Bean Bottle

Within the scope of Turkish Regional Cuisines course, students of Yeditepe University's Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts carry out an oral history project with Prof. Dr. Sibel Ozilgen to safeguard and innovate Turkish culinary culture. This photo is from one of those projects prepared by one of our students, talking about traditional kitchen tools and utensils from his grandma's kitchen. Let's take a look. One of the items that is from my grandmother's dowery, the bean bottle's interior is made of glass and the outside is covered with wooden sticks in order to preserve the glass. While it was mainly used for haricot beans, the bottle was also used for other dried legumes as well.