I’m always on the look-out for new recipes… and I’ve found an abundance on this wonderful site called Ozlem’s Turkish Table:
http://ozlemsturkishtable.com/
One which caught my eye and seemed perfect for Christmas was for a dish of leeks, carrots and onions, cooked in olive oil and lemon juice… doesn’t that sound divine? Garnished with dill? What is even better, all these are traditional British vegetables in season, what better for Christmas Day?!
For the recipe have a look here,and you will discover it has the lovely name of zetinyagli pirasa. The recipe actually has rice, but since we are having roast potatoes by demand, I have missed it out, but next time I cook it I will do it properly! It looks so colourful, just right for a celebration
Lois Elsden 
are turkish leeks different than regular leeks??
LikeLike
It’s just the recipe… although I guess the different soils and climate might make them taste different… I’ve had my dinner now and they were delicious! it really worked to have dill with them, brought out the flavour beautifully.
LikeLike
Dear Lois, Thank you so much for sharing my leeks recipe, so glad you enjoyed it! Turkish leeks are very similar than the ones you get in the UK and dill is a great addition – afiyet olsun!
LikeLike
It was delicious… even without the rice! next time, as I mentioned, I will do it correctly, but the combination of flavours is lovely!
LikeLike
We have a treat here in Canada called fiddle head ferns. They are actual ferns that grow along creek banks and they get there name because they are new and have not yet unfurled,just like the end of a fiddle where the pegs are. You pick them along with wild mushrooms and leeks in the spring and its a fun way to enjoy a day out as long as you don’t get lost. You steam the ferns and eat them with lots of butter and salt and pepper. They are supposedly anti-carcinogenic as long as you get the right ones. As for the mushrooms they are put in a jar with a silver coin and if the the coin turns black within a week dont eat them but give them to your ex wives lawyer. and look for his name in the obits..
LikeLike
Ooooh, they sound delicious…. and I like the idea with the mushrooms and the silver coin… maybe I’ll include that in my novel!
You’ll be pleased to know the candle-tummy ratio is now correct over here too!
LikeLike
Here’s another old folks tale on how to get rid of a wart on your body. Get a brand new silver dime[ 10 cents] and rub it on the wart.Then go for a walk and throw the dime over your shoulder and keep on walking and don’t look back. A few days later the wart will have majically disappeared. Where did it go? The person who picked up the dime now has a wart. I hope it was my ex wifes lawyer. Seems I’m getting repetitious.
LikeLike
Seems like there’s a story in this!
I obviously know a different old wife because she has a different tale for a remedy for getting rid of a wart which is a bit more grisly; rub a wart with a piece of uncooked meat, bury the meat and as it rots the wart will disappear…
LikeLike