"Jack Campin - bogus address"
Something I've seen on sale in Istanbul a couple of times:
bundles of green stems about a foot long with slightly hairy
skin. You peel the skin off and chew them. They taste like
rather woody raw rhubarb. According to one person I spoke
I got this answer from a journalist/author friend in Istanbul:
"Aradığın meyvenin ismi ışkın veya diğer adıyla kenger. Şöyle de söyleniyor,
kenger ışkını. Dağlarda yetişiyor. İstanbulda çok nadir bazı yerlerde
bulunuyormuş."
"The name of the fruit you're looking for is 'ışkın', otherwise known as
'kenger'. It's also called 'kenger ışkını'. It grows in the mountains. It's
found only rarely in a few places in Istanbul."
'Işkın' means 'tendril'; 'kenger' is 'cardoon' (Cynara cardunculus). So
'kenger ışkını' means 'cardoon tendrils'.
Kenger is very common here in Bodrum when it's in season and is eaten boiled
and served cold in olive oil.
--
Bob
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