ABSTRACT
There is a great abundance of vegetables in Turkey. More importantly, they taste unbelievably good. Tomatoes are so sweet and tasty that children eat them like apples, and they are generously used in cooking. Eggplant can be called the queen of vegetables in Turkey; people are very fond of it and use it in a seemingly infinite variety of ways. The eggplant used in Turkey resembles Japanese eggplant in its shape but is larger and tastes better. Bell peppers have tender skins and are very fragrant; they cook faster than their American counterparts. There is a long, delicate variety of green pepper (apparently unavailable in the West) that greatly improves the taste of many dishes and salads.
