aris2chat
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