Snacks and a Warning

[suehugh]

No problems with Korkerec, especially from Izems cafe in Uzumlu. Great smothered in chilli sauce.

But not to sure about a dish featured on Ainsley Harriet's Istanbul street food programme this week
Raw lambs mince hand mixed with spices and served in a pocket of lettuce.
The only cooking the meat receives is that imparted during the hand mixing.

Anybody tried this ?

[philrose]

There used to be a place in Fethiye that did the raw kofta but with beef not lamb. It was delicious....

[JohnF]

My old local kebab place in Istanbul did them with raw minced lamb, they had them on the menu as çiğ köfte - eaten them for years and never had an issue.  If you got a kebab delivered, they always put a portion in free of charge.  Any leftovers make a good breakfast sandwich the next day, fried with a dollop of their homemade tomato chilli sauce.  Serious hangover remedy, as in kill or cure!

JF

[davybill]

How can they be delicious, with a load of hot Chilly sauce, surely u can only taste the  hot chilly sauce, HaHa,

[JohnF]

A good chilli sauce provides heat, but not so much as to overpower the other components in a dish.   Sounds like you haven't tasted one yet...

JF

[Colwyn]

This is the korkorec what done it. Looks nice doesn't it?



But not on this tub! Remember those 2009 prices?



To make up for all that, here's couple of a nice square meals.

[davybill]

John.F We had Chitlings brains tripe and brawn, in the 40s/50s, no Chilly sauce,
And that put me off for life.

[KKOB]

But not to sure about a dish featured on Ainsley Harriet's Istanbul street food programme this week
Raw lambs mince hand mixed with spices and served in a pocket of lettuce.
The only cooking the meat receives is that imparted during the hand mixing.

Yes, in Europe it's called Steak Tartare.