sharing snacks is going global! thanks to our dear friend who is living the ex-pat life in turkey, i have discovered one of my new favorite treats. tutku! its the most delicious little cookie. it’s a round, crunchy shortbread with nutella inside! (note: nutella is a hazelnut flavored chocolate spread. it’s probably worth an entire post, but until then just trust me. eat it.) there is also a version of tutku that is similar to the famous black and white cookies, but in a swirl pattern with, you guessed it, nutella inside. i’m usually a salty over sweet kinda gal, but seriously, i think about this cookie many times a day. i can’t wait to get home to have one or four. and that’s another awesome thing about global snacks: you have to pace yourself because it’s a novelty. i can’t go buy more tutku. i rely solely on the generosity and travel plans of our friend. and we are so lucky to have a friend who is willing to give up luggage space for our snacking enjoyment. are there any international treats that you crave? maybe we could start a snacking global exchange service.
snack shared: tutku/turkish cookies
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| tutku - thank you turkey. |
Yep, international sweets are way better than international savories.
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juls told me about your blog... it's hysterical!
ReplyDeletein London there was this brand of cookies called Digestives... I think they were some sort of pharmaceutical cookies turned delicious. They came in little tube sleeves and I ate 100 of them while I was there.
And Matt... I brought home a bag of dehydrated, orange-powder-covered soft-shell crabs from japan that were meant to be snacked on like potato chips but I couldn't bring myself to try them... even unopened the bag smelled pretty bad.
andrew, i just discovered "digestives" at a liquor store in the haight. they caught my attention because the packaging was so similar to tutkus!
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