SC - Now this is mideval cooking
Sharon R. Saroff
sindara at pobox.com
Wed Apr 28 15:01:04 PDT 1999
My lord husband, Sfi Mordehai, sent this to me.
Sindara
> Legendary aphrodisiac draws mobs of Turkish lovers
>
> Paste
> _Packets of a paste reputed to be Turkey's strongest aphrodisiac are
> flung to waiting throngs
> _April 26, 1999
> Web posted at: 10:54 p.m. EDT (0254 GMT)_
>
> MANISA, Turkey (CNN) -- Hoping a centuries-old secret recipe will
> inject new romance into their lives, more than 14,000 people flocked
> to the western Turkish town of Manisa this week to grab a piece of a
> legendary aphrodisiac.
>
> Local authorities planned to throw hundreds of kilograms of a
> mysterious paste, known as Mesur Macunu, from the top of the Sultan
> mosque in Manisa's main square.
>
> The paste, made up of 41 different spices, has gained the reputation
> of being the strongest aphrodisiac in the country, due to its
> energizing qualities.
>
> It was said to have been invented in 1540 by a prominent medicine man
> of the Ottoman Empire, Musluhittin Ephendi, who devised the formula to
> save the life of the terminally ill mother of Sultan Suleyman the
> Magnificent.
>
> Girl
> _Manisa has been celebrating the aphrodisiac paste for more than 400
> years _
>
> The recipe has been secretly transferred from generation to generation
> among the town's ruling class, known only to the top municipal
> authorities and officially appointed makers.
>
> Every year since Mesur Macunu's creation, the town of Manisa has
> thrown a special festival to distribute the elixir to the masses.
>
> This year's celebration, the 459th festival, was marked by the
> announcement that the formula has been officially approved by the
> Turkish Pharmaceutical Standards Institute.
>
> Manisa authorities said almost 40 tons of the paste would be produced
> this year, with a quarter of it exported to European countries.
>
>
>--
>Matthew Saroff
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>
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