tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post5477513952424111400..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Aşure - Noah's puddingRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-20448811490845534792011-01-13T10:34:46.882-05:002011-01-13T10:34:46.882-05:00it looks very nice and delicious. elinize sağlık :...it looks very nice and delicious. elinize sağlık :)buzlubademhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01071036086052479433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-23066731767633233292009-12-11T10:03:25.753-05:002009-12-11T10:03:25.753-05:00Thanks Ruth for your nice compliment. No, I don’t...Thanks Ruth for your nice compliment. No, I don’t have any kind of diploma in the researching field, but since childhood I have been very inquisitive and always wanted to know the what, where and why of everything and I am still like that. That has its good and bad points – many people care about myths and get angry when corrected. Thanks for your open mind.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-12025382420792995352009-12-11T06:51:50.843-05:002009-12-11T06:51:50.843-05:00Vagabonde, oh, that is very good research, my rese...<b>Vagabonde</b>, oh, that is very good research, my researching friend. I had never heard this, and it makes sense. <br /><br />Doesn't it make you wonder how many things have been mistranslated over the years? We have no idea how meanings get altered, and we think we know so much!<br /><br />I think you must have a PhD in some research field. If not, you should.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-68993274578952280292009-12-11T06:25:48.931-05:002009-12-11T06:25:48.931-05:00Hi, Gwen, I know. I love it when I learn more in c...Hi, <b>Gwen</b>, I know. I love it when I learn more in comments, don't you?<br /><br />That rauf, if we see a college spring break movie called "God Goes Bananas" I'll know he is well connected, as I suspect.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-72878066802038889322009-12-11T06:21:20.227-05:002009-12-11T06:21:20.227-05:00Well, Dutchbaby, you are an angel . . . I wonder w...Well, <b>Dutchbaby</b>, you are an angel . . . I wonder what else I've lost and can't get along without? ;-)<br /><br />I would protest, but I'm afraid it wouldn't do any good, and might be false anyway, because I really want it! Thank you so much. I emailed you my address. :DRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-46494379463892435912009-12-11T06:04:09.942-05:002009-12-11T06:04:09.942-05:00Linda, I think I didn't find the right recipe ...<b>Linda</b>, I think I didn't find the right recipe here. I loved the pudding in Turkey, and this was fine, but not as delicious. I've already said it a few times, but where is my <i>American Cook in Turkey</i> cookbook???<br /><br />What you said about the rule of returned hospitality in Iowa and Texas might validate what I felt in İstanbul, that traditions there were like what we had in the U.S. 50 years earlier.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-23265490843363437402009-12-10T23:15:10.605-05:002009-12-10T23:15:10.605-05:00Just tonight I was reading on another blog about N...Just tonight I was reading on another blog about Noah’s Ark landing on Mt Ararat as you also mentioned. So I looked it up because I had heard that in those days Mt Ararat was not in Turkey but in Armenia, and this is what I found in the Columbia Encyclopedia, so I thought I’d copy it for you too: “Ararat (ăr'ərăt), Turkish Ağri Daği, name of two mountains, Little Ararat (12,877 ft/3,925 m) and Great Ararat (16,945 ft/5,165 m), E Turkey, near the Iranian and Armenian borders. The tradition that Mt. Ararat is the resting place of Noah's ark is based on a misreading of Gen. 8.4, which properly reads "upon the mountains of Ararat," indicating a country or region. The land or the kingdom of Ararat, called in Assyrian Urartu, was situated between the river Aras (Araks) and the lakes Van and Urmia. It included all the land later called Armenia.” I thought it interesting because as you may know Mount Ararat has always been revered by the Armenians as symbolizing their national identity. Mt Ararat is the national symbol of the 1991 Republic of Armenia, being featured in the center of its coat of arms.