Origin of cac谋k (tzatziki) :)?

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Is cac谋k (tzatziki) Greek or Turkish?

A friend of mine said that it is Greek but i know cac谋k from my mum. she makes it quite often
what do u think?

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I dont care if its greek or turkish and I wont fight for those dumb things, lol. I just love it, especially with fried zucchini, fried potatoes and ouzo at the beach..... hehawwwww! Source(s): Serefe!
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Missy, it is both.Dont forget the byzantine past our countries had.The food byzantines, dolma, and all the others..Yes, indeed it is like that.
So, it is natural to have common food,since we have common past and we lived so many centuries together.The difference is that yours is a little bit more liquid, but it depends on how you prefere it.I prefere it stronger.
Personally, i do it also very well, my mum too.
When you come to me,you ll eat also here nice dolma, and be sure, you and the greeks, we have the best kitchen, and the most healthy, we use the best ingredients..
Well i can tell you that a friend of mine you is Syrian says they have that too. So i don't really know of its exact origins. They have something similar in India too. So many have it but everyone in their own way. It is just the Greek tzatziki is more famous due to tourists that come to Greece and taste it for the first time.
To my understanding, there is not anymore such thing as "original Greek cuisine" but just a light version of the Turkish one. Simply, none of the words describing the foods are Greek or originate from the Greek language. They also "sound" quite strange if not bad in Greek. I am not aware of any Turkish food with a Greek name...do you?

For cacik, this is based on yogurt, a traditional Turkish delight and a classic Turkish word. That should tell you much about its origin.

The original Greek cuisine was probably similar to that of Sicily and South Italy in general but perished together with the culture of Greece during the Ottoman era.

Along this notion, Greece and anything associated with it re-invented itself as a nation in 1821. Before that and for many centuries it was simply absent.

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Just a Greek
Personally I don't care. It might be Greek or Turkish, even it might belong to another culture. I call this 'Ottoman cuisine', which I have every reason to believe is a combination of many cultures. For example, although the name 'yalanci dolma' is Turkish, I believe Turks learned it from the people living in Anatolia. Because there was no vine leaves in central Asia, nor did they have the time to sit down and grow grapes and prepare the dolma.
As for cacik, years ago we used to call it 'talatur' in Cyprus. Talatur, or Cypriot style cacik, is thicker than the one made in Turkey. I was surprised to find out that Bulgarians also call it talatur.