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Photo of the Day: Smoked Turkish cheese

by Meg Nesterov (RSS feed) on Jan 5th 2012 at 6:00PM

It used to be a common expression to say that someone "smoked like a Turk," and I can confirm after living in Istanbul for nearly two years, Turks still love their smoking. Even after the indoor smoking ban of 2009, cigarettes and nargile (water pipes) are very common here. This portrait by Flickr user MichaelAV captures two of the Turks' other loves: çay (see the tiny tea glass on the left) and cheese. So beloved is Turkish cheese that I've heard of Turks packing their suitcases full of it when traveling abroad. Be sure to try some with your Turkish breakfast or along with a glass of rakı at cocktail hour if you visit Turkey.

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I remember nothing else at all about the episode, but at the very end they're all on a Turkish cargo ship and Marge asks, "what came first, the turkey like the food or the Turkey like the

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Bennie Ball Jan 6th 2012 2:14AM

I used to smoke those I would just always say: "Can I have a pack of Camel Turkish Silver in a box please."
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