Comments on abufares said...the world according to a tartoussi: Burghul b Hummus

This sounds wonderful. Mouthwatering, in fact. :) ...

2009-10-19T15:51:00.528+03:00

This sounds wonderful. Mouthwatering, in fact. :) I shall try it very soon and let you know how it goes.

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2008-06-24T15:13:00.000+03:00

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LMAO!uff Abufares you make me blush!!is it me the?...

2008-06-21T23:19:00.000+03:00

LMAO!
uff Abufares you make me blush!!
is it me the? Am I just getting it out of alignment.
Methinks I need to call hubs for a bit of fine tuning....
LOL

@kayai just checked your " "... i mean your profil...

2008-06-21T12:40:00.000+03:00

@kaya
i just checked your " "... i mean your profile and it looked so good.
what i really mean is that i didn't find anything wrong with it;-)

Oh a query off topic.You know on my Blooger Profil...

2008-06-21T12:14:00.000+03:00

Oh a query off topic.
You know on my Blooger Profile page: Why has the picture gone down, with the email address info and the profile views.
It used to be aligned with the rest of the stuff.
Any ideas?

@kayaahhh...in the kitchen... i always fancied tha...

2008-06-21T09:33:00.000+03:00

@kaya
ahhh...in the kitchen... i always fancied that :-)

I must confess I am not a huge burghul fan, but wh...

2008-06-21T00:33:00.000+03:00

I must confess I am not a huge burghul fan, but what i founf amazing was FRIKEH.
It has the most intense smoky flavour, and reading up on it I discovered that the green wheat is smoked, which gives it that memorable flavour.
You and I could have a lot of fun
in the kitchen
someday.
LOL

Nope Abufares, it is not enough. If you remember J...

2008-06-19T06:05:00.000+03:00

Nope Abufares, it is not enough. If you remember JazMaz, it is so simple and made by Damascene, Fatoosh and Babaghnoog (both names are big chains now in the US) are also simple dishes. So, please find another excuse. By the way I will never call any Syrian kitchen sophisticated?
But after all it is a good try. Cheers.

Burghul & cardammom! Not possible over here!!! Rem...

2008-06-19T00:16:00.000+03:00

Burghul & cardammom! Not possible over here!!! Remember I live in a small island in a very small town!

There are a lot of your "paisanos" from Syria and other of the middle east cultures living in the island, so maybe I will have to stop one of them and ask were are they getting their Burghul from. But, I suspect they will tell me someone sends it to them from home. Ha!

Anyway, we will get the chance to swap recipes and stories someday. We'll just have to see how life plays out. ; )

w.b. yeats

@w.b. yeatsI look forward "one of these days" when...

2008-06-18T23:09:00.000+03:00

@w.b. yeats
I look forward "one of these days" when we will be able to trade more than recipes.
I too turned out to be not bad at all in the kitchen. Alas though, I'm not allowed in for the huge mess I leave behind.
As for the ingredients, I'm not sure. Most of the ingredients for the recipes I post are not that difficult to find.

@saintYou want proof that we invented Mjadra..? We...

2008-06-18T23:04:00.000+03:00

@saint
You want proof that we invented Mjadra..? Well that's a tough one. I have a theory though. Any food with a hint of the outdoors, of Mezza, of Arak and of going easy in life is too simple for the intricate, calculating and sophisticated social and moral structure of Damascus and the interior of Syria.
How about that!
:-)

Buen provecho! You will be surprised to know that ...

2008-06-18T14:56:00.000+03:00

Buen provecho! You will be surprised to know that I turned out to be a very good chef. Maybe one of these days I will trade recipies with you, all though I suspect the ingredients will be a little hard to find for you and for me as well.
: (

w.b. yeats

Abufares, this recipe is great for a body builder,...

2008-06-18T14:41:00.000+03:00

Abufares, this recipe is great for a body builder, it contain tons of proteins. For a city woman (my mother is damascene), she has never add chick peas to the Burghul even under the demand of my father (who came from Damascus Suburb), since she consider this combination is a rough peasant recipe suited their life style (discrimination not intended!). On the other hand, if she heard from you that Magadara, is a Tartosi recipe, you will picked a fight with her. Please give us proof with this claim. Cheers )

I'll try that out - it sounds YUMMY .. and to be c...

2008-06-18T06:27:00.000+03:00

I'll try that out - it sounds YUMMY .. and to be called BINT(?) BALAD afterwards will be a great honor!!

E-mail with news will follow soon! :-)

@KJعـ راسي صافيتا

2008-06-17T13:31:00.000+03:00

@KJ
عـ راسي صافيتا

إلي ما أكل برغل بحمص، ماله حق يحكي إنو بيعرف شي عن...

2008-06-17T13:27:00.000+03:00

إلي ما أكل برغل بحمص، ماله حق يحكي إنو بيعرف شي عن الأكل!

@lêSahha Wa HanaI love food talk with another glut...

2008-06-16T18:42:00.000+03:00

@lê
Sahha Wa Hana
I love food talk with another glutton. However, I have to let you in on a little secret. I have changed my eating habits considerably starting 3 months ago. Om Fares is not letting me get away with anything that she deems unhealthy or bad for my cholesterol level.
I used to eat one egg every morning (eggs being my favorite food). If I'm not mistaken, I probably had 3 or 4 eggs in the last 2 months.
But in principle, no dairy product matches the exquisite richness and taste of sheep's. You're absolutely right.
Sigh!

@DJI don't know what to do with you. Listen, in pr...

