Mmmm a fine sticky mess of maple syrup and Urfa chilli, fantastic and what do ya know? I've got the perfect photo to illustrate; taken in situ in May as I wandered through the market at Sanilurfa, the prefix 'Sanli' meaning 'great, glorious, dignified' was bestowed upon the city recently in recognition of its resistance during the Turkish War of Independence.
The chilli is wonderfully illustrative of Turkey's gastronomic parochialism; I visited Urfa with people from Antep, a city an hour's journey from Urfa, and though encouraged to buy various of the peppers on offer, I was told in no uncertain terms that I couldn't possibly recreate the kebabs we'd made at Antep using this stuff. Of course there was a huge gulf between theirs and Urfa in flavour. Having used both I can detect no difference whatsoever - but who am I to question? Though in Antep's Culinary Museum a quote on the wall, just below that of Moro's Sam Clark, read:'Some people believe the Garden of Eden was located near Urfa. If so, the people living there probably ordered their food from Antep'.
I'll give you those kebabs next..............
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