First of all the guest was given koumiss, shubat or ayran, then - tea with milk or cream, boortsogs, raisin, irimshiky, Curt. Then snack followed from a horse-flesh or mutton - a kaza, шужук, reaped, zhy, suras-et, the card, a kabyrga. On any table surely there were flat cakes from wheat flour.
At Kazakhs meat in Kazakh was always considered as decoration of any dastarkhan and the most favourite dish. Boiled meat usually was served the big not cut pieces. The owner cut meat, treating each guest with titbits: I gave pelvic bones and a shin to honourable old men, brisket - to the son-in-law or the daughter-in-law, a cervical vertebra - to girls, etc. The owner presented to the guest of honor the head of a ram prepared in the special way. The guest had to divide the head between attendees, observing a certain ritual in which the ancient custom of respect for guests, old men, children, to close and distant relatives affected.
At Kazakhs meat in Kazakh was always considered as decoration of any dastarkhan and the most favourite dish. Boiled meat usually was served the big not cut pieces. The owner cut meat, treating each guest with titbits: I gave pelvic bones and a shin to honourable old men, brisket - to the son-in-law or the daughter-in-law, a cervical vertebra - to girls, etc. The owner presented to the guest of honor the head of a ram prepared in the special way. The guest had to divide the head between attendees, observing a certain ritual in which the ancient custom of respect for guests, old men, children, to close and distant relatives affected.