Who takes care of the daily tasks of a sensitive and shy person like yourself?
– Because I have been alone all my life, I’ve always tried to be self-sufficient. I washed my own clothes for 40 years. There was no machine; I washed them by hand. I cooked my own food. In fact, because of my mother’s illnesses, I would help her prepare food during my childhood. I lived alone here and there; I lived alone for years in Edirne. In Izmir I stayed alone in a small cottage. I rented a new house 5 or 6 years later, and I was alone there, too. Guests would come and I would prepare food and tea for them. This continued until the September 12th coup. [Nuriye Akman, Sabah daily, 1/23-30/95] Cooking – Do you cook? – I can make ten different dishes from flour or potatoes. Some of these are my own recipes. Potato stew is made a little differently in Erzurum. I added pastry made with fried potatoes. I even made dessert from potatoes. I experimented by frying mashed potatoes dipped in egg and then pouring sweet syrup over it. [Nuriye Akman, Sabah, 1/23-30/95] Good-natured – You appe
