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Turkey's Magical Hangover Cure (Pickle Juice)

posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 14 2019, @06:24AM   
from the pickled-tink dept.

upstart writes:

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Turkey's magical hangover cure

In an unassuming storefront tucked away on a bustling Istanbul street, an older man was assembling a vividly colourful package of pickles. Drawing from buckets of cauliflower, beetroot, plums and peppers, he mixed them into a plump bundle inside a sturdy, clear plastic bag and sealed them in a pool of their own juices.

Adem Altun, 64, is a third-generation pickle man who has practiced his craft since he was a boy. He operates the original location of Pelit Turşuları in Istanbul’s Kurtuluş neighbourhood, with branches in different pockets of the city. It’s one of a number of classic pickle shops in the city that adhere to decades-old techniques passed down from generation to generation.

“For us, a meal without pickles is not complete. There are pickles on every table. Sometimes this drops in the summer because pickles prefer the cold,” Altun said.

But I wasn’t there to learn about pickles, or to pick up an assorted mix for the dinner table. I’d come to his shop – conveniently located a few blocks away from my apartment – for a different purpose: I’d drunk a little too much the previous night, and a glass of pickle juice is famed as a quick, tasty and natural cure for even the fiercest of headaches.

“In terms of minerals it is very rich,” Altun said, offering an explanation as he served me a glass.   

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• 5 things you need to know about Turkish Prisons 5 things you need to know about Turkish Prisons (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:16AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:16AM (#786333)

  Yeah, a cure. Perhaps it would be even more effective diluted 100-1? So only some molecules with memories of pickles, and frojack, remained? Got to love science on the internets! I got aids from a vaccine for gayness, and I became gay from a vaccine for Polo and Horse members, and it was the immigrants that gave me a craving for Salsa, and La Vida Loca!! I swear! Save your self!

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• Re:5 things you need to know about Turkish Prisons Re:5 things you need to know about Turkish Prisons (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:53AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:53AM (#786349)

  You forgot to login, realDonaldTrump!

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  • Re:5 things you need to know about Turkish Prisons (Score: 5, Insightful) by FatPhil on Monday January 14 2019, @09:27AM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Monday January 14 2019, @09:27AM (#786381) Homepage

    Woh, you're pretty deaf to writing styles - that's clearly our ari's writing, clear as day to me. (And RDT does chance style properly between his personae, and doesn't leak much at all. He's a method troll.)
    
    I guess ari's suffering pickle envy.

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