Name:

Aysel

Surname:

Iskit

Country:

Turkey

Region:

Ankara

Biography:


Aysel İskit, 79 years old, learnt how to make hurma from her mother. She also taught her daughter and her grandchild how to make it. Hurma is one the favourite desserts in their family, both for ordinary and feast days. In the past, her mother prepared this dessert only on religious holidays and for special occasions because compared to today baking at home was a very complicated task in the past. There wasn’t an oven, either gas or electric at home. So people were obliged to take their pastry or bread to the neighbourhood bakery.