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Random non-productive trivia; There's a Turkish tradition that when you meet your girlfriends family with the intention of having their blessing to marry her,
by eknkc 13y ago
Random non-productive trivia;
There's a Turkish tradition that when you meet your girlfriends family with the intention of having their blessing to marry her, she makes coffee but puts (a lot of) salt instead of that sugar in step 4. (Only into your cup)
You are supposed to drink that without complaining. I'm not sure how or why this thing lives on.
Source: Turkish.
- blago 13y agoNeat. This is what Wikipedia has to say: "For the groom's coffee, the bride-to-be sometimes uses salt instead of sugar to gauge his character. If the bridegroom drinks his coffee without any sign of displeasure, the bride-to-be assumes that the groom is good-tempered and patient. Indeed, as the groom already comes as the demanding party to the girl's house, in fact it is the boy who is passing an exam and etiquette requires him to receive with all smiles this particular present from the girl, although in some parts of the country this may be considered as a lack of desire on the part of the girl for marriage with that candidate."