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Pickle Juice & Salad


Especially in winter it is possible to see pickle vendors in outdoor markets all over the country. The windows of pickle shops display a colorful and mouth-watering array of these tasty treats. Anyone passing by such a shop will get a hankering for a glass of pickle juice at the very least. Pickle panoramas such as this can be found nowhere else in the world, be it East or West. On the Turkish table pickles command equal respect with salads, and in Ottoman cookbooks pickle recipes appeared together with salad recipes under the heading 'Salads and Pickles', an indication that the two were on a par. Pickle juice is even offered as a beverage with meals. As the crowning glory especially of the cuisine of Adana in Turkey's Southeast, 'şalgam türşüsü' (pickled purple carrots) and their juice are sold in all markets and restaurants today. Pickles also have a place in recipes for hot dishes in Anatolian peasant cooking, and hot dishes made from pickles continue to be a traditional part of Black Sea cuisine.