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[iceman]

Hostes is one of my favorites and i love it.....I think i did mention it earlier on this thread...


It is a rare dish not many people know and it is a dish you can never find in a restaurant...I suppose the "spiny" leaves and the painful preparation of this plant is to blame...

[denizaksulu]

Hostes is one of my favorites and i love it.....I think i did mention it earlier on this thread...


It is a rare dish not many people know and it is a dish you can never find in a restaurant...I suppose the "spiny" leaves and the painful preparation of this plant is to blame...

I know it was mentioned previously. I have been discussing the 'strange plants' we eat with my Botanist colleagues and am having difficulty identifying Hostes properly.

[Get Real!]

Does anyone know the Greek or Latin nomenclature of the plant we call 'Hostes' in Turkish. We use it in a stew. A very short plant with variegated leaves of green and a tinge of red. Leaves are a bit spiny' on the outer edges. Halil will know the dish but anyone know the plant itself?

I remember a short thorny leafed plant some use to eat prior to 74 called "bangallos".

[denizaksulu]

Does anyone know the Greek or Latin nomenclature of the plant we call 'Hostes' in Turkish. We use it in a stew. A very short plant with variegated leaves of green and a tinge of red. Leaves are a bit spiny' on the outer edges. Halil will know the dish but anyone know the plant itself?

I remember a short thorny leafed plant some use to eat prior to 74 called "bangallos".

Thx GR I will check it out.

[Get Real!]

Does anyone know the Greek or Latin nomenclature of the plant we call 'Hostes' in Turkish. We use it in a stew. A very short plant with variegated leaves of green and a tinge of red. Leaves are a bit spiny' on the outer edges. Halil will know the dish but anyone know the plant itself?

I remember a short thorny leafed plant some use to eat prior to 74 called "bangallos".

Thx GR I will check it out.

It must be a GC word not Greek because Greek Google can't find it.

[phoenix]

I thought Hostes were dandelion leaves.

What are Horta then?

[Get Real!]

I thought Hostes were dandelion leaves.

What are Horta then?

That just means veges or greens...

[denizaksulu]

Does anyone know the Greek or Latin nomenclature of the plant we call 'Hostes' in Turkish. We use it in a stew. A very short plant with variegated leaves of green and a tinge of red. Leaves are a bit spiny' on the outer edges. Halil will know the dish but anyone know the plant itself?

I remember a short thorny leafed plant some use to eat prior to 74 called "bangallos".

Thx GR I will check it out.

It must be a GC word not Greek because Greek Google can't find it.

I found one site for wild cypriot plants used in cooking.. Lots of Latin names and no Cypriot/Local names. The references are all Greek speakers. What a pity. Nothing like 'Bangallos.

Gallos=Chicken? I will have to keep on searching.

I dont think its Dandelion, as suggested. No sleep for me tonite.

[phoenix]

I thought Hostes were dandelion leaves.

What are Horta then?

That just means veges or greens...

I know that!

But the term is used specifically for some boiled variety of leaves (my mum used to make me eat!)

[denizaksulu]

I thought Hostes were dandelion leaves.

What are Horta then?

That just means veges or greens...

I know that!

But the term is used specifically for some boiled variety of leaves (my mum used to make me eat!)

This search is as difficult as trying to solve the Cyprob It is there somewhere but where do we find it. We look in the wrng place?