Comments on abufares said...the world according to a tartoussi: Defying the Blogspot Block with Grub

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...

2010-01-07T14:32:55.402+02:00

Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!

Shaykhspeara Sha'iraWelcome back!Sahha Wa Hana. I ...

2007-10-18T11:11:00.000+03:00

Shaykhspeara Sha'ira
Welcome back!
Sahha Wa Hana. I hope that what you mean by Shaami is Bilad Al-Sham and not only Damascus :-)

Oh my LORD!I haven't been to your blog in ages and...

2007-10-17T22:22:00.000+03:00

Oh my LORD!

I haven't been to your blog in ages and when I come you have posted alll my favourite shaami dishes! I nearly fell off my chair, sho taybeh!

Kol sanah wa enta tayyeb!

Dear Abu Fares,Thank you for the recipe. Sounds ea...

2007-10-15T15:43:00.000+03:00

Dear Abu Fares,
Thank you for the recipe. Sounds easy enough.

@ LujaynIt shouldn't be long before I get back to ...

2007-10-15T11:38:00.000+03:00

@ Lujayn
It shouldn't be long before I get back to blogging. Just give me sometime to digest all the food I gobbled over the Eid.
Happy to hear from you.

Abu Fares, Eid Fitr Mubarak. No comments doesnt me...

2007-10-14T22:59:00.000+03:00

Abu Fares, Eid Fitr Mubarak. No comments doesnt mean I'm not checking your blog very often. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to the unrestrained, uncensored posts of post-Ramadan!

@ ammoontieZongol is prepared by rolling dough in ...

2007-10-14T13:06:00.000+03:00

@ ammoontie
Zongol is prepared by rolling dough in small sized sandwiches. Use regular dough, the same you use for pizza, manaish, snabousek, etc.
Heat the 1/2 kg of ground lamb meat (mafroumeh) in skillet and add 1 finely chopped onion until light brown. Sprinkle with 1 to 2 tablespoon of sumacs, a little salt, mix well, turn heat off and throw away the juices. Prepare dough rectangles (about 20 X 10 cm and fill longitudinally with meat and roll exactly like s sandwich of peta bread (khebez Arabi) Fry in vegetable oil until light gold (barely a few minutes). Place on paper napkin to absorb excess oil before serving. Eaten hot or cold, delicious either way.
Give it a try, you can can't go wrong. If you think the sumacs was too much or too little, adjust accordingly next time.

Dear Abu Fares,I have tried to look for the 'zengo...

2007-10-14T12:16:00.000+03:00

Dear Abu Fares,
I have tried to look for the 'zengol' recipes online but to no avail. Would you please help me ? It looks nice and crispy and should taste as good.
Thank you and Eid Mubarak...

@PaigeI hope to God that your wish comes true. And...

2007-10-14T11:25:00.000+03:00

@Paige
I hope to God that your wish comes true. And, when you make it to this part of the word, please give me a holler.

@ShannonDon't be sorry, we just miss you when we d...

2007-10-14T11:23:00.000+03:00

@Shannon
Don't be sorry, we just miss you when we don't hear from you.
BTW, the Green beans with meat is such an easy dish to prepare. It was one of my emergency backups when I was in the States (that is when I miss Syrian food).
Just be sure to remove the strand of fiber on both longitudinal axis of the green beans before you cook. It might sound like hard work but it's barely a 10 to 15 minute job.

@HighlanderEid Moubarak to you and to all the good...

2007-10-14T11:20:00.000+03:00

@Highlander
Eid Moubarak to you and to all the good people of Libya.I hope to be able to see you once you are in Syria.

Yum....Maybe someday we'll live in a world where I...

2007-10-14T03:08:00.000+03:00

Yum....Maybe someday we'll live in a world where I can come and visit, we can blog in peace,and we won't be treated as outlaws. Eid Mubarak!

These recipes were dangerous for my waistline. I'm...

2007-10-13T01:26:00.000+03:00

These recipes were dangerous for my waistline. I'm glad the blockers are looking out for my diet.

::Sigh::

I'm sorry I haven't been able to comment as much as I'd like to. I hope you're able to keep blogging and causing such international turmoil with your food. :)

Eid Mabrouk ya Abufares and what lovely food - Iwa...

2007-10-12T18:01:00.000+03:00

Eid Mabrouk ya Abufares and what lovely food - Iwanted your advice on how to be able to read and blog on blogspot from Syria. Can you please email to me ? ( frommyrock@yahoo.com)

KarinI miss you so much.You have to forgive me for...

2007-10-12T14:38:00.000+03:00

Karin
I miss you so much.
You have to forgive me for being "lazy", meaning not keeping properly in touch.
Eid Fitr Saeed to you my dear friend. We're almost done with our 30th and final day of fasting in Syria. I have spent the whole day so far in bed with my laptop. I intend on celebrating later on tonight.
Take care and "you are always on my mind".