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-47050197165275372982009-12-10T16:19:08.529-05:002009-12-10T16:19:08.529-05:00I really enjoyed reading everyone's comments R...I really enjoyed reading everyone's comments Ruth and<br /><br />.... oh my gosh!!! "No bananas in Paradise" that is hilarious!!!! <br /><br />great comedic relief rauf!!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-76896900758774252702009-12-10T12:08:16.142-05:002009-12-10T12:08:16.142-05:00Four used copies available this morning:
http://w...Four used copies available this morning:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/American-Cook-Turkey-Anne-Glass/dp/B000KUFJZG/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0<br /><br />Send my your address and one just might show up in your mailbox.Dutchbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00844296297519447526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-82806526151884043352009-12-10T11:49:48.323-05:002009-12-10T11:49:48.323-05:00Bravo, Ms. DS. :)
Yes, you are late for aşure, I...Bravo, Ms. <b>DS</b>. :) <br /><br />Yes, you are late for aşure, I'm afraid. By the time I got to the end of the batch, I felt I wanted to find a different recipe for it. There are many out there, as Linda at shoreacres noted. I can't find my <i>American Cook in Turkey</i> cookbook! I'm frantic!<br /><br />Nice to see you. :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-17424832360195092952009-12-09T23:47:09.996-05:002009-12-09T23:47:09.996-05:00Wow, what an interseting combination of ingredient...Wow, what an interseting combination of ingredients. This sounds healthy, too! thanks for sharing both the recipe and the tradition. I love that idea.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-73019048784993573112009-12-09T23:30:04.125-05:002009-12-09T23:30:04.125-05:00I went looking for other instances of the pudding ...I went looking for other instances of the pudding and was astounded by how many I found! Some used wheat, or rice, or both, some had haricorts, there was rosewater but no garnish, and a few that seemed to be all garnish! One recipe had 40 ingredients and took two days to make. <br /><br />I loved the story, but I just am not sure I'd like the pudding.<br /><br />But like fruitcake, the trick may be the right recipe. I make a fruitcake every year that contains only apricots, dates and pecans, with an orange zest and bourbon infused batter. And there's a cookie famous for making even fruitcake haters purr: bourbon-soaked raisins, candied cherries, citron and whole pecans, just held together with a thin batter infused with nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice and clove. This may be the weekend for baking!<br /><br />Oh ~ <i>If someone brings a dish of food to your door, you must never return the dish empty...</i><br />That was an absolute, iron-clad rule of my Iowa growing up, and remains so in portions of rural Texas.shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58022773153352996022009-12-09T16:00:30.896-05:002009-12-09T16:00:30.896-05:00Late to the party. Am I too late for aşure? (Did I...Late to the party. Am I too late for aşure? (Did I do that correctly? I used your character map :) ) It sounds yummy.<br /><br />You have only increased my desire to see Turkey someday. Please thank rauf for me--I learned much from his comments as well as your post! Thank you.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-70910997043920977722009-12-09T08:25:44.101-05:002009-12-09T08:25:44.101-05:00Boots, well I loved finding out about Amy coming h...<b>Boots</b>, well I loved finding out about Amy coming home from school, draping the towel, and devouring pomegranates.<br /><br />Figs, dates, pomegranates - imagine the farmer who lived 100 years ago here where I am sitting. She would only read about them, maybe never eating one in her entire life.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-20011917498838689612009-12-09T08:23:03.916-05:002009-12-09T08:23:03.916-05:00A well and healthy Dutchbaby is back!
Thank you f...A well and healthy <b>Dutchbaby</b> is back!<br /><br />Thank you for that spoon trick, I will try it, along with Amy's water bath method.<br /><br />I read your appetizer description out loud to Don and we both groaned with pleasure/longing. It sounds like the perfect elements of sweetness, savoriness, crunch and ooze. Oh dear, I need some breakfast.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-9498194614256207462009-12-09T07:47:28.472-05:002009-12-09T07:47:28.472-05:00Wow. Thanks, Amy. I never knew you were a pomegran...Wow. Thanks, <b>Amy</b>. I never knew you were a pomegranate oficionado. I will try that next time. I really haven't eaten one in years, and I'm realizing that once you get all those seeds out, they last a long time, because a little goes a long way.<br /><br />I really like the image your mom gave in her comment of you eating them after school with a towel around your neck. :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-62584188491120708932009-12-09T07:41:00.191-05:002009-12-09T07:41:00.191-05:00♥ Kathy, I hope you like it. I think I have to fin...<b>♥ Kathy</b>, I hope you like it. I think I have to find a better recipe than this one, since it doesn't taste exactly like what I had in Turkey.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-79824810199823297222009-12-09T07:33:12.526-05:002009-12-09T07:33:12.526-05:00Loring, wow, where have I been? Not in Colorado Sp...<b>Loring</b>, wow, where have I been? Not in Colorado Springs, that's for sure.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-69827517494818033942009-12-09T07:31:46.031-05:002009-12-09T07:31:46.031-05:00Sidney, you are surrounded with Catholic and Filip...<b>Sidney</b>, you are surrounded with Catholic and Filipino rituals. When you share photographs of the people's faces, costumes, parades, I feel as if I am there. Christmas photos will be coming soon, I anticipate.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-45888704177133038252009-12-09T06:58:00.070-05:002009-12-09T06:58:00.070-05:00rauf, I do believe there is no other place on eart...<b>rauf</b>, I do believe there is no other place on earth like India where such a variety of peoples live together. I could be wrong, but I can't think of one. No wonder there are so many holidays and festivals.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-39738816162113951362009-12-09T06:56:01.053-05:002009-12-09T06:56:01.053-05:00Margie, hmm. I agree opening up those seeds and le...<b>Margie</b>, hmm. I agree opening up those seeds and letting them out is part of the ethos of eating them. The one I peeled for Noah's pudding is in a bowl, still some seeds left. A little goes a long way. I was glad to see some peeling tips later in comments from Dutchbaby and Amy.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-20558454685313143352009-12-09T06:45:50.895-05:002009-12-09T06:45:50.895-05:00Oh thank you, rauf for that information. I saw som...Oh thank you, <b>rauf</b> for that information. I saw something when I was scanning the Internet about the death of Hussain and I was too lazy to research it. In İstanbul we had friends who were Kurdish and friends who weren't. The non-Kurdish friends told us the Kurdish ones were Kurds, we didn't know. One way they said you can tell is that their children will be named Ali. They are Shia and honor Ali as their rightful prophet, as you explained.<br /><br />Figs we can buy fresh must have come from far, though we do have trees in warmer areas. I don't think a hardy fig is available. I don't think I have tasted a good fresh fig that has been shipped, they are flavorless. The texture is still good, and when I eat one, I close my eyes and imagine what it is like to taste a good one off the tree again.<br /><br />In Pasadena we had two avocado trees in our yard. I did not appreciate them then at all. We would take huge bags of them to work for friends. Now, they cost around two for a $1, or more, and I love them. You are so right about not wanting what we have readily available. Oh, we had a lemon tree too.<br /><br />Thank you so much for the wealth of information about Ashura, rauf.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-55259504101987054122009-12-09T06:33:00.829-05:002009-12-09T06:33:00.829-05:00Hello, Shaista. Yes, I forgot that ficus is fig. W...Hello, <b>Shaista</b>. Yes, I forgot that ficus is fig. We had a huge house plant ficus that was very very beautiful my sister loaned us for years, not a fruit bearing tree this one.<br /><br />I think if most Christians here realized how much we share with Muslims (they get the Jewish connection already) they would be astonished. In fact the teachings of the <i>Qur'an</i> are, I believe, more inclusive than other Scriptures when it talks about The People of the Book (Christians) - right?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-47901512083155543582009-12-09T06:27:08.922-05:002009-12-09T06:27:08.922-05:00Thank you, Pat. In an ancient culture like Turkey&...Thank you, <b>Pat</b>. In an ancient culture like Turkey's the history is so long and complex, I wish I knew more. Well, I can learn.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-55505028073226159462009-12-09T06:22:30.805-05:002009-12-09T06:22:30.805-05:00Kanmuri, great, I hope you like it!<b>Kanmuri</b>, great, I hope you like it!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.com