Comments on: Compare and contrast

By: Grantman

Grantman — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:33:19 +0000

Hey – where can I go for the tabouleh recipe?

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:20:10 +0000

"Yeah, you really have to concentrate on whatâ€s important. Donâ€t try to break Israeli records in things like numbers of Ph.Dâ€s per capita, or tech companies, or scientific innovation. Instead, letâ€s concentrate on whatâ€s really important:" Well they are just doing what they can. Scientific progress being beyond them they have to settle for cuisine, even if it was originally somebody else's. Man tut, was man kann, as the Germans say.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:58:59 +0000

Pattern…you mean like black velvet flocked wallpaper in the bathroom? *shudders*

I have Faye Levy’s 1000 Jewish Recipes..think they need a copy?

By: Yannai

Yannai — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:20:00 +0000

Actually, they even manage to get THAT wrong. Hummus is already mentioned in the Bible. It’s very NAME is an Arab bastardization of the the Hebrew Hamitz (from the Himtza plant). Ask the next Arab you meet if he or she ever saw a chickpea plant (which is what “Hummus” is made of) grow in the desert. When the inevitable answer will be “well, never,” nod and say “well, there you go”.

So much like the land itself, Arabs have actually stolen *Israel’s* national food, then claimed the reverse is the truth. Symbolical, isn’t it?

Also? Falafel was invented by the Copts – you know, the *original* Egyptians who lived there before the Arabs invaded, conquered and settled there by force? I think I see a pattern here…

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:31:53 +0000

In reply to Pamela. Pamela, are you going to let a little thing like facts get in the way of Lebanese pride?

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:29:47 +0000

Chopped tomatoes, parsley and onions…I thought that was called salsa?
Since tomatoes are a new world plant…