I love eating food so I decided to talk about food for this post. I knew little to nothing about Turkish food prior to doing some research so I thought that I would share some of my findings. First off, I did not know that shish kebabs came from Turkey! I never thought about where they came from but I find it interesting that Turkish cuisine has always been hiding in my world of food and I did not know. The word şiş (Turkish spelling of ‘shish’) actually means sword or skewer in Turkish, so I’ve also spoken a little Turkish before this class. Baklava is another thing that I definitely heard of before but did not realize that it was Turkish (or at least widely eaten in Turkey).
Aside from those two, the other foods that I have seen are less familiar. However, they still look delicious! Turkish cuisine seems to be an amalgam of different cuisines, such as Mediterranean, Asiatic, and Middle Eastern. This is mostly due to its geography in between all of these regions. The dish that I am looking forward to trying the most is sucuklu yumurta. It is an egg and sausage breakfast mix. I saw pictures on Google and it looks absolutely delicious.
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