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Also known as Ceremonial Keşkek tradition

Keşkek, also known as kashkak, kashkek, or keške, is a ceremonial meat or chicken and wheat or barley stew found in Turkish, Iranian, Greek, Armenian, and Balkan cuisines.

Key facts

Prepared food.name
Keşkek
Prepared food.type
Stew
Prepared food.alternate_name
kashkak, kashkek, keške
Prepared food.image
Tokat keshkek.jpg
Prepared food.caption
A keşkek meal from Tokat, Turkey
Prepared food.associated_cuisine
Turkish, Iranian, Greek, Armenian, and Balkan
Prepared food.main_ingredient
Meat or chicken and wheat or barley
Intangible heritage.ICH
Ceremonial keşkek tradition
Intangible heritage.State Party
Turkey
Intangible heritage.ID
00388
Intangible heritage.Region
ENA
Intangible heritage.Year
2011
Intangible heritage.Session
6th
Intangible heritage.List
Representative

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Described at

La tradición ceremonial del keşkek - UNESCO Patrimonio cultural inmaterial

ich.unesco.org

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Turkey-UNESCO-Armenia controversy
  • See also
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Keşkek, also known as kashkak, kashkek, or keške, is a ceremonial meat or chicken and wheat or barley stew found in Turkish, Iranian, Greek, Armenian, and Balkan cuisines.

In 2011, keşkek was confirmed to be an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Turkey by UNESCO.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “keşkek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.