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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by DiscourseFan on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:26PM (#41030660)
Wait this is just regular Turkish ice cream. Normally for tourists (and outside Turkey) they serve it in a cone. I've never actually had it on a plate.
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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by utdemir on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:49PM (#41030773)
Turkish here. It's hard to believe, but there are different kinds of ice cream in Turkey.

The average ice-cream ("dondurma" in Turkish) you'd get in Turkey is the one you expect: sorbet or gelato, usually in a cone. It's what you'd get when you ask for an ice-cream at a random place.

The one described in this post is a specific kind of ice-cream we call "ice-cream from Maraş" ("Maraş dondurması" in Turkish). Which is great - but the post makes it sound like it is "the Turkish ice-cream" which is a bit misleading. You don't find it everywhere.

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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by DiscourseFan on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:26AM (#41030927)
Thanks for the clarification. Now I want to see if I can get it somewhere nearby.
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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by faizmokh on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:42PM (#41030736)
I think they'll serve it on a plate if you order it in restaurants.
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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by selcuka on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:54PM (#41030793)
Only "Maraş" (a city in Turkey) ice cream will sometimes be served on a plate. Regular ice cream is still served in a cone or a cup.
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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by faizmokh on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:06AM (#41031314)
Oh that's weird. I definitely have it served on a plate in one of the restaurants in Cappadocia. The best pistachio ice cream I've ever had.
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Re:Dondurma: The Turkish ice cream eaten with a knife and fork by selcuka on Monday July 22, 2024 @02:10AM (#41031337)
Sorry, I should have clarified that Maraş ice cream is sold everywhere, not only in Maraş. It's just the origin of the recipe.
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