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[shahmaran]

Spanish olives are a LOT better than Cypriot ones, but unfortunately Turkish olives are the best I have ever had, so many different kinds as well.

Greek olives taste almost as bad as open-buffet breakfast olives in cheap hotels.

All the ethnic garbage to a side, I have not been impressed with anything I ate in none of the islands, RoC, Athens and Alexandroupolis.

I am yet to experience this ancient amazing Greek cuisine. Its like this myth everyone talks about but no one has ever seen.

As an Asian, your taste-buds are all squiffy!

Plain rice for you ... or is that Pilafi?

Turkey does produce nice olives, but I am biased towards Cypriot ones. They might not be fleshy but they taste good.

I also prefer any village hellim/halloumi to the factory made 'polymerous squeeky sponge'. Turkish Food Markets sell open halloumi produced in Cyprus by Stephanos. I like that the best.

You know, some of those olive trees in "Turkey" have been there longer than Turks! Who planted them?

Come to think of it; a lot of the olive trees in Cyprus have been around longer than you Turks have! Including my favourite "Poly-gamous" in Polis!

I am almost certain that I actually own olive trees that would definitely be older than you and probably a couple of generations before you.

[Nikitas]

"Yeah maybe they were hiding somewhere, and I didn't get to find the real "underground" olive scene that has been kicking off over there and was stuck with the mainstream stuff."

No, you were stuck in touristland. Next time try buying some from a grocer or the open air market. THe olive man at the market usually displays ten varieties of olives.

Varieties can be the "hero" olive, with 60 olives to the kilo to the tiny "throumbes" from Thassos with 400 to the kilo and anything in between and in all manner of prepping, brined, in oil, pickled, crushed, cut, whole, spiced etc making up hundreds of permutations.

[TC666]

Spanish olives are a LOT better than Cypriot ones, but unfortunately Turkish olives are the best I have ever had, so many different kinds as well.

Greek olives taste almost as bad as open-buffet breakfast olives in cheap hotels.

All the ethnic garbage to a side, I have not been impressed with anything I ate in none of the islands, RoC, Athens and Alexandroupolis.

I am yet to experience this ancient amazing Greek cuisine. Its like this myth everyone talks about but no one has ever seen.

As an Asian, your taste-buds are all squiffy!

Plain rice for you ... or is that Pilafi?

Turkey does produce nice olives, but I am biased towards Cypriot ones. They might not be fleshy but they taste good.

I also prefer any village hellim/halloumi to the factory made 'polymerous squeeky sponge'. Turkish Food Markets sell open halloumi produced in Cyprus by Stephanos. I like that the best.

You know, some of those olive trees in "Turkey" have been there longer than Turks! Who planted them?

Come to think of it; a lot of the olive trees in Cyprus have been around longer than you Turks have! Including my favourite "Poly-gamous" in Polis!

I am almost certain that I actually own olive trees that would definitely be older than you and probably a couple of generations before you.

shah how can you be almost certain. i know i have olive trees because i planted them and watered them. they produce fantastic olives. the ones we get from the shops just dont taste anywhere near as good. the best part is the olive oil real extra extra virgin being muslim an all. none of this greek cypriot crap.

[EPSILON]

How is happen me to be with the impression that Halloumi is registered long time now by EU as a ROC's product and no other country or state can produce and sel cheese under this name?
Is something changed in the meantime?

[shahmaran]

Spanish olives are a LOT better than Cypriot ones, but unfortunately Turkish olives are the best I have ever had, so many different kinds as well.

Greek olives taste almost as bad as open-buffet breakfast olives in cheap hotels.

All the ethnic garbage to a side, I have not been impressed with anything I ate in none of the islands, RoC, Athens and Alexandroupolis.

I am yet to experience this ancient amazing Greek cuisine. Its like this myth everyone talks about but no one has ever seen.

As an Asian, your taste-buds are all squiffy!

Plain rice for you ... or is that Pilafi?

Turkey does produce nice olives, but I am biased towards Cypriot ones. They might not be fleshy but they taste good.

I also prefer any village hellim/halloumi to the factory made 'polymerous squeeky sponge'. Turkish Food Markets sell open halloumi produced in Cyprus by Stephanos. I like that the best.

You know, some of those olive trees in "Turkey" have been there longer than Turks! Who planted them?

Come to think of it; a lot of the olive trees in Cyprus have been around longer than you Turks have! Including my favourite "Poly-gamous" in Polis!

I am almost certain that I actually own olive trees that would definitely be older than you and probably a couple of generations before you.

shah how can you be almost certain. i know i have olive trees because i planted them and watered them. they produce fantastic olives. the ones we get from the shops just dont taste anywhere near as good. the best part is the olive oil real extra extra virgin being muslim an all. none of this greek cypriot crap.

I am certain that my trees are older than Oracles existence, since she claims that we are not as old as the trees or some rubbish

We make olive oil too!

I have never been without my Cypriot olive oil, no matter where I went

Nothing else taste the same!

Also, karayağ, we make, which is amazing! Everyone who tastes it falls in love as well.

[denizaksulu]

How is happen me to be with the impression that Halloumi is registered long time now by EU as a ROC's product and no other country or state can produce and sel cheese under this name?
Is something changed in the meantime?

But you do not have the rights over 'HELLIM', only 'HALLOUMI'

[shahmaran]

How is happen me to be with the impression that Halloumi is registered long time now by EU as a ROC's product and no other country or state can produce and sel cheese under this name?
Is something changed in the meantime?

There is something wrong with your information Epsilon, even Turkey has several brands of Hellim, and don't forget the Arabic and Egyptian stuff.

I think this whole "registering" traditional goods that have been all over the place for centuries, by one single country, is utter bollocks.

What is the point, seriously?

[Get Real!]

No surprise to hear that Ottoman remnants are incompatible with Cypriot produce...

[shahmaran]

No surprise to hear that Ottoman remnants are incompatible with Cypriot produce...

How are we "incompatible" if we can make it better?

[B25]

No surprise to hear that Ottoman remnants are incompatible with Cypriot produce...

How are we "incompatible" if we can make it better?

Fakes and copies are never as good as the genuine.

Haloumi is recognised the world wide.

Hellim sounds like a ballon filled with gas!