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Breakfast and spices from Antakya

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My husband is back from Turkey again!smile This time he didn`t bring too much food. Just some special things that you can find only in Antakya and of course SPICES. Spices are very important in Turkish cuisin! So with some of these staff we had a kind of Turkish breakfast!smile As if I teleported to Antakya for some minutes...
И снова муж вернулся из поездки в Турцию. В этот раз чемодан был намного легче. Я попросила привезти самое необхоимое. А самое необходимое в турецкой кухне - это специи и еще пара вкусностей, которые можно найти только в Антакии.

Dry hot pepper, mint and summak.

This is "chokelek". When I came to Antakya first time I couldn`t even smell it! But now... I cannot imagine Antakya breakfast without this snack. It is made of milk... I have no idea what does it taste like... I ca say that it is a kind of cheese... Usually we eat it with olive oil and bread. Sometims we add it to a special salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and pepper.

Это "чокелек". Сделан из молока, а точнее, наверное, из йогурта... Что-то среднее между сыром и творогом... Когда я впервые попала в Антакию, я не могла переносить его запах. А сейчас не могу себе представить завтрак в Антакии без этого продукта! Обычно его крошат на тарелку и заливают оливковым маслом. Инода мы добавляем его в салат из помидор, огурцов и перца.


Here are Antakya olives and chokelek with olive oil.
А вот и оливки из Антакии и готовый к упоотреблению чокелек.


Antakya kake. Has very special taste... Awwww.. I wish I could bake it myself. I used to live in Turkey for 2 years... Learnt how to cook some food but still need to learn MORE... Especially from my mother-in-law...

Кяке из Антакии. Что-то похожее на булочки... Немного пресные, можно есть со всем на завтрак.
Хотела бы я научиться их готовить сама... Прожив 2 года в Турции я кое-чему, конечно, научилась... Но еще столькому надо научиться, особенноу моей свекрови!


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Comments

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:46:15 AM

You should have moved to Italy instead smile

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:52:16 AM

lol I will think about that, Lorenzo!smile

Who knows maybe one day...smile I am sure Italian cuisin is rich.

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:54:49 AM

Oh it is to late now, you have already taken a turk...

I would not say italian cooking is "rich", I would say it is the only cooking, the rest is about eating some stinking stuff.

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:00:08 AM

Oh... I can move to Italy with my Turk! Do you need more Turks in Italy!?winklol lol


Does your mother cook well?smile

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:01:23 AM

"stinking stuff" - chokelek is the only stinking stuff I can eat. Nothing else... Or I will be sick indeed!smilelol

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:27:45 AM

We have stinking cheese here but it is not served at breakfast. It can be served as appetizer or as one of the courses of lunch or dinner, together with other stuff.
The typical italian breakfast is not much important, most people just have coffee, some others milk or yogurt and some bread with jam or biscuits or a brioche.
Classical breakfast when you are not at home is "cappuccino" (coffee with a little of milk in a medium cup) with a brioche.
Do not make confusion with "caffe macchiato" (coffee with just a spot of milk in a small cup) and with "caffelatte" (milk with some coffee in a big cup).
Caffe macchiato is not for breakfast but for the end of lunch.
Caffelatte is for your breakfast at home and it comes usually with some sweeties like biscuits that you can wet in the milk.
If you come to Italy and you see a big breakfast with eggs, bacon, cheese, sausages, etc, it means you are in a tourist place because Italians do not have anything like that.
Italian cooking is about lunch and/or dinner, breakfast is ignored.
Traditionally people came home from work to have lunch together with the family but it got increasingly difficult with time so today most people eat out and home cooking is limited to dinner and the weekends.

On a side note, there aren't many Turks in Italy. They mostly are in Germany. Here we have people from Africa and from some place of East Europe like Albania.

