Yesterday, Friday, was market day and here in Assos we are more or less equi-distant between two markets: one in Ayvacık and the other in Küçükkuyu along the coast.
here they are, bargaining for pegs |
Also it’s more colourful due to the Yörük women with their distinctive multicoloured headscarves who come in from the outlying villages – they are originally nomads who have been resettled.
tomatoes are an unbelievable 1 lira or 30p a kilo! |
Küçükkuyu is a touch more upmarket if that’s possible: the people who go are on the whole from yazlıks or summer homes in the neighbouring villages whereas Ayvacık Pazar attracts locals so it has all the feel of a real weekly focal point for the area.
When you go to the pazar, you invariably end up buying more than you planned. At least that’s what happens to me! It all looks so attractive, you can’t help it.
The long and the short of it is that today I’ve been in the kitchen since noon. I did have some time out and went to my friend’s for coffee. But you can’t ignore all that fresh stuff in the fridge so back I came …..
iced with white chocolate and chopped walnuts |
And the grand finale, 10 jars of bottled tomatoes as part of my Tomato Summer 2012 Project! This is To Be Continued!
fabulous Çanakkale tomatoes at their height |
5 kilos = 10 jars |
- Oh yes, let me not forget a whole box of sigara börek which are now safely in the freezer awaiting Son Cem’s imminent arrival from London!! I made these first thing this morning.
a very interesting scene: a yufka-making family in Küçükkuyu – yufka is the Turkish equivalent of filo pastry. I bought 3. I think that’ll do! |
Just as I was feeling guilty for not going to the market – i read this and felt better. I've saved myself a morning in a 35 degree kitchen.
But it is getting cooler …. slightly!!!
What a wonderful, colourful market with amazing produce and those tomatoes are so cheap! Such a good idea to bottle some too. I love wandering around markets like this.
PS Last night I made Gavurdağı Salatası using your recipe and it was delicious – reminded us of our visits to Istanbul. Thank for the recipe!
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Hi Miss b! Lovely to find your comment, thank you! Happy you liked that gv salatası :)))
Love this post on your Blog….that's my favourite time when I go to Izmir or Istanbul is going from Pazar to Pazar. You would think that I never saw a market before…but it is soooo colourful and hectic. Like when the sellers yell and scream…what do they think you can't see the mountain stacked high fruit or veggies in their stalls….. first time I went decades ago 🙂 I actually jumped b/c I never been to any markets like that before where they yell.I too over buy, then my husband hands it out to the comsu's. Everything is sooo fresh and tasty and not the rubbery stuff we get shipped here from Mexico. I did find it odd and funny that they pick the fruit or veggies for you and then weigh it…and not everyone squeezing or pinching like we normally do here.
Great idea canning your tomatoes……I have a few tomato plants and I've been ripping them off while they are green for 'green fried tomatoes'.
Gorgeous pics again…..and yummm banana bread. I froze my bananas b/c I had no time to make a banana bread but will do in the next few days.
………….have a great day…..:-)
Hi Erica! You are wonderful to comment so fully – I really appreciate it. Tell me, do bananas really freeze well? I have read they do but never done it. xx