The origin of the SIMIT / KOULOURIA / KOULOURI Semit, found - TopicsExpress



          

The origin of the SIMIT / KOULOURIA / KOULOURI Semit, found across the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East has a long history in Istanbul. Archival sources show that the simit has been produced in Istanbul since 1525 . In 1593, based on Üsküdar court records the weight and price of Semit was standardized for the first time, Can’t confirm this one either, but according to Goha, the Koulouria (called in Alexandria), Semit (In Cairo), Koulouri (In Greece), Gevrek (In Turkey), Roskas Turkas (In Ladino), in that same year after fierce opposition, the anti-Semit lost their battle (as they always will), the popular Koulouri/Semit became for a certain period of time the legal currency in the region. Wise and profound quotes from a recent speech by the economist Anakronismou Economakis given at The World Forum in Geneva “Frankly in Greece we would be better off with the Koulouri of yore than the Euro of today.” Longing for the calm and less turbulent days of the stable Koulouri currency, all the Greeks can do now is to sing and dance about the good old happy days Koulouri
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 12:45:22 +0000

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