酥油是以馴養的犛牛(學名:Bos grunniens)之產乳製成的奶油。它是中亞南部和青藏高原的放牧人家最重要的主食和貿易食品之一[1]

拉薩市集上販賣的酥油

酥油脂質含量是牛奶的兩倍,口感近似起司甚於奶油[2][3]。酥油可製成酥油茶

中共中央黨校副教授強舸指出,早年藏族因為物質貧乏,酥油很少,只能給老人、客人和要幹活的成年人吃;為防止自控能力差、嘴饞的小孩子偷吃,就編出「小孩子吃酥油茶爛耳朵」的謊話嚇唬小孩子[4]

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