Some sort of Turkish Pate

I was looking for the term for the pill-box hats sometimes worn by Turks (the term is "Tarpus") when I stumbled upon this page. I haven't run it through a translation system, but the pictures speak for themselves. As in, "Yes."

http://giedrius-v.livejournal.com/50659 ... ead=369635

Mmmmmmm.

Looks yummy!

I would prefer the skin on top of it was then roasted to a crispy goodness...but that's just me ;>

Parker,

I don't understand Polish either, but I know a Terrine de Canard when I see one.

Liz,

Speaking of roasting, take the exact same forcemeat stuffed back into the boned out duck skin, roast it on a sheet pan rather than baking it in a loaf pan, and you have a classic Ballottine de Canard.

Ack! Is that Polish? I thought it was Turkish! It's funny because I didn't actually read it, but I was looking at the words thinking "Wow, Turkish looks a lot like Polish!" And that seemed really weird (history & geography are not my strong suits, as you can now plainly see)

I'm more of a speaker/listener than a reader in Polish, but I may give it a try & see what it says.

Evil Ronnie - I always learn something every time I come on here. Many thanks

Maybe lithuanian rather than polish or turkish?

Liz in Norwood Park wrote:Ack! Is that Polish?

Liz,

I am probably wrong about Polish. The OP was more than likely correct. Brain f*** on my part. Looks like Greek to me.

Lithuanian or Czech? Some kind of Slavic, anyway. Isn't Turkish more like Arabic (just guessing here)?

In any event, that dish did look mighty tasty.

I just love duck. I don;t make it often, but I should make some soon.

BTW - Am I the only one (I doubt it) that looks at a duck swimming in a pond and thinks "tasty! " rather than "cute little duck!" ?

It's Lithuanian.

Liz says: "BTW - Am I the only one (I doubt it) that looks at a duck swimming in a pond and thinks "tasty! " rather than "cute little duck!" ? "

No, you're not alone. In fact, some of us, whilst watching the beautiful Canadian honkers flying overhead, think "BLAM!", and wished that it worked so's they could smoke one of those bad boys...

Ummm, smoked wild goose, one of the world's great pleasures.

Geo

Liz in Norwood Park wrote:Lithuanian or Czech? Some kind of Slavic, anyway. Isn't Turkish more like Arabic (just guessing here)?

In any event, that dish did look mighty tasty.

I just love duck. I don;t make it often, but I should make some soon.

BTW - Am I the only one (I doubt it) that looks at a duck swimming in a pond and thinks "tasty! " rather than "cute little duck!" ?

As a side note, Turkish originates back to Central Asia from where they migrated. Hence, Turkish sounds different and is written differently than Arabic. I am quite positive the food in the picture is not Turkish, but looks delicious!

The language is Lithuanian. But Evil Ronnie's right about the recipe, which is probably French.

Here are recipes for Turkish lentil pate in English and in Turkish.