Mount Ahır

Do you know of anywhere else where ice cream is cut with a knife and eaten with a fork? In Kahramanmaraş, it is a perfectly ordinary sight. The distinctive, stretchy, almost chewy texture of Maraş ice cream comes from salep, made from the roots of mountain orchids, and from goat’s milk. Legend has it that the secret of this milk’s flavor lies in the mountain rising just north of the city: Mount Ahır.