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Before you begin reading this article all about greengages ('erik' in Turkish), let us first tell you that this is an updated article. Well, after a good few years of living in Turkey, our knowledge has improved a tad. This has been with the help of our own reading and research and also as a …
Continue Reading about It’s Erik Season – Turkey’s Love Of Greengage Plums
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 …
Continue Reading about Seasonal Food in Turkey – Çiriş And Courgette Flowers
Have you ever eaten Çağla? Green (unripe) almonds? Spring has been slowly appearing on Fethiye and Çalış market in the form of seasonal fruit and veg but this week's Tuesday market in Fethiye was just a joy. Most of the springtime produce was in evidence and in abundance. We loved it because a …
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 …
Strictly speaking, ceviz (walnuts) are not seasonal food in Turkey because you can buy them throughout the year but there are more of them about at this time of year. Maybe they're in season in Turkey at the moment and then they come from abroad at other times of the year? We're not sure. I took …
Continue Reading about Seasonal Food in Turkey – Ceviz (Walnuts)
As it's Sunday, we've again partaken in our second favourite pastime (after sitting in bars) of going to the market. As part of 'Seasonal Food in Turkey,' our intention was to try and keep with the festive theme and take some photos of the dreaded Brussels sprouts. They've been around on the market …
We're well and truly into the festive spirit now. Even been out and bought a decoration for the front door today but no tree or decorations are going up until I've Christmas cleaned the house - it's tradition. At this rate, it's going to be Christmas Eve before anything gets done cos we're too busy …
