My new words

Turnip – Cole-seed Dispassion –  detachment, objectivity, fairness  Clay just looked at him as if he’d fallen off the turnip truck – which, apart from an expression of mute dispassion, was the most frequent look he used on Luke in those days. In Turkish; Turnip – şalgam Dispassion – hislerine kapılmama; tarafsızlık, objektivite Clay sanki şalgam kamyondan…

Eggplant a la Oya

Ingredients: 1 bell eggplant 1/2kg lamb meat 1 clove of garlic 1 tomato 2 teaspoonful of tomato paste Salt, pepper Vegetable oil to fry eggplant slices Water / lamb broth Remove eggplants both edges with a knife and wash. After drying it cut its skin like thin stripes. Then cut length wise slices. Mean time…

Turkish pumpkin desert

Ingredients 1 kg pumpkin – cleaned and peeled 2 glasses (350-400gr) sugar 100gr walnut crumbs Put slices of pumpkin in a non-stick pan. Add sugar top and cook them till soften on a very very low heat. Do not forget to turn the pumpkin slices up & down so all may cook even. When they…

Acting – #eveningthoughts –

While I was coming back home, at red light in the bus I just saw a man with a cigarette in his hand. He was like showing the cigarette to someone, but I realized actually he was talking to it. I still wonder what he was saying. I watched him for a while, he kept…

Turkish way of cauliflower meal

Ingredients: 1 big Cauliflower – about 500-750gr Minced meat – about 250gr (%10-%20fat) 1 onion 1 tomato 1 carrot handful parsley leaves Butter, Salt, pepper Wash cauliflower and split it in to small pieces. Chop onion,tomato, carrot and parsley after pealing and washing them. But a teaspoonful of butter in a pan and add onion…

My new words

 Skiff – flat-bottomed open boat Moor – Anchor, Harbour, make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor. Mildew – become moldy A few skiffs were moored at the end of the wharf, their rusted bottoms spread with mildewed nets. In Turkish: Skiff – yarış kayığı Moor – Demirlemek…

Pizza a la Oya – CA

Pizza is easy meal to cook especially on Sundays. This Sunday again I’m cooking it. I bought ingredients on Friday from market, since Fridays are cheap days. I most of the time buy pizza dough separately.  I prefer the wet uncooked dough. I tried the precooked once, the taste is not better as the uncooked…

Forgetting – #morningthoughts –

I just finished an English novel last week. Reading helps me to learn about words and the sentence structure. I also need those words stay with me 🙂 So do not forget them I first tried post them at G+ under ‘My new words‘ collection with my Turkish translation – I did not get any…