Tomato role
Essential — there is no dish without the tomato
Form the tomato takes
cooked sauce
Season
Best in summer; eaten all year.
What it is
Tomatoes and green peppers softened in oil or butter, then eggs stirred through so the whole thing stays loose and spoonable rather than setting into an omelette.
Traditional tomato
Not identifiable to a named cultivar; ripe cooking tomatoes, often grated rather than chopped.
Method
Not yet cooked and tested by the desk, so there is no method here. We would rather print nothing than a recipe we have not made.
Origins
Takes its name from the town of Menemen in İzmir province, in the Aegean region of Türkiye, and is eaten across the country at breakfast.
Field notes
No field notes filed from Aegean yet.
The Ledger
No cook or grower has yet put a record against this dish. When one does, the varieties actually used will appear here — with who recorded them and how firmly.
File a recordAudio dispatches
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Sources
No external source cited yet. The culinary history above is held as unverified until one is.
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