I have a secret that I want to let you in on—in Georgia, which is now part of Russia, and in parts of Turkey, the men live to a great age, and can father children when well past 100 years of age.
The secret, so they tell me, is their daily intake of yogurt! There is an old Turkish saying: ‘Eat yogurt every day for 100 years and you will live to be 100.’
I have a young daughter myself, she’s a wonderful person called Mary Victoria, whom I adore, but what any person—Turk or not—would want with a baby when they’re past 100 really defeats me. However here, for what it’s worth, I am including the genuine Turkish recipe for making yogurt eating more enjoyable.