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:38:56 AM

Ты прям кулинарка турецкая. bigsmile А яичницу русскую слабо сготовить? p

LéazzBabyJay99 Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:48:07 AM

Interesting spices. Thanks for sharing up yes

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:31:44 AM

Lorenzo, the same here... We do not care much about breakfast... Maybe because of work...But we du have big breakfasts ate weekedns!!!smile
Thank you for some info abot Italy!smile

Abot TUrks, I agree... most of them are in Germany and Holland also...
BTW, what about Russian brides in Italy?smile

Postman, с уверенность могу заявить, что русская яичница ничем не отличается от турецкой!smile


Leazz, you are always welcome, friend!smile

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:45:33 AM

"...Postman, с уверенность могу заявить, что русская яичница ничем не отличается от турецкой!..."
Как же мы с турками похожи!!! yikes wink

kirsten kirstycat Sunday, March 15, 2009 4:48:50 PM

I've never seen Turkish food before smile
Can you speak the Turkish language? Does your husband cook you turkish food? smile

Angelikiellinidata Sunday, March 15, 2009 5:24:14 PM

party


I am delighted he is finally back home safe and *happy*

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:25:46 PM

:)Kisrtycat. I can speak Turkish but my husband can`t cook Turkish food!smile


Thank you Angeliki!smileparty

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:31:41 PM

You wanted to buy turk instead of italian...

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:53:40 PM

Lorenzo!smile I didn`t want.smile It wasn`t my aim!smile Turk, Italian, Spaish, Russian... I didn`t think about nationalities... smile It just happened!smile

Lorenzo CelsiLorenzoCelsi Sunday, March 15, 2009 6:57:52 PM

Did you get your defective husband from a reseller of used husbands?
You know, those who tell you the previous owner was a old lady who never used it...

OlgaOlgita Sunday, March 15, 2009 7:02:44 PM

Defective husband????? HEY! My husband is the best husband in the world!wink

sorinste-ven Tuesday, March 17, 2009 6:41:43 AM

...i don't know why, but we are between two areas: the Turkish and the Austrian-Hungary's with spicy foods...but traditionally we use very little spices...and food doesn't smell...in any way smile
If you want "good brains" during the day and a flat stomach then ==> eat seriously (and heavily eek ) in the morning...and ONE apple as dinner worried
Your husband is too handsome and i am sincerely jealous mad (my last hope is: him not being excessively clever cry )

Roysarcoptes Friday, March 20, 2009 6:18:48 PM

I have ordered a flight ticket, and I will arrive for breakfast at your home tomorrow! lol lol lol lol

OlgaOlgita Friday, March 20, 2009 7:12:46 PM

YOu are always welcome, Roy!smile

Roysarcoptes Friday, March 20, 2009 7:20:53 PM

Hehe, I know Olga, I know. You're just too kind smile
But when my wallet has more empty space than our
solar system, I think I have to wait lol
But, it is a pleasure to just look at you photos
and learn a bit as well up
AND, as long as you and your husband are happy,
we are happy smile
*bon appetit*
coffee

Felin Saturday, March 21, 2009 7:29:16 AM

Вот ведь ему с тобой повезло! Постряпушка)) А я даже себе готовить не люблю!

OlgaOlgita Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:10:12 PM

Roy, you are s kind too... inspite of your size! smile Thank you soooo much!smile

Felin, ой, вот себе я тоже готовить не умею..., не могу сама себе чего-то стряпать. ПОэтому, когда муж в отъезде на фастфуде сижу!smile


Настенаdaineko Sunday, March 29, 2009 6:33:57 PM

Оль, а интересно Кебабы у них есть или типо Донеры, а мне они очень нравятся, они крепко засели в немецкои кухне и немцы не представляют перекусы без Кебаба))))))))))))))))bigsmile

OlgaOlgita Monday, March 30, 2009 5:11:40 AM

НАСТЁНА ОБЪЯВИЛАСЬ!!! УРА!smile

О, дааааааааааааа! Кебабы и донеры - это отдельная история!smile Я их ОБОЖАЮ!!! Муж привозит днер каждый раз из Турции!smile

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Monday, March 30, 2009 6:11:36 AM

Вот что девушкам для счастья надо: донер или кебаб побольше...left

Настенаdaineko Thursday, April 2, 2009 2:35:49 PM

Печкин, на самом деле мне тоже очень нравятся кебабы)))))))))))up

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Thursday, April 2, 2009 7:30:58 PM

Я про тебя с Ольгой и говорил! Обжоры! p

Настенаdaineko Tuesday, April 7, 2009 2:23:28 PM

ну нормально мы еше и обжоры:ninja:

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Wednesday, April 8, 2009 6:43:45 AM

А разве нет? left

OlgaOlgita Friday, April 10, 2009 11:41:11 AM

Да:) Да:)

Почтальон ПечкинPostmanPechkin Friday, April 10, 2009 7:31:13 PM

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