Wednesday 19 October 2011

Turkish VEGETARIAN?

Vejetaryen Pide: ıspanak, beyaz peynir, mantar ve domates.
Above is a picture of a vegetarian pide, basically the vegetarian version of lahmacun (Turkish pizza). There are different variations most with some sort of cheese, mushroom and bell peppers but above is a spinach, feta, mushroom and tomato version. I really love Turkish bread, a similar version would be a focaccia (Italian flat bread) very soft and crunchy at the same time.
I've been a vegetarian for almost 5 years now. In my culture it is practically UNHEARD of because we are known for our meat specialities (kebab, shish, adana - I'm pretty sure we like to take credit for creating BBQ's as well xD).

No matter what time of day it is, meat is most likely going to be served, yes, even at breakfast! It is so rare that we don't even have a word for vegetarian it is basically used as an English word but I'm pretty sure if you said it to a non-English speaking Turkish person they wouldn't know what it meant..

So I like to try different cuisines because eating the same kinda food all the time not only has adverse effects but is very dull: for instance if you ate a tomato everyday, for the rest of your life it wouldn't have the same effect on your body then if you ate it every so often.

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