[Sca-cooks] More adventures in the Turkish deli (OP)

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Christiane <christianetrue at earthlink.net> wrote:

--SNIP delicious food descriptions--

>  The deli owner's dad and I talked about the weather, volunteered to 
>take my bag to my car, and then as I was walking out, ran out after 
>me and gave me some marshmallow cookies.

It seems to be an Eastern Mediterranean tradition to slip little 
delicacies to good customers.

In high school, my boyfriend was jealous because a shop worker who 
spoke very little English in a Greek food store in Chicago slipped me 
some nougat and dried apricots (directly into my mouth - this is 
traditional)

A shop owner in New York City back in the late 1960s used to give me 
little tidbits of stuff.

It's good to hear the traditional continues.

Anahita