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How they do ice cream in Turkey:
"A huge part of dondurma’s magic is the salesmanship its stretchy, sticky properties enable. Vendors often delight in teasing customers; the gentleman in the above video has mastered the art of visual trickery. Just when customers think they’re finally going to get their dondurma, he snatches it out of their hands and says “bye!” It’s a delightful show, and one that also defies the old adage that you shouldn’t play with your food."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dondurma-stretchy-ice-cream-vendor-watch
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... as a result of which, the flowers are known locally as "fox testicles". The root of this orchid is ground up to make a powder (sold as salepi) which is used to make the traditional Turkish "ice cream", dondurma, which is chewy, stretchy, and rubbery. Makers of dondurma like to show off its consistency by pulling it into a long rope and actually doing a few turns of jumping rope ! So there you have it -- fox testicle ice cream jump rope ! Perfectly sensible, but only in context !
