>>>>... l varenika ("the boiled stuff");
>>>
>>>ROFL
>>>
>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varenyky
>>
>>this is manti and I love it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manti_%28dumpling%29
>
>snip
>"Turkic and Mongol horsemen on the move are supposed to have carried frozen or dried manti, which could be quickly boiled over a camp-fire".
>snap

"carried frozen" :)))

Actually a big part of turkish foods comes from greeks , arabs and other ottoman states foods. Turks had a few food kind, because turks were nomad people.