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Sucuk
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26 Jul 2006 Wed 03:03 pm |
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Not sure whether this is better asked here or in the Language forum......but it is about food 
Is sucuk used to describe any garlic sausage or is it just a specific type of garlic sausage???
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26 Jul 2006 Wed 07:57 pm |
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SUCUK... is a type of sausage eaten in many countries. IT's common in Turkish and also in Iraqi and Bulgarian cuisine.
It consists of ground meat, with various spices including cumin, garlic,salt, and red pepper, fed into a sausage casing and allowed to dry for several weeks. It can be more or less spicy; it is fairly salty and has a high fat content.
It must be eaten cooked (when raw, it is very hard and stiff-unless you have strong stomach and sharp set of serrated teeth  ). It is often cut into slices and cooked without additional oil, its own fat being sufficient to fry it. At breakfasts, it is used in a way similar to bacon or spam. They are fried in a pan, often with eggs, accompanied by a hot cup of sweet black tea. It's also commonly used as a topping on savoury pastries... like pide? 
Sujuk are also great drizzled with pomegranate molasses.Sliced thin as a meze, or quickly grilled (don't overdo it, it will just get very hard). It's also sliced and lightly fried and eaten with breakfast...
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26 Jul 2006 Wed 09:15 pm |
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Given I have it in my fridge every time, maybe I can help you, Bod. It's part of cuisin in Serbia and Bosnia too, but always prepared following original Turkish recipe. It's ALWAYS made of beef, and there are two varieties: raw or half-smoked, which is to be cooked or fried, and smoked sucuk (rather expansive), which is never cooked, but is served in very thin slices as snack or a part of dinner. If it's of a high quality, you don't need strong teeth. I think I'll visit my fridge after this!
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27 Jul 2006 Thu 05:20 pm |
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So the garlic sausage that I have in my 'fridge is not "sucuk"?
It is described like this:
"Sliced cured pork sausage cooked with garlic and mustard seeds"
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06 Aug 2006 Sun 07:10 pm |
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hi Bod!
I found an interesting site for your sucuk...
http://www.byegm.gov.tr/yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/23/N27.htm
I will try the recipe when I have time to go to the fresh market... 
~Afiyet olsun~
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 01:47 pm |
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sucuk is mostly eaten for breakfast or a snack at dinner mabye!it isnt pork as turks don't eat pork!sucuk goes with lots of things we have it on jacket potato!umm!
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 01:49 pm |
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I had sucuk and eggs for brekkie this morning YUUUUMMY
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 02:21 pm |
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IZMIR! NOOO!! You make me hungry! and there's no food here!!
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:07 pm |
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Quoting canse: it isnt pork as turks don't eat pork! |
That isn't quite true is it???
Muslim Turks don't eat pork - but not all Turks are Muslim.....
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:14 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting canse: it isnt pork as turks don't eat pork! |
That isn't quite true is it???
Muslim Turks don't eat pork - but not all Turks are Muslim..... |
Let's not pick on words
Pork is rare in Türkiye as the majority is Muslim. Kadir is not muslim, but because it's not sold much and not common to eat, he is not used to it and doesn't like the taste.. thus he doesn't eat it at all actually. (only bacon when we had a fry-up at my house )
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:38 pm |
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Quoting bod: So the garlic sausage that I have in my 'fridge is not "sucuk"?
It is described like this:
"Sliced cured pork sausage cooked with garlic and mustard seeds" |
Does it say "sucuk" on it? I'd be surprised..
Now where is my sucuk and cheese toast???
(another addiction..)
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:39 pm |
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Quoting IZMIR060406: Also, my fiance tells me there can be some very dodgy butchers there... and what you ask for... and what they sell you ... can sometimes be two different things...  So you may be eating something you think you are eating but really are not !!!  Errr I think!!!
So remind me never to go shopping in a dodgy looking back street butchers in Izmir |
If it tastes nice and as you expect, does it matter if it is what you think it is??? Although I would probably not eat pork in Turkia simply because I eat lots of pork at home and prefer the wonderful fresh fish or succulent lamb that is cooked in Turkia
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:41 pm |
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Well... It does matter what it is ... I think so !
