Stuffed Grape Leaf Roller Video
Stuffed Grape Leaf - Etli Yaprak Dolmasi Roller Video
Perhaps I am a sucker for a good street side show where a man sets up a little table, starts yelling and screaming, and then puts on a little show to sell some kind of miraculous gadget.
I am reminded of the old stories of wandering Chinese medicine vendors who would put on martial arts shows in the streets to attract a crowd to buy their miracle cures.
If a man yells in the street, I watch him.
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Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
in Istanbul, Turkey- March 1, 2009
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Well this fellow in Sultanahmet was yelling his head off about some sort of gadget, so I listened. Looking down on his table I saw a row of rolled sticks that I initially took to be some odd sort of cigars. But they were rolled with grape leaves, not paper, and filled with rice, not tobacco.
I cannot say that I was as interested anymore, but I watched anyway.
This is a gadget to roll anything in a grape leaf.
Video of grape leaf rolling gadget. (Is this video blurry?)
Perhaps I am a sucker for a good street side show where a man sets up a little table, starts yelling and screaming, and then puts on a little show to sell some kind of miraculous gadget.
I am reminded of the old stories of wandering Chinese medicine vendors who would put on martial arts shows in the streets to attract a crowd to buy their miracle cures.
If a man yells in the street, I watch him.
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Wade from Vagabond Journey.com
in Istanbul, Turkey- March 1, 2009
Travelogue -- Travel Photos -- Travel Guide
All Travelogue Entries
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Well this fellow in Sultanahmet was yelling his head off about some sort of gadget, so I listened. Looking down on his table I saw a row of rolled sticks that I initially took to be some odd sort of cigars. But they were rolled with grape leaves, not paper, and filled with rice, not tobacco.
I cannot say that I was as interested anymore, but I watched anyway.
This is a gadget to roll anything in a grape leaf.
Video of grape leaf rolling gadget. (Is this video blurry?)
Watch video on other programs (can someone tell me if this works in a comment?):
Stuffed Grape Roller Video
Stuffed Grape Roller Video
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Wade -- this is very likely sold to help folks make a very popular food item in this area: Dolma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma
Problems seem to be with the comments, not the video. It is very well done, audio and video! However, I am having problems leaving comments.
Thanks for testing this out for me.
Is anybody else having problems posting comments?
I monkeyed with the code a little yesterday, and it all seemed to be working fine, but you never can bee too sure. So if anyone else is having difficulty leaving comments, just email vagabondsong@gmail.com and I will fix it. Thanks.
Haha, yeah, Craig, I tried to quickly find the proper name for this stuff, but could only come up with the Turkish translation of "stuffed grape leaves."
Thanks,
Wade
I just came back from Turkey where I bought one of these gadgets in the Spice Bazaar. I'm eating leftover stuffed grape leaves we made yesterday. It takes a little technique, which my husband has better than I, but it works. It was well worth the 5 lire we paid.
They are pretty neat, eh? Chaya carried this frigging thing all through the Middle East to give a s a gift to her aunt. Well, her aunt now has it and nobody can figure out how to use it. I suppose we just need to watch this video again.
Wade
Well, if this lady Chaya's aunt does not want the gadget, can she sell to me. I know how to use it. If you are interested in selling it put a comment back here and I will contact you. AG
LOL! I just found this video after going on a tangent to first find the elusive Dolma Roller and then finding it for $18 trying to figure out the cursed thing. ;) Thanks for posting!
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