Çorum’s registered flavor: “İskilip Ramadan Keşkeği”
İskilip Ramadan Keşkeği, which is included in UNESCO's "Intangible Cultural Heritage List" in Çorum's İskilip district, attracts great attention with the beginning of Ramadan every year.
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Early in the morning, the pots filled with wheat halves, meat with bones, tomatoes, onions, butter and various spices are left in the ovens in the district center.
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The keşkek, cooked by oven masters in wood fire, is distributed in containers where the owners are indicated. Keskek, which has received a geographical sign with the work of İskilip Municipality, is sent to neighboring provinces, especially Çorum and Ankara, by keeping its temperature for a long time after cooking due to its pottery structure.
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With its inclusion in UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, it continues to decorate iftar tables.
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Ayşe Erdoğan, one of the bakery operators of İskilip, stated that the interest in keskek is increasing every year and that they are happy to keep their traditions alive.