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Turkey Related Subjects => Recipes & Turkish Cooking Section => Topic started by: George Warner on July 05, 2019, 09:49:11 AM

Title: what are they called?
Post by: George Warner on July 05, 2019, 09:49:11 AM

Anyone know  the Turkish name for the flat,like a Turban,white fleshed peach,they are very sweet,but only seem to be on sale for a short time,
Got some two weeks ago from only one stall, but this week there were none about

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: KKOB on July 05, 2019, 11:45:38 AM

Doughnut peaches ?

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: IanK on July 05, 2019, 13:20:10 PM

Dont know the Turkish name but they are also known as Saturn peaches in english!

Ian

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: KKOB on July 05, 2019, 14:56:59 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Peach

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: Menthol on July 06, 2019, 00:03:56 AM

Still no access to Wikipedia in Turkey sadly.

I remember seeing a few of the squashed pale peaches last year, so perhaps they appear later in the season. I can't remember what they are called though.

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: George Warner on July 07, 2019, 10:03:04 AM

Found them!!flat peaches and flat nectarines both from the same and only stall selling at today's market,but still no name

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: KKOB on July 07, 2019, 10:45:03 AM

Did you ask 'em ?

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: George Warner on July 07, 2019, 16:18:40 PM

Quote from: KKOB on July 07, 2019, 10:45:03 AM

Did you ask 'em ?

Yeh I did ,guy just said "Tatli Seftali"

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: Scunner on July 07, 2019, 18:52:22 PM

Monkey bums

Title: Re: what are they called?
Post by: KKOB on July 07, 2019, 19:52:57 PM

Quote from: Scunner on July 07, 2019, 18:52:22 PM

Monkey bums

Has Google Translate gone TU ?