Mesir Macunu
Mesir Macunu ( Turkish Macun , paste ', also called Manisa Mesir Macunu ) is a Turkish paste , which consists of a mixture of 41 different spices and medicinal plants and honey . It has become a tradition to distribute the paste to the population at the beginning of spring every year.
Historical background
The invention of the paste goes back to the first half of the 16th century in the city of Manisa .
Hafsa, the wife of the Ottoman Sultan Yavuz Sultan Selim and mother of Suleyman the Magnificent , fell ill during a stay in the western Turkish city of Manisa. The Sultan commissioned the renowned physician Merkez Efendi to find a cure for his wife's illness. He mixed a paste ( Turkish macun ) made of herbs and honey and sent it to the sultan's wife , whereupon she recovered. It was then decided that every patient should receive the paste. To ensure distribution, the viscous herbal honey was wrapped in paper and thrown from the mosque dome in the form of candy so that people could collect it in small packages. Since then it has been a tradition to distribute the mesir paste to the population at the beginning of spring. Various activities such as dances and parades take place at this fair. To commemorate the healing of the sultan's wife, Mesir Macunu is still distributed among the population today.
preparation
Mesir Macunu is a mixture of 41 medicinal herbs, spices, seeds , roots and resins . Then the mixture is stirred with honey, so that a sticky dark paste is formed. It has a sweet, bitter and spicy taste.
ingredients
Mesir Macunu today consists of the following materials:
Ginger , Zedoary , cream of tartar ( Cremor tartari ) Kişmiş , Kebabiye , galangal , coconut , aniseed , allspice , Hiyerşambe , rosin , Zağfran , Üdül Kahr , China root (of the China sarsaparilla ), mustard , Eksir , clove , indigo , licorice - extract , Theriak , yellow myrobalan , fennel , cumin , turmeric , cinnamon , black pepper , black cumin oil , Darıfülfül , rhubarb , citric acid , cardamom , Samli , vanilla , sugar , concentrated grape must , hindistan çiçeği , lemon zest , Galanda , Tekemercini tohumu and orange peel .
use
Mesir Macunu is said to be health-promoting, strengthen the gums, increase the ability to concentrate and have a calming effect. In addition, the paste is said to help against breathing problems, rheumatism, headaches, back pain and loin pain. The paste cleanses the blood, makes it easier to pass urine and stimulates the appetite.
Web links
- Homepage of the Mesir Festival ( Memento from January 28, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Mesir Macunu. In: Fanafillah. Retrieved May 31, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Mesir Paste. In: Mesir Festivali. Retrieved May 31, 2012 (in English).
- ^ Characteristics of Mesir. In: Mesir Festivali. Retrieved May 31, 2012 (in English).
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