Kuymak or Khavitz (Greek: χαβίτς) is a dish popular in the Pontus region that now lies in Turkey. Its primary ingredients are corn meal and cheese.[1][2][3] It is typically served with bread and a spoon.[4]
 Kuymak dished out on a spoon | |
| Type | Cheese dish |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Pontus (region) |
| Region or state | Black Sea region |
| Main ingredients | Minci or golot cheese, cornmeal or wheat flour, cream or butter, water |
Variations
editThe Pontic Greeks, who have lived in the region of pontus since roughly 800BCE make a dish similar to kuymak; theirs is called Χαβίτς (pnt),[5] which can be Romanized as chavítz, havítz or khavítz.[6][7][8] Chavítz, like kuymak, is made with butter, cornmeal, cheese, water or milk, and salt. It might also include yogurt, honey, or bacon.[9][10][11][2] Cooked cornmeal sometimes goes by the same name.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Swan, S. (2012). DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Turkey. EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDES. DK Publishing. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-7566-9318-3. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ^ a b "Chavítz". Pontiaka (in Greek).
- ^ Traditional Greek Cooking: A Memoir with Recipes. ISBN 9781859641170.
- ^ Liljegren, Katherine. "1 foods you have to try in Turkey's Black Sea region". Matadornetwork.com, Feb 04, 2016. Retrieved Feb 1, 2020.
- ^ Zografou, Magda; Pipyrou, Stavroula (2016). "Dance and Difference: Toward an Individualization of the Pontian Self". In Meglin, Joellen A.; Matluck Brooks, Lynn (eds.). Preserving Dance Across Time and Space. Taylor & Francis. p. 267. ISBN 9781134906383.
The Pontians are a population that originate from the historical area of Pontus in Anatolia, originally located around the southern and eastern coasts of the Black Sea.
- ^ Verbrugghe, Gerald P (1999). "Transliteration or Transcription of Greek". The Classical World. 92 (6). JSTOR: Johns Hopkins University Press: 511. doi:10.2307/4352343. JSTOR 4352343.
- ^ "Guide to Greek Usage in Cataloging". Princeton University Library's Cataloguing Documentation. 2010.
- ^ United States Board on Geographic Names and the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (October 2017). "Romanization of Greek" (PDF).
- ^ "Chavítz". Pontos News (in Greek). September 26, 2012.
- ^ "Recipe for Chavítz". Lelevose (in Greek). August 4, 2020.
- ^ Theodoridou, Despina. "Chavítz". Club of Veria (in Greek).
- ^ Dimitris Vasiloudis (April 20, 2019). "Chavítz or Katsamaki". vDimitris (in Greek).
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