Thursday, October 15, 2015

Notes from the Chair





Ellerinize Sağlık!

In Turkey, the proper way to compliment a chef is to say “Ellerinize Sağlık!”  It means “Health to your hands!”  Well, we wish the healthiest hands in the world to several folk for last evening’s Turkish dinner.

First, our thanks go to Gonca Teker for preparing most of the food for our dinner (on an apartment sized stove with a bad oven).  Everything was delightful, and I think that it was even healthy!  Thanks, also to Mary Ann Hirt for preparing the Patlıcan Salatası (Eggplant Salad) and Kisir (Bulgur Salad).  Both were wonderful!  And, of course, to Terry Germanoski for the best baklava that I have ever tasted!  Terry is a magician with an oven!

We will be posting the recipes soon for some of the dishes that we enjoyed.  Look for them with a “recipe” tag.  We have had several memorable dinners over the past few years with our Nationality Nights, but I am sure that this one ranked near the top!

We’d like to say “teşekkür ederim” (thank you) to the many volunteers who helped with plating and serving the dinner.

We mentioned several links last night, and I will list them here.   Clicking on them will take you directly to the sites.

The link for the belly dance site is http://www.pittsburghbellydance.com/  Amy is also the person to contact for the Pittsburgh Vegan Festival, and that link is on her site.

The wines and raki were procured from http://www.tulumba.com/.  They will ship to Pennsylvania.

The raffle wines and presentation were from the Hector Wine Company.



The link for nominations of Board Members is:


Please don’t ignore this very important function of our club.  We will have the elections at the November tasting.

The tasting next month will be our charity tasting for the benefit of the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society.


Please mark your calendars, as the date for this tasting is not our usual second Wednesday.

The date for the tasting is November 18, 2015.



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