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Natalia

Наталия

Grandmother, home cook · b. 1948 · Tbilisi

Grandmother recorded in a mixed-language oral history: Russian, a Turkish dish name, a Hebrew aside. Demonstration.

Tskitishvili family kitchen

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Oral history

Friday yaprak, in the languages she actually spoke

Бабушка готовила yaprak каждую пятницу. Горсть риса, виноградный лист, немного мяса — «пока не почувствует себя правильно». Потом, уже в Хайфе, она сказала לי בקול שקט: זה הריח כמו הבית. The name stayed yaprak. She would not say dolma. She would not say stuffed grape leaves.

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Dishes cooked

Yaprak

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япрак, יפרק

Grape leaves rolled around rice, as remembered in a Batumi kitchen. The family name stayed yaprak.

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