What’s the food like in Turkey? Delicious!
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Hi Julia! Thanks for stopping by and, sure, I’d love for you to share my video in your Google + Turkish food community. As for not being able to eat a whole lahmacun…well, you don’t know what I’d already eaten that day. Besides, I had to leave room for the delicious kunefe.
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Loved your video. Hope you don’t mind if we share it to our Turkish Food community on G+. And can you REALLY not eat a full lahmacun to yourself? We must be greedy.
Julia
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Welcome, Mayang! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I hope your dream of visiting Turkey and trying the great food there comes true one day. Karen, you’re right – Turkish desserts are so different from what we’re used to in terms of mainstream American sweets and desserts. I’m not that big of a fan of candied pumpkin but my husband sure is, as you can see in the video.
He was eating it with kaymak, if I recall correctly. Now, kaymak, that’s something I love! But so fattening. So, do you have any other favorite Turkish desserts?
I love the walnut and cream dessert and the pumpkin and tahini and/or hazlenut sauce dessert that your husband was eating at the end. These desserts are so unlike anything in America, taking ingredients available in America but not used that way, and showing them off to us in new and unimagined ways. They are so delicious!
Your post make me hungry!
Turkey is one of my dream destination, and indulging my self on turkish food is one of my goals there.
Thank you for making me jealous and burning my desire to go there even more.
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Also… I just discovered a lunch place here in downtown Pittsburgh called “Istanbul Grill” where I got some tasty lamb, charred on the rotisserie-thing (what do you call that?) and served with bean salad. I asked for a couple of stuffed grape leaves on the side and the guy said, “oh you like the Turkish sushi?” ha.
My son had a college application that asked, “What food best represents you?” This was very hard for someone who has lived on five continents and 7 different locations. He picked “Indomei” from Indonesia since this was his first and greatest memory of ‘comfort food’. A long way away from my own Kansas comfort food – Chicken Noodle Soup!
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Um – YUMMO! I want to eat it ALL! I would love to get some family recipes from you Justine. What an incredible vlog – all I want now is Turkish food (which I’m guessing will be hard to find in Tennessee!). Awesome job! Can’t wait to see more – second YUMMO! Great work!
What a fun video, Justine! Yum.
Loved the overlay of text and the personalization with you and your family. Very effective.
And I’m struck by how much homemade food you get to eat there–fresh breads, desserts, meats. Wow. Makes American fast food look like glue by comparison.
Maybe you could post a Turkish recipe that we could try this holiday season?
Best,
Jen
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Hey Jen! Glad you liked the video. It was a real labor of love between me and Leah, my video editor. Yes, if you fancy home-cooked food, then you should plan a trip to Turkey. My in-laws are very big on seasonal eating, which, as you know, is only now making a slow come-back in the U.S. with the locavore movement. I do plan to post some ethnic recipes from Turkey and elsewhere soon. In fact, I’ll be serving something up in the next few weeks.
So awesome Justine! Made me hungry. I went to Turkey in college and remember the bread but also the spits of lamb – it was the first time I’d had lamb and it was so yummy. I remember the shopowners were so, so friendly and always gave us samples. They would call us in and they taught me about Turkish tea and breads. One shopowner invited us in for tea and told us about Turkish rugs. LOVED my time in Turkey – probably the friendliest country I’ve ever been to.
Yes, the breads in Turkish are delicious, Laura. One of these days I need to spend some time with my mother-in-law learning how to make it…plus, all the varieties of baklava. Maybe she can help me overcome my resistance to baking. There’s just something about messing with dough that I can’t get the hang of. I know what you mean about Turkish shop owners. They sure know how to mix business with pleasure and hospitality.
So, how long were you in Turkey? a semester abroad? What parts of Turkey did you visit?
love love turkish food!!!! So hard to say which is my fav.
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Hola Marina! Thanks for stopping by. I know you’re in Central America now. Can you find Turkish food there?
Donor Kebab — ah, to be young and in Turkey…
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Yep, doner kebab is a big fave with my kids. As for being young and in Turkey, I’ll take being young anywhere in the world.
I can’t come up with only ONE favorite international food, but I do love going to groceries/delis in the U.S. that represent foods from abroad. On my old street in Chicago was a good Polish deli called Rich’s. And back in Charlottesville, VA there was an excellent store called Foods of All Nations! And it really was.
Yes, I’ll bet there are all kinds of great international groceries and delis in Chi-town, Leah. My best friend in grade school and high school was of Polish ancestry. Her grandmom made the best stuffed cabbage!