And definite frost. Sounds like soup making weather, so that is what I am doing. Later I will fight my way through the ice and snow going to archery - well, through the frost anyway.
Must be a pretty harsh place if the poplars still have no leaves - it's nearly summer! Do you have pictures of the tulips? I wouldn't mind seeing what tulips in the wild look like. The Wednesday Walkers might be interested too. Speaking of whom, they have been postponing a few walks lately. They didn't like the look of the weather, though most of the time I didn't think it was bad enough to not go out.
I've always wondered what manti (Turkish ravioli) were like to eat. How was the soup? From your description it could have ended up tasting like anything, but I assume it was good.
It could be that they are mellowing, but Tintern might well have something to do with it. At least there are some good people on the trip.
Sorry I have been leading you astray - as with every other tulip i have seen these tulips were planted in the median strip or in a roundabout or some other public space.
ReplyDeleteIt rained when we came here, and we expect rain today as well, so it is probably cooler than it should be, but it is definitely cool.
The soup was very nice.
ReplyDeleteI have mentioned that Adar isnt good but I may not have conveyed the reasons. The main one is his command of English. He often doesn't understand questions, so his answers are all over the place. He rambles and takes a long time to get to the point, so it can take a while to realize he hasn't understood. His English is Turkish in grammar, so it is difficult to understand. Sometimes he seems to make up answers, such as when Julia asked him about the digging on the other side of the river at ani. He said the Armenians were mining. When ian was asked he said that side of the river was the farms and other associated with ani, and the Armenians were excavating them as a poor substitute for the real site.
So when adar was acting as translator for the head of the women's cooperative, his cooking and recipe explanations bordered on the bizarre. I think we gave up after his explanation of the soup ingredients.
Susan said that the ravioli things were unusual as they were savory rather than sweet. They were in a yoghurt sauce. She is used to them being stuffed with walnut.
The Turks have a number of flatish noodle dishes. At van for our picnic lunch we had either a lasagna layered with cheese or some very wide noodle - the noodles had been squashed after they were layered so it was very rippled. We also had something very similar available in Kars at breakfast.
ReplyDeleteHave i told you that honeycomb is usually available for breakfast?
You are a very brave person to venture out in the ice and snow. I hope those archers appreciate your dedication. The weather sounds perfect for soup - which one?
ReplyDeleteAre English long bows different to other long bows? The urartians had long bows according to ian. He also says that long bows (including English) are made of a single piece of very springy wood, whereas compound bows are laminated. I thought your long bow was laminated and is supposed to be a traditional long bow.
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