Marash Girl put the sweet potatoes (without skins, of course) into the Cuisinart, blended them up 'til smooth, and added enough milk to equal the amount of liquid asked for in the recipe. In other words, she substituted some of the sweet potatoes for some of the milk. The batter completed, she dropped the pancakes in tablespoonful onto the griddle, and voila!
Marash Girl: These pancakes are delicious! Have some!
Murat: How do you know they're delicious?
Marash Girl: I don't follow the old saying, "Yapan Yemez"! Bu yapan yeh!
Murat: Oh, so you're the çeşnici başı (the taster for the Sultan who will die if the food is poisoned)!
My aunt, a doctor for the employees of a Turkish government factory, had to taste the food before it was fed to the employees. She was not only a doctor, but the factory's private çeşnici başı!
I eat all the leftovers. Does that count?
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