The Turkmeni Challenge … | Sybaritica
Yesterday morning, I was perusing my blog stats with particular attention to the countries from which I have received visits. Pakistanis have been fairly regular visitors, and even 8 Afghanis have popped by at one time or another. Further down the list, but still represented, are *most* of the remaining ‘Stans’, towit: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan…
So WHERE is Turkmenistan????
Have I said something to offend? Do the Turmenis not like me for some reason? If, and I can’t imagine how, I have committed some sort of international faux pa, or other slight against the great Turkmeni people, then I mean to remedy that right now!
I am challenging all my readers to scour their recipe books (or ancestral memories, maybe) and post a recipe featuring either a traditional Turkmeni dish, or one inspired by the cookery of Turkmenistan, along with a little ‘blurb’ describing the origins or history of the dish. Please send me an e-mail announcing the post and I will collect them and later publish links in a follow-up post celebrating Turkmeni cuisine.
The challenge will close on March 31st, 2014, and I will announce the results on April 4, 2014, which I am hereby declaring the ‘International Turkmenistan Appreciation Day’. On that day of great celebration I hope that you will join me in a rousing rendition of the Turkmenistan National Anthem (just hum the bits you don’t know) and feast mightily on… well, whatever…
Men türkmençe geplemeýärin!!
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