To dine on Turkish food is to dine on centuries old recipes like skewered and roasted meats, the famous shis-kebab, flatbreads which are baked upon an overturned griddle called a sac which is similar to a flattened wok. "Yogurt" is a Turkish word. Olive oil production is thousands of years old and part of the Mediterranean culture.
Lamb and chicken are the main meats. Forbidden in Islam, pork is absent. The Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean, and southern Mediterranean provide Turkey with boundless fish and shellfish. Turkey is one of the few countries in the world that has been self sustaining, producing all its own food. |
