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It's time to make winter chutney! This time of year is always a cheerful display of the contrasting autumn/winter colours of the seasonal produce that currently tempts the food shopper at Fethiye market. Plump, silky plums, blushing apples, the vibrant orange of mandalina (Mandarin …
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In July and August in Fethiye, okra is in its prime! We love the Turkish word for okra: Bamya. It's just got a nice sound to it...but that 'nice sound' was all it had until we conquered our okra fear. Despite a plethora of okra health benefits, poor old ladies' fingers are not well loved by the …
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Tuesday; Fethiye market day and one of our favourite pastimes. How can food shopping ever be a chore when you've got a weekly carnival of seemingly endless rows of market stalls? All packed with the current produce of the season intermingled with the regular staples? The colours, the aromas …
We're embracing seasonal eating again with this recipe. Pumpkin soup is a true taste of autumn. In some countries, this time of year marks Hallowe'en and the pumpkin (balkabağı - honey squash) is synonymous with this festival. Well it is seasonal. For us in Fethiye, autumn is the time when the …
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Well, seeing as we did yesterday's blog post all about supporting your local markets in Turkey, we thought we'd better practise what we preach and go to the Tuesday market in Fethiye this afternoon to stock up on our veggies. Apart from the staples, we were on the look out for some seasonal …
Continue Reading about Seasonal Food in Turkey – Confusion With Runner Beans
It's that fantastic time of year again where barbunya starts to appear on Fethiye markets and it will be around for a few months to come; certainly until late September. The first time we came to Turkey on holiday, we saw these curious, colourful pods on the market and wondered what on earth they …
Two photos today for the seasonal food that's on the markets around Fethiye at the moment. Spring is always going to mean an abundance of different fruit and vegetables - and there really is an abundance right now - so we're trying to keep up with it all. Seasonal Food In Turkey - What is …
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We'd decided not to write about food for a while. But then I remembered last night that I took a photo of some purple carrots at Çalış market last week. I was playing around on the internet last night. And, for once, I remembered about the purple carrots and googled them before I wrote about …
