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Turkey Related Subjects => Recipes & Turkish Cooking Section => Topic started by: lance on April 24, 2009, 12:29:22 PM

Title: oregano
Post by: lance on April 24, 2009, 12:29:22 PM

Can this herb be bought in turkey if so whats its name cheers.
                       :D

Title: oregano
Post by: tribalelder on April 24, 2009, 12:33:47 PM

Yes you can .......Kekik :)

Title: oregano
Post by: philrose on April 24, 2009, 13:33:42 PM

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Originally posted by tribalelder

Yes you can .......Kekik :)

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No that's Thyme
Try keklikotu

Title: oregano
Post by: STEVErx on April 24, 2009, 15:03:38 PM

:P my mates a black belt in that ;)[:o)]

Title: oregano
Post by: steveb1 on April 24, 2009, 15:25:41 PM

i think tribalelder is right Kekik
but if you just ask for oregano in the markets thay know

Title: oregano
Post by: kevin3 on April 24, 2009, 17:31:24 PM

Steve.PMSL.!:D:D:D

Title: oregano
Post by: legless on April 24, 2009, 22:47:10 PM

you can find it growing wild in Turkey

Ron

Title: oregano
Post by: stuart on April 25, 2009, 03:00:04 AM

i thought origano was a womble!

Title: oregano
Post by: kevin3 on April 25, 2009, 07:05:14 AM

No,Its chinese paper folding.!(I chink?) :)

Title: oregano
Post by: tribalelder on April 25, 2009, 08:04:28 AM

It would seem that the translations are probably both correct,depending on the source. This may help to Clarify.  Quote "In the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean no clear distinctions are made between a couple of aromatic herbs of the mint family.  In Turkish Kekik and related forms in Hebrew and Persian may be applied to a variety of native herbs including Oregano, Marjoram, Thyme, and Savory depending on the region and the local flora" Unquote
Put it down to the peculiarities of the Turkish language where one single word can mean so many different things :)