And ohhh the fish and ohhhhhh the lamb ... STOP!!! I'm dribbling
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:50 pm |
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Quoting IZMIR060406:
And ohhh the fish and ohhhhhh the lamb ... STOP!!! I'm dribbling |
Ben de
In Turkia we went with a good friend to a lokanta near Bozburun which was only accessible by boat! You ring them up and they send a little boat to collect you
The ahtapot tava was probably the best thing I have ever tasted
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 03:54 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting IZMIR060406:
And ohhh the fish and ohhhhhh the lamb ... STOP!!! I'm dribbling |
Ben de
In Turkia we went with a good friend to a lokanta near Bozburun which was only accessible by boat! You ring them up and they send a little boat to collect you
The ahtapot tava was probably the best thing I have ever tasted |
Bod tell me, did that place have a tiny beach with pebbles? I guess there are more of that kind of places there, but what you describe sounds very familiar, and it was in Bozburun too.. God I feel homesick.. 
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 04:05 pm |
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Quoting Elisa: Quoting bod: [QUOTE
Bod tell me, did that place have a tiny beach with pebbles? I guess there are more of that kind of places there, but what you describe sounds very familiar, and it was in Bozburun too.. God I feel homesick.. |
Ben de  I'm homesick too |
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30 Aug 2006 Wed 05:24 pm |
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I don't know how it is in Turkey, but sucuk is here always beef sausage. We have the same type of pork sausage, but it's called different. And it's really not the same. You cannot eat pork dry sausage without bread, it's too greasy. But when you start with genuine sucuk... You just can eat it without anything, untill you die! And when talking about different sucuks, do you, Bod, know about sweet sucuk? It's a kind of confection, and it's made of nut halves beaded on the thread, then they are dipped several times into the cooked flour or starch with water, sugar and some aroma (rose, raspberry, vanilla...), so when it gets cold and you pull out the thread, it has a shape of sausage. You cut it in slices and enjoy! You can make it yourself.
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31 Aug 2006 Thu 12:54 am |
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Quoting Elisa: Bod tell me, did that place have a tiny beach with pebbles? I guess there are more of that kind of places there, but what you describe sounds very familiar, and it was in Bozburun too.. God I feel homesick.. |
Yes, it had a small wooden jetty with a few seats on it and a small pebbled beach next to that. To eat you walk up a few steps and turn right and there are a number of tables where they serve the food.
Does that sound like the same place???
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31 Aug 2006 Thu 01:17 pm |
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Quoting bod: Quoting Elisa: Bod tell me, did that place have a tiny beach with pebbles? I guess there are more of that kind of places there, but what you describe sounds very familiar, and it was in Bozburun too.. God I feel homesick.. |
Yes, it had a small wooden jetty with a few seats on it and a small pebbled beach next to that. To eat you walk up a few steps and turn right and there are a number of tables where they serve the food.
Does that sound like the same place??? |
A bit, I'm not sure. There were indeed stairs and tables on the right, but also a covered small terrace on the left.. It was a really cosy and homely place.
The place is owned by a retired couple, they used to have a hotel in Bodrum if I remember correctly. When they retired they decided to start that place, the man is the chef, the woman takes care of the restaurant.
On the other hand, like I said, Bozburun problably has more than one restaurant
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02 Sep 2006 Sat 03:59 pm |
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Going back to the original question about sucuk......
I bought a packet of sucuk in our local Turkish supermarket - does it need cooking or is it eaten as it is???
I think it should be eaten as it is but kız arkadaşım thinks it might need cooking!
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02 Sep 2006 Sat 04:32 pm |
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Hi bod,
Im not sure if you can eat without cooking... I have always slowly fried in a little oil.... this is nice this way... especially with eggs
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02 Sep 2006 Sat 04:37 pm |
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Quoting bod: Going back to the original question about sucuk......
I bought a packet of sucuk in our local Turkish supermarket - does it need cooking or is it eaten as it is???
I think it should be eaten as it is but kız arkadaşım thinks it might need cooking! |
We had it on the barbecue, then put it between a roll of bread with onions and all kinds of stuff you like, it's delicious!
You can also make a peynirli toast with sucuk.
I used it in a quiche as well, delicious...........
But every time, while I'm preparing something with sucuk, I pick slices while they are not prepared yet, and it tastes delicious that way too
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02 Sep 2006 Sat 04:48 pm |
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www.akmarket.com/index.php?target=recipes&category_id=50&rs_id=29
Found this receipe on internet.
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02 Sep 2006 Sat 04:51 pm |
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http://ingilizceyemektarifleri.ulkeler.net/recipe.php?recipeid=273
This one too
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24 Oct 2006 Tue 04:49 am |
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Without a doubt, polonez brand sucuk is the best. Fry it on both sides til a little crispy. Dip your ekmek in the grease....ah..cok guzel...
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