How YUUUUUUMMY!!!! We are having today the last da...

2007-10-12T13:51:00.000+03:00

How YUUUUUUMMY!!!!
We are having today the last day of Ramadan here in the US and alone to LOOK at those pictures, makes me hungry!!
I observed it all (have to add ONE day though sometime soon) - alone. It's very sad to have to sit alone at Futour-time to break the fast and eat ... but it's (almost) over.

Life's tough lately, very tough - will elaborate via letter! I'm hanging in there though ...

WHY did they close "blogspot"?? I can't imagine it posed ANY threat ...
That is awful ... and to what you say about George W., I can only wholeheartedly agree!!

EIT al-FITR MUBARAK - to you and your wonderful loved ones!!

Dubai JazzHappy EidCall me as soon as you get to H...

2007-10-12T12:10:00.001+03:00

Dubai Jazz
Happy Eid
Call me as soon as you get to Haleb.

RimeYou are asking for the impossible. Al voluntee...

2007-10-12T12:10:00.000+03:00

Rime
You are asking for the impossible. Al volunteers Al.
I'll have my camera ready for the Eid and one I see or eat something worth sharing you will all hear about it/
Kol 3am Wa Anti Bi Kheir.

Saint & Syrian BritWe are all in the same boat tog...

2007-10-12T12:06:00.000+03:00

Saint & Syrian Brit
We are all in the same boat together. The real Abadai is the one who openly admits it (i.e. Syrian Brit).
I brag and brag but there's hot air only underneath this bubble.
Happy Eid.

Or, you could bring a real dilema to the idiotic b...

2007-10-12T02:46:00.000+03:00

Or, you could bring a real dilema to the idiotic blockers, making them rue the day they banned blogspot; fill the blogs with praise about the regime, the government, the "elites" and wax poetic on Syria's steadfastness being admired by everyone abroad.

The problem is, somebody would actually have to write all this, and I can't see any volunteers.

Alf sahha - now that's what I call an iftar! Will we get a post about the delights of Eid foods, or will we all be too full to write or read about them?

Happy Eid Fitr to everyone.

Dear Sir SB, you know my commanding manner never s...

2007-10-12T01:16:00.000+03:00

Dear Sir SB, you know my commanding manner never stop working unconsciously, and you my friend stripped me naked. So I lied.

On the other hand, I have to admit on this instance that I admire your frank attitude towards your family and you are the first Syrian or even Middle Eastern, I got to know who is a not shy to praise his wife in a post (which was the best post for this year) and if there is an award for this, you my friend are the winner.

So now you may guess that I’m old. Thank you for straighten me up.
Thanks Abu Fares for the reciepe.
Happy Eid to All.

Wish you and the readers of your blog an auspiciou...

2007-10-11T23:21:00.000+03:00

Wish you and the readers of your blog an auspicious Eid al Fiter..:)

Saint,'..and she begged me to ask you...' My wife ...

2007-10-11T23:07:00.000+03:00

Saint,
'..and she begged me to ask you...'
My wife does not 'beg' me.. she simply commands!..

OK SAINTListen to this:You need to prepare dough s...

2007-10-11T13:08:00.000+03:00

OK SAINT
Listen to this:
You need to prepare dough similar to the one used for Manaish bi Zaatar. Enough to spread 3 x 14\" circles.
For this quantity you need 1 kg of coarse Keshek (in small balls).
Soak in warm water then drain completely and let dry for about an hour.
If the Keshek is still lumpy, we can (by hand) squeeze it to make it turn into a Burghul-like substance.
You can add 1 onion (very finely chopped) or without as per your preference. I, myself don\'t like the taste of onions with the Keshek but most people use it.
Add 1/3 cup of olive oil and red pepper paste (2 to 3 full tablespoons - hot or mild as per your preference) and thoroughly mix well by hand.
spread the dough and use 1/3 of the quantity per 14\" piece. Top the keshek then fold the dough as if you are rolling Wara2 3inab and squeeze flat, then spread again. Repeat 3 times so that the Keshek is well mixed with the dough.
Place in oven and bake like a pizza (roughly 10 minutes needed) if your oven fits more than one piece then do so.
Of course if you are going through all this pain, you\'d better work on 2 to 3 kilos of Keshek to make it worthwhile.
Please give it a try and let me know. Sa77a Wa Hana
Eid Saeed.

Thank you Abu Fares, I know your feeling.Now let’s...

2007-10-10T23:58:00.000+03:00

Thank you Abu Fares, I know your feeling.
Now let’s talk serious, your Ftireh Bi Keshek caught my wife’s eye and she begged me to ask you to write the recipe for this strange dish. We love Keshek, we call it Kesheke, and this could be a nice recipe for me since I cannot the eat the kesheke soup which I love, because it causes me heart burn, and I stays watching on the table when she serve the Kesheke soup which made from kesheke, onion, garlic and dried mint, boiled in water.