Online, people are jokingly dividing up Galician fliačky between Turkey and Greece
A lively discussion has erupted on social media over a dish made from tripe, which is claimed as a national dish by both Turkey and Greece, while Ukrainian users have highlighted the Galician tradition of “fliachky.”
Vsevolod Polishchuk, a journalist and researcher of Galician gastronomic history, drew attention to the discussion.
According to him, the Greek side is trying to promote a similar dish, “patsa,” as part of their national heritage, while in Turkey, a similar dish is known as “ishkembe” and is also considered part of their own culinary tradition.
Against this backdrop, users in the Ukrainian segment of social media jokingly claimed the “Galician origin” of fliachky—a traditional dish made from tripe, also known in Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, and Belarusian cuisines.
Restaurateur Yevhen Klopotenko and gastronomy researcher Marianna Dushar joined the discussion, also responding to the debate on social media.
We previously reported that the recent discovery of two skeletons, mutilated in the same manner, suggests that limb amputation was used as a punishment during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China, over 2,000 years ago.
We also recall that during excavations in the ancient city of Laodicea in the Turkish province of Denizli, which is included on UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage Sites, a statue of Asclepius, the god of medicine in Greek and Roman mythology, and the head of a statue of his daughter Hygieia were discovered.
