busy street.

3. In the back seat of your car

Kill and clean a few sheep then pile them in your backseat--plastic covering sheet optional. Drive to the city.

4. Loose in a shopping bag, take two

Buy some meat at the market. Go to the market's meat grinder and have your meat ground. As you leave the market, the plastic bag handle breaks and you find yourself carefully kneeling toward the pavement to prevent your ground meat from spilling onto the street. You are not entirely successful.