susie, i can take those mushrooms, thus ur problem is solved!

Now you have started!! Are potatoes grown in Turkey? I have been to turkey now three times and not once seen potatoes on the menu? and if they do who introduced them to Turkey?

Do they have gravy? I've had it in the English places but then it is still scarce. I've asked for it once and got brown sauce all over my chips .

no potato in turkiia? really?
wot a tragedy!
ah, when i come to istanbul i ll remamber to bring a big bag of potatoes

They tend to have sauce instead of gravy! My husband likes vegetarian gravy he doesnt like the meat variety! When I took gravy to Turkey they were shocked! What is it?! they asked I said english sauce but they all prefered veggie!

I know for sure they dont have MARMITE!!

Looked potato up in the dictionary - patates, so they much grow in Turkey. Wonder who introduced them! Did Sir Walter Raleigh??

In Ecuador potatoes are mainly served from the Andes and Seafood is near the coast (it is similar in Turkey) I love to cook so learning different foods is fun for me The only obstacle I ever face, and I love the challenge is finding a Halal meat in remote places around the world ^-^ another is that damn apple tea *shakes fist* it sure is sneaky (mothers sure love it though!) Learning Baklava was fun too *~_~* no complaints here, but a comment on my enjoyment of cooking internationaly... and a real parent always concerns themselves jiji or else they would let their creations eat the bark of trees and wild berries in the woods (sounds fun)
you guys are fun to converse with as well!

estelle

actually i ate potatoes here in istanbul yesterday! but they dont really prepare them like we do in holland (we boil them and eat them with veggies and gravy).

Here youll get a sort of boiled potato, and they put butter and vegetables in there (which you can pick yourself). they have for example sausages, olives, some sort of mixed thing, corn, and a lot more! and it fills your stomach as if youre eating a dinner! absolutely fantastic, I might introduce them in Holland as well!

I think you mean Kumpir and a proper kebabshop in Amsterdam should have it too.. they even have it here

M

Susie, You will have to tell them about the potato famine in Ireland and about all the people that starved to death because the potato crop failed! If you were or are a Black Adder fan, there was one episode where Sir Walter Raleigh brought the potato to Queen Elizabeth 1. It was so funny!!

Thank fully we dont rely on them quite so much these days, with pasta, rice etc. How we managed before Sir Walter Raleigh introduced them beats me!!

that potato famine took place in ireland isnt actually funny i hope it wont be narrated as a joke

Don't worry I lived and worked with the Irish for 7 solid years, Ive been there and my best mates Irish so don't worry about that!

G