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This is a forum to discuss Circassian Cuisine. Enjoy!

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1. Fresh Meat Dishes

Melil gheva

Shateps-ch'e gheva schinel

Libzche

Lits'ik'wlibzche

Melix'we li ghezchech'e

Zherume

Nek'wlh

Themsch'ighwnibe

Themsch'ighwre ch'apere zesch'ighwu

Themschighwre jedich'ere zexelhu

Themschighwr schem k'wets'ilhu

Ch'ape libzchaxwe

Ch'ape ghezchare fore


2. Dried and Smoked Meat Dishes

Li gheghwamre gheghwpts'amre qixasch'ich' shxinighwexer

Li dzasech'e ghezchawe

Li teibech'e ghezchawe

Lire ch'ert'ofre zesch'elhu ghezchawe

Lim bzchin sch'elhu

Lire jeshre xelhu leps

Lire ch'ert'ofre xelhu leps

Lighwpts'a libzche

Li xelhu x'inch'el

Dzazhe gheghwa

3. Poultry and Egg Dishes

Jedlibzche


Thevim k'wets'ighezchihawe jed

Jedla

Jed ghezcha bzchin sch'elhu

Jed gheva bzchinixw yi ghwsew

Jedir x'inch'elim xelhu

Jedisch'ere ch'ert'ofisch'ere zesch'elhu

Jedlibzche shibzhiy ships sch'etu


Jed teibech'e ghezchawe

Jed de ships sch'etu

Gwegwsh gheva

Gwegwsh ghezcha

Qaz, e babisch, gheva

Qaz, e babisch, x'inch'elim xelhu

Qaz, e babisch, ghezcha prunzh k'wets'ilhu

Jedich'eripsch

Jedich'eneqiyzh

Jedich'ezchapx'e 'ef'

Jedich'evinsh, Schheqwtih

4. Fish Dishes

Bdzezchey ghezcha

Bdzezchey shatech'e ghezchawe

5. Dairy Product Dishes

Q'wey

Q'weyzchapx'e

Zhemikwe

Q'wey ghezcha

Shxw

She sch'eghepschtha

Shxwz

Bejine

Qwrt

6. Flour, Cereals, and Haricot Beans Dishes

Lequm

Helive zchenfen delhu

Helive q'wey lhalhe delhu

Helive ch'ert'of delhu

Helive ch'ert'ofre q'weyre delhu

Heliva jesh delhu

Helive q'wzch delhu

Delen ch'ert'ofre q'weyre delhu

Delen q'wey lhalhe delhu

Delen bzchin ts'inere q'wey lhalhere delhu

Lepsteipx'e

Sch'aq'we zeteiwp'esch'ich'

Shelame

Tx'wrimbey

Nartixw chirzhin

Chirzhin gheteja

Nartixw leqwm

Nartixw mezhaje

Hetiq

Sche zixelh hetiq

Xw chirzhin

Xw mezhaje

Miramise

Heqwrt, heqwt

Nartixwsch'e gheva

Nartixwsch'e ghezcha

Nartixw ghep'ench'a

Nartixw hel'ame

Xw hel'ame

Qilish

P'aste

P'aste lhalhe

Nartixw p'aste

Sok

Shopransiy

Xwbela

Hentx'wps

Hegwlive

'eshiri', 'eshire', 'eshri', 'eshre'

X'wdir

X'wdirbelatse

Prunzh 'ef'

Psiheliva

Psihelive melil delhu

Psihelive jedil delhu

Jesh libzche

Jesh leps

Jesh leps ch'ert'of xelhu

7. Potato and Gourd Dishes

Ch'ert'of zcherikwey

Ch'ert'ofisch'e shatech'e ghezchawe

Ch'ert'of p'aste

Ch'ert'ofim ships sch'etu

Qeb gheva

Qeb ghezcha

Qeb ships

8. Drinks and Beverages (Yirafxer)

Qalmiq shey

Maxsime

Meremezchey

9. Sweets and Desserts ('Ef'ich'exer)

Heliwe) [Sweet, dessert in Arabic

Merezey

Dere fore zexelhu

X'arbiz fo

Q'wzch gheghwa

Zech'eris

10. Vegetables (Xadexech'xer)


Other dishes not included above

Fowripsch: honey-pie, honey-tart.
Hebive: dish made of barley and raisins.
Helu: unleavened bread shaped like a large flat-cake, baked in the
Caucasus.
Shighwships: strong solution of salt.

General Sayings and Expressions
Associated with Food Stuffs and Eating
(Not included in text above)

Dekwm xwedew qeghepts'en: 1. To turn somebody round one's
finger; 2. To catch with chaff.

Hesch'ap'e k'wewe qiynezham xwedew: The best fish smell when
they are three days old.
Hesch'ap'eriner yemik'wsch: It is unseemly to overstay one's
welcome.
Hesch'e ley schi'eqim: No guest should be regarded as a burden. All
guests are welcome.
Hesch'e sch'ale schi'eqim: All guests must be respected, no matter
how young.
Jedich'e shk'wmp' yi waseqim: (Not worth a rotten egg) Not worth a
bean (or button, curse, damn).
Sch'aq'we 'ihe qwdey qizisch'ech'in qemilezchin: Not to earn salt for
one's porridge. {ziriy qemilezchin zhixwiy'esch}
Shaschher teizishxich'a xwedew (ziywschexwasch): To look like the
cat who swallowed the canary.

Shaschher teixin: Cat the ginger (amer.).
Shemiy seys, shxwmiy seys: 1. To have mixed feelings; 2. Between
the upper and nether millstone; 3. Between Scylla and Charybdis.
Shem yisar shxwm yopsche: (He who was burnt by the milk blows
on the yoghourt) 1. Once bit(ten), twice shy; 2. The scalded cat (or dog)
fears cold water; 3. A burnt child dreads the fire; 4. Burnt bairns dread
the fire (Scottish).
Shibzhiy xwiywden: (To pound hot red pepper for somebody) To cast
salt on somebody's tail.
Shighwp'aste: Bread-and-salt
Shighw six'wa se sitk'wnu: 1. I am not made of salt; 2. I am neither
sugar nor salt.
Shxen sch'ebdzeme, shxinir pschok'we: Eating and scratching wants
just a beginning (Scottish).
Wiy sch'aq'we 'iher psch'enshew mishxin: To earn one's salt.

Halewa
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Cherkez Tavugu
Seduction Meals - circassian chicken or cerkez tavugu

Halujunn
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Halawe with Cheese
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