Vegetable dishes are also popular in the city. Besides tomato paste, pepper paste is used in almost every dish. The city is also famous for its "Şırdan" a kind of home-made sausage stuffed with rice, and eaten with cumin; "paça", boiled sheep's feet; "bicibici" (pronounced as bee-jee-bee-jee) made from jellied starch, rose water and sugar is served with crushed ice and consumed especially in summertime. Furthermore, the city has a number of famous desserts, such as "Halka Tatlı", a round-shaped dessert, and "Taş Kadayıf", a bow-shaped dessert. Several types of fruit, including the apricot, are native to this area.