Turkish Meal Mondays: Breakfast

Note: I know it's Wednesday. But we have been SOOOO lucky to spend the last five days vacationing around Turkey with Alan's family.   We have not been so lucky when it comes to internet access.  Oh well. 

Turkish Meal Mondays are a glimpse into the food we enjoy here in Turkey, accompanied by a recipe.  Mondays are one of our favourite days, because they're Market Days. Ever since our first market day a year and a half ago we have only missed two, due to torrential down pour a few weeks ago.  Our trips to the market will continue to focus on selecting fresh and delish produce to use in our weekly Turkish recipes.  Get ready... This blog just became appealing to foodies. 

Turkish breakfast is so different from American breakfast.  While we prefer sweets (pancakes, cinnamon rolls, muffins, cereal, fruit...) they prefer savory (veggies and cheese). 

In fact, we once served cut up veggies and olives to our friends in the afternoon, and they asked us why we were serving breakfast. 

So for the perfect Turkish breakfast collect and chop:  tomatoes and cucumbers, cheeses of all kinds, and maybe some meats.  Hard boiled eggs and bread are a cross cultural breakfast food.  

Yogurt may also be served.  Maybe also honey.  But beware:  if you want to look authentic, and don't want to make a fool of yourself, DEFINITELY don't mix the yogurt with the honey. Or fruit. Or any sort of cereal.  In Turkey yogurt is a savory food, and any Turk would be horrified to see you mixing it with something sweet. Crazy Americans. 

Afiyet Olsun!