Monday 11 June 2012

Bacon in Bodrum

In the 30 odd years of traveling back and forth to Bodrum, one item in my luggage doesn't change - dead pig. Despite the arrival of large supermakets, proper bacon is still a luxury in Turkey and I probably wouldn't get a very good welcome from my nearest and dearest if I didn't have a couple of kilos of porky delights in my bag. There are shops in Bodrum selling English bacon and sausages but having tried them once, I wouldn't go back. So my first morning back in England has been spent catching up with emails and cruising Mr. Sainsbury's meat aisles. I'm writing this using a blogger app on a Samsung S for the first time. If it comes out as complete gobbledy gook, I'll have to live with it until I get back to my desk top. Here goes...pressing publish...


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8 comments:

  1. Ayak14 June 2012 at 03:33

    There's nothing quite like English bacon, but the stuff I've been getting from the shop in Gumbet is pretty good. And I'm still wading through that mound of sausages!

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  2. Karen14 June 2012 at 13:15

    I didn't even try and eat pork in Turkey. I should have. When I got back to America, I was pork obsessed, ordering it almost every single day I was there.

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  3. Joy14 June 2012 at 17:38

    Yes, as an expat in Turkey, you do become a bit pork obsessed! There's some decent Italian salamis and deli meats here in Istanbul, but that's about all I trust. Enjoy the piggy back in the UK!

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  4. Southern Cross Blue Cruising15 June 2012 at 01:13

    The butcher on Kos is fantastic and he accepts email orders one day in advance. Just don't fall backwards with your rucksack walking through customs.

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  5. Jack Scott15 June 2012 at 10:44

    Make mine a bacon sarnie on soft white bread with butter and just a little ketchup. Yummy!

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  6. Alan15 June 2012 at 16:15

    stuff the bacon - I want one of those Samsung things :-D

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  7. Alan15 June 2012 at 21:35

    wanted to add this to my comment but there was a glitch - this is just for you Annie - enjoy!
    http://archersofokcular.com/butchering-the-beast-annie-this-one-is-for-you/

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  8. Ellen24 June 2012 at 00:35

    On a recent trip to Germany I thought I might be overdoing it by having ham for breakfast, wurst for lunch and schnitzel for dinner. Then I went to Italy and had four kinds of pork in one meal. Obsessed indeed.

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