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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.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday January 14 2019, @08:38PM (6 children)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday January 14 2019, @09:48PM
Oh, okay. So fly to Seattle first. then you'll be all set. :)
[Yes, I'm being deliberately obtuse. It's fun, you should try it!]
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
(Score: -1) by fakefuck39 on Monday January 14 2019, @10:11PM (4 children)
yeah, no thanks polak. I'm not into sugar in my pickles. diaspora? of whom exactly? if you're in eastern europe, you are the diaspora in other countries. no one comes to eastern europe to live.
and since you clearly haven't tried a new york half-sour, since you can't get a visa and the stuff they sell by you is fake, I'll tell you this: your "salty gherkins" are sugar and vinegar shit by comparison. and yes, I've been to your country - every country in europe actually.
(Score: 3, Informative) by FatPhil on Monday January 14 2019, @11:03PM (3 children)
I think I can see absolute demonstrable falsities in your post. I am unable to evaluate the truthiness of the final half of your final sentence, obviously, but given your reliability, I'd put money on it being a lie too.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday January 16 2019, @04:55AM (2 children)
You need to speak English, Russian, French, and Korean to understand my nickname buddy. The numbers are important too. It actually is a sentence saying the people commenting on the nickname can't get pussy and masturbate a lot.
you're not able to "evaluate" the truthfullness that people don't want to and don't migrate to the second-world shithole that is Eastern Europe? You're a moron.
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday January 16 2019, @08:06AM (1 child)
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by fakefuck39 on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:56PM
Oh, I understood it fine. I just enjoy annoying you, knowing you got a vein popping up in your fourhead right now. Thanks for the entertainment personal clown.