Lady's Navel, Lady's Th ıgh & t he Turkish slang for creme caramel

Fri May 19 21:23:30 UTC 2006

According to my memory (and the OED2), "horse bean" is an
English and American regional term for this particular legume.

-Wilson

On 5/19/06, bapopik at aol.com <bapopik at aol.com> wrote:
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> Greetings from around Ephesus, Turkey.
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> HORSE BEAN--used locally here for "fava." Fava was popular in Santorini.
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> LADY'S THIGH--a meatball!
> ...
> LADY'S NAVEL--kadin gobegi.
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> LADY'S BREAST--creme caramel!!!!
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> VIZIER'S FINGERS--vez=C4=B1r parmagi.
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> HOSHMERIM--a popular dessert cheese. OED?
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> ARYAN--a popular yogurt drink. OED??
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> TOLUMBA--dessert. OED??
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> REVANI--dessert. OED??
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> CHICKEN BREAST--another dessert. No fancy name. though.
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> etings from around Ephesus, Turkey.</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
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> <DIV>HORSE BEAN--used locally here for "fava." Fava was popular in
> Santorini=
> .</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>LADY'S THIGH--a meatball!</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>LADY'S NAVEL--kadin gobegi.</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>LADY'S BREAST--creme caramel!!!!</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>VIZIER'S FINGERS--vez=C4=B1r parmagi.</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>HOSHMERIM--a popular dessert cheese. OED?</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>ARYAN--a popular yogurt drink. OED??</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>TOLUMBA--dessert. OED??</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>REVANI--dessert. OED??</DIV>
> <DIV>...</DIV>
> <DIV>CHICKEN BREAST--another dessert. No fancy name. though.</DIV>
> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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