Some Turkish Food

[KKOB]

So what exactly is Kokorec?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoretsi

Cooked, chopped, highly spiced intestines. Can be served in a roll, in a durum, on a skewer like a kofte, on a plate with salad etc. All depends on where it's bought.

[Scunner]

It's strange that while I am a big fan of haggis and indeed faggots, I can't bring myself to even try kokorec.

[Lotty]

Me neither. I just wish I was brave enough! I'm sure that if I was blind folded and unaware of the content, I'd probably love it.

[Scunner]

How about a sponsored Kokorec Retch!  

[bewva]

I'd have a go at trying it. I'd prefer not to have had knowledge of what it was first though.
Other than Faggots I think I have managed to escape the other delicacies Colwyn suggested.
Have tried and quite enjoyed haggis as well.

[KKOB]

There are people of a certain age, like me, that have been brought up on sweatmeats, liver, kidneys, hearts, tongue, spleen, tripe, pig's trotters etc who wouldn't think twice about eating, and enjoying kokorec.

Next time you eat sausages, burgers, meat pies etc think about the contents.  

[GlennB]

The takeaway at Aydin Pide roundabout used to have it on the menu but I did not see it this year, maybe there was not enough call for it among the tourists, I thought it was lovely. The other thing I've had on a few occasions is brain soup, the brain I found to be pretty tasteless without much texture seems to come in either chicken or mushroom base soup.

[KKOB]

I doubt that Kokorec would be a great attraction to very many tourists.

[Colwyn]

When I was in a Turkish hospital suffering with heart failure Hilary was still "on holiday" by herself in our rented house 25 miles away. She was at a pretty low ebb so decided to go for some "comfort food". She went to a nearby restaurant and ordered spaghetti bolognese. Shortly she smelled a distinctive aroma coming from the kitchen. Yes, you've got it; the "bologese" sauce was made using kokorec - more of a spaghetti turkiye. She said it was disgusting and she has never eaten there since.

Sometimes tourists don't get much of a choice about what they get served.