Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Turkish Delight



  OK, you haven't heard from me in a while because we have been on vacation in Turkey!! We had a great time and loved so much about the country - the people where friendly and funny, the scenery was stunning, there were lots of amazing historical sights and so much to see and do but one of the real delights of Turkey was the food -WOW!! Everything was fresh and tasty and most of it direct from farm to table. However it was all so healthy that you could eat as much as you wanted ... well except for the delicious Turkish ice cream made from goats milk, now that stuff had to be fattening!

Anyhow, Kirk and I took notes since we make breakfast for a living. This is a traditional Turkish Breakfast: fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, apricots, figs, olives, feta cheese, honey, jam, eggs and bread. Doesn't that sound good??  YUP!

 This was the breakfast served at  the May Stone Cottage - an old farmhouse we stayed at  in a remote village. The hostess, Cigdam, served everything fresh from her farm. I mean she made the butter, the cheese, the yogurt. The milk was from her cow. The olives, fruit and vegetables were grown right there. Two kinds of homemade jam, honey from the her hive and fresh baked bread all from the farm.... just amazing but where does she find the time? Don't get the idea that we will be doing all that when we are innsitters!






Of course breakfast is not the only meal to delight the senses in Turkey. These tasty treats were one of my favorite snack - fresh mussels baked with rice inside. You pried the shell open, squirted lemon on and used the top shell as a scoop - YUM!

 


   This was one of my favorite dinners - grilled shrimp salad.
  Once again can we say "fresh and healthy" oh, and tasty??
 
 
     But I've saved the best for last - here is Kirk having lunch at our apartment in Kalkan. Now that's Turkish Delight!!




                                                     Have you been to Turkey??


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