More about the farmers’ market in Bodrum yesterday: It was kind of like a moveable feast for me. I’d stop at one stall and buy a little bag of cherries, eating them while I walked around some more, and then maybe buy a few cashews, some plump dried apricots, a few olives, and even a peynirli börek (cheese pie).
About those dried apricots: I don’t know what they do to them, but Turkish dried apricots are the best in the world. I fell in love with them in Istanbul and now buy them wherever I see them (and you see them a lot).
One of the other wonderful things I found at the market were dried figs stuffed with sesame seeds and almonds. They were being sold by this little old lady named Elif. As I got near her stand, she practically grabbed me by the arm to drag me over to taste her figs. To be honest with you, I took one just to be polite. But Elif knows her figs. These were incredible. And so I ended up buying a dozen of them. I think the trick is going to be making sure I don’t scarf them all down at one time back in my hotel room. They’re that good.
Tags: Bodrum, farmers' market, Turkey
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I’m loving your photos of the Bodrum market.
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I love wandering around the Peninsula markets. My favourite is the Thursday Yalikavak Market. Last time I visited, a gnarled hand of a stall holder, forced a split fresh fig at me, that has goat cheese and walnut stuffed in it. Melt in your mouth delicious! And, like, we ended up buying a pound of figs!
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