2008-06-16T18:36:00.000+03:00

@DJ
I don't know what to do with you. Listen, in principle I agree with almost everything you wrote but this is not of any importance.
Behaving as you actually are (i.e. your lack of finesse with women) won't heart you when you eventually find a partner for life. It's better that she likes and/or accepts your nuisances and inconveniences. However, if you're out prowling for a good time you'd better play the game right... with stupid rules and all.

Abufares, you made my day, I have the BERGHOL and ...

2008-06-16T15:42:00.000+03:00

Abufares, you made my day, I have the BERGHOL and HUMOS at home, I only have to find a natural raised cock, DIKE,is has to DIKE,
the best SHEBIAT at my opinion come from (MEMBEJ and BAB)ofcourse there is a reason for that
1-the (ACHTA or LEBE) nata, flour,comes from the sheeps milk and the east of Halab is famous for the LABAN, JEBNE,LEBE,SAMNE
2-SAMNE HADIDI(SAMNE ARABI)which is not like the (ZEBDE) that comes from the caws milk,Abufares ask any old lady which KEBE LABANIE is better , the one with caw´s LABAN or sheep´s LABAN, it´s 9.30 in the morning and I,m feeling hungry,
lê

On a slightly related note Abu Fares, I find it qu...

2008-06-16T14:56:00.000+03:00

On a slightly related note Abu Fares, I find it quite appropriate right now to spell out my utter distaste for the whole business of ‘up-market’ restaurants. I mean what all the fuss is about? As a simple minded fellow, I do not really fancy sitting in a leather seat in a joint with wood-paneled walls and look completely foolish and clueless as I flip through a menu which requires two professional interprets to explain. Every now and then I’d oblige to a friend’s invitation to sample-test some Japanese, Chinese or Vietnamese cuisine. But that’s it, no more for me please. It gets unbearably irritating; restaurants go out of their way to celebrate their specialties. They even conduct live cooking sessions which I’d rather watch a circus juggler than to watch that idiot, smug looking of a Chef with an overturned dustbin on his head, smiling cheaply to the crowd of dumb women surrounding him, with tight almost see-through dresses spooled around their bodies. (whom from time would bend over to ‘examine’ the ingredients or ‘check’ whether the stirring is clock-wise or anti-clock-wise )

“after this is well-done, I’ll be happy to do you, Mam”

But then it’s exactly this lack of finesse that makes me unsuccessful with women?

Itsy bitsy teeny weeny little problem, Abu Fares. ...

2008-06-16T14:39:00.000+03:00

Itsy bitsy teeny weeny little problem, Abu Fares. I cant cook to save my life! I can sure brag though!

And in case there was any misunderstanding, I was talking about my foot!

@LujaynNice differentiation between the 2 types of...

2008-06-16T14:21:00.000+03:00

@Lujayn
Nice differentiation between the 2 types of respect.
"Go ahead", as Clint Eastwood had once said, "make my day".
Write and tell us about these down to earth recipes instead of keeping them all to yourselves and bragging about Aleppo. You see, this is a clear example of our simplicity. We know something... We share it with the whole world. No secret recipes, no mysterious ingredients.
"Look Ma, no hands" as a young excited boy once told his distracted mother when he rode his bicycle with no hands on the handlebar!
BTW, which lower extremity?

Abu Fares, ya Abu Fares, with all due respect (and...

2008-06-16T14:10:00.000+03:00

Abu Fares, ya Abu Fares, with all due respect (and this has nothing to do with the respect I paid you in your previous post), Tartous doesn’t have the monopoly on down-to-earth recipes. You forget Aleppo doesn’t have just one culinary tradition. It’s a melting pot of cultures and people, and each has brought in their own recipes and cuisines into this mix. I can speak for two I am very familiar with and these are the Armenian and Syriac traditions. Both are down-to-earth, and simple, with burghul, for example, a staple in their cuisine. Burghul makes up the backbone of plenty of our stuffed dishes, mjadara, burghul ahmar (naturally), hamdiyeh (a burghul, sumac and parsley soup) and a dish called “eech” which couldn’t get more rustic if it tried. Unmatched. my lower right extremity!!!!

Convoluted? Me?????? :))))

@LujaynYou rock as much as you want and continue y...

2008-06-16T13:07:00.000+03:00

@Lujayn
You rock as much as you want and continue your contribution to the fancy side of Syrian cuisine. But pardon me, when it comes to Burghul b Hummus and other down to earth recipes we are unmatched. Even if we disregard the actual social differences, our environments, and despite the short distance, are world apart.
Consider for instance the olive agriculture of Idlib. They have succeeded in cultivating a much higher yield but their olives and their olive oil will never get even close in terms of real taste to the crop of a neglected tree in our mountains.
Your cuisine is certainly more elaborate, varied and sophisticated and this is the exact antithesis of a good Burghul b Hummus plate.
Even the additions of Om Fares (cardamom and cinnamon) are not original and are being used to cover the Zankha of the Farrouj because it is not Baladi but an Ibn Haram from an overcrowded hatchery.
I know you will get back with an even more "convoluted" comment... but that's the fun of it.

@DJYour father is a wise man.Sha7meh and dehneh!!!...

2008-06-16T12:45:00.000+03:00

@DJ
Your father is a wise man.
Sha7meh and dehneh!!! You can find plenty of that in the adulterated version of the original Burghul b Hummus as in the Gulf and the desert part of Syria.
They replace homegrown Burghul with imported rice due to the fact that even if they succeed in growing wheat they don't have the tradition of converting raw materials into edible delicacies.
Let me get to Lujayn now :-)