Monday, January 31, 2022

Connections: Paper Sleeves in Alabama and Istanbul

 

Warm pretzel in sleeve at OWA, Foley, Alabama. January 2022. Credit: Mzuriana.
Warm pretzel in sleeve at OWA, Foley, Alabama. January 2022. Credit: Mzuriana.


At my maiden visit to OWA Park recently,  I savored a warm, buttery, salty, soft pretzel. I ate it slowly, pulling away limbs from the main body, sitting in the full sun, watching passersby pass by. 

As I looked at this yeasty golden oven, balanced on my thigh, tucked in its paper sleeve, I remembered another sunny day, but in Istanbul, where I ate something else in a paper sleeve. On that day in Istanbul, I'd contemplated the paper wrap and compared it with the little blue plastic bags in Caucasus Georgia and Ethiopia.

 

Paper food wrap in Istanbul, Turkey. June 2012. Credit: Mzuriana.
Paper food wrap in Istanbul, Turkey. June 2012. Credit: Mzuriana.








2 comments:

judy said...

OK you got me laughing out loud with this one! Thank you !

Mzuri said...

I'm glad you laughed! That makes me feel good!