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The sound of the cheese bread
Recorded by Archive demonstration · Nino Tskitishvili · Tbilisi · Source language: Georgian
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Nino Tskitishvili judges a khachapuri by the sound it makes when you tear it. If the cheese whispers, it is ready. If it shouts, the oven was too proud.
In Tbilisi her Imeretian round bread is for guests who did not warn her, which is to say for everyone. She folds sulguni into a dough she does not measure. A handful of flour until it feels right. Cook until done.
At weddings the khachapuri sits beside satsivi. Bread first, she says, then the walnut. The table is not a performance. It is a sentence with many clauses.
Original: თუ ყველი ჩურჩულებს — მზადაა.
Transliteration · Tu qveli churchulebs — mzadaa.
Original: Georgian
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Source language: Georgian
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Nino Tskitishvili judges a khachapuri by the sound it makes when you tear it. If the cheese whispers, it is ready. If it shouts, the oven was too proud. In Tbilisi her Imeretian round bread is for guests who did not warn her, which is to say for everyone. She folds sulguni into a dough she does not measure. A handful of flour until it feels right. Cook until done. At weddings the khachapuri sits beside satsivi. Bread first, she says, then the walnut. The table is not a performance. It is a sentence with many clauses.en
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Khachapuri ImeruliRelated person · Recorded connection
Nino TskitishviliSame family · Recorded connection
TskitishviliShared place · Recorded connection
თბილისიRelated records · Recorded connection
Walnut sauce for a weddingRelated oral history · Recorded connection
Friday yaprak, in the languages she actually spoke
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