The battle of baclava

Baclava - the stuff of interracial conflict While looking for some website that Tuixent had told Gemma about – but which Gemma couldn't remember the name of – I stumbled upon this recipe page. While it starts out as an innocent question asking about the origins of baclava (a sweet dessert), the debate soon devolves into a miniature east-Mediterranean war, with Greeks and Turks at eachother's throats claiming ownership of the delicious morsel.

Sample quotes that only go to show that frankly, some people seem capable of starting a war over anything:

"First of all, I want say that you're all f..kheads! "Turks are this, Turks are that!". Well, I've got a few words for you rebels!(Greeks, Armenians, Serbs…(especially for Greeks!))"

"Yes, although the English, French, Italians, Armenians, Greeks, Arabs, Bulgarians, etc. ALL FOUGHT AGAINST TURKEY. BUT TURKEY KICKED THEIR ASS. WE ARE HEROES."

"Stupid Turks no education there is no country turkey you made up the name it was called Persia Asia minor you imbecile, you named it after a stupid bird, turkey you should have called it chicken,"

It is sad that people argue like this over a honey and nut based cake, and perhaps sadder that some people think that Turkey was named after a bird. The most interesting claim made on the site is that in fact, baclava doesn't come from Greece, Turkey, Macedonia or anywhere like that. It actually comes from Kigali, so there.

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October 4, 2005 | Home, Politics, Rants 

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4 Responses to “The battle of baclava”

  1. Baklavacı Ysn on November 12th, 2005 10:19 pm

    Baklavaları türkler buldu yunanların anasını skim.

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  2. Baklavac%C4%B1 Ysn on November 12th, 2005 10:21 pm

    Baklavalar%C4%B1 t%C3%BCrkler buldu yunanlar%C4%B1n anas%C4%B1n%C4%B1 skim.

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    Tom's note: I don't understand Turkish. If anyone can tell me what this means I'll buy them a bottle of Vi Negre.
    (And that doesn't include sending the website for some translation program.)

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  3. rumsikengulluoglu on December 28th, 2008 3:47 am

    baklava is turk's traditional sweet and it is turk's.
    and fuck all the greeks. (ne kadar rum varsa anasini bacisini sikiyim)

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  4. stikers on December 31st, 2008 3:09 pm

    im from Romania and as far as i know baclava come from Turkey…anyway is my favorite cake

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