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Neil Wyatt22/07/2016 09:34:44
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No, nothing to do with religion. A genuine Georgian 'delicacy' with an uncanny resemblance to grit-filled rubber and a decidedly dodgy appearance.

Having nibbled one down to the pointed bit on the end, I felt I deserve some recognition for the achievement

Hard to believe this comes from the same place as Katchapuri, which is ace.

Neil

Roderick Jenkins22/07/2016 09:54:26
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OK, I'll bite. **LINK** . When you said it was Georgian I'd assumed you meant it was 200 years oldwink

Rod

Ian S C22/07/2016 11:08:24
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I'd say that after 200 years it would look a bit dodgy, can you use it for buffing/polishing.

Ian S C

SillyOldDuffer22/07/2016 12:05:01
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And I assumed that "Churchkhela" was the name of a locomotive.

Muzzer22/07/2016 13:04:18
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Church scouts leader?

D.A.Godley22/07/2016 21:46:58
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As in Russian Georgia ? .

Neil Wyatt22/07/2016 22:43:14
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Posted by D.A.G. on 22/07/2016 21:46:58:

As in Russian Georgia ? .

Hoh! (Apparently.)

Neil

Dave Martin23/07/2016 09:28:37
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Thanks Neil - that brings back memories - I've enjoyed both Churchkhela and Khachapuri!

A ship management company I used to work for had a Georgian fleet under management, and I used to sail with then from time to time - marvellous people, and I had a Georgian ex-Radio Officer Evgeniy (pronounced zhennnya) on my team for some years.

Have been given (and enjoyed) Churchkhela onboard but possibly best export from Georgia is their champagne. Cooks onboard would prepare Khachapuri but would bemoan that they couldn't get the right sort of melting cheese to fill the bread boat.

Some ingredients were the same but just different dining habits.... One of the first trips with this fleet, a Fleet Manager and myself had just joined and sat down to lunch. Fred, a typical Scots Chief Engineer and very dear late friend, was renowned for taking a few teaspoons of water in his coffee (I think the recipe was 3 spoons coffee and 4 spoons sugar) but on this occasion there was a pot of tea on the table so Fred poured himself a cup - and relished it. In his Maybole accent he said:
  Fred: "That's grand tea - is it a special Georgian one?"
  Cook: "No, just ordinary tea"
  Fred: "Really - what sort of tea is it?"
  Cook: "ordinary Lipton Yellow" (which they called most loose black tea)
  Fred: "Well how does it taste so good - how do you make it?"
  Cook: "Put half packet tea in pot and add water!"
There was a jug of boiling water on the table as well - and in fact what the officers were doing was pouring maybe 1/8" of this tea from the pot (with the colour and consistency of Camp coffee essence) and then filling the cup with boiling water - whereas Fred had filled his cup with the concentrated tea - maybe having the equivalent of an ounce of tea!

Interesting ships as well - there was a remarkably capacious second radio room at the back of the accommodation, which by then only held the weather fax receiver - an excellent Russian set with what appeared to be better sensitivity than a Muirhead or JRC set, but the same ozone! That compartment, when the Georgian merchant vessels were trading under of the supervision of the Black Sea Fleet, had housed various radio monitoring equipment.

Dave

Edited By Dave Martin on 23/07/2016 09:29:18

Neil Wyatt23/07/2016 09:38:04
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I was disappointed to have missed out on the visit to Tbilisi

Neil

thaiguzzi23/07/2016 09:47:29
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The title of this post sounds like an S.T.D.

Dod23/07/2016 22:12:22
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And there was me thinking it was an some delicacy from the reign of King George and had dried out somewhat.

Neil Wyatt24/07/2016 09:13:41
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Posted by thaiguzzi on 23/07/2016 09:47:29:

The title of this post sounds like an S.T.D.

It looks like the results of one.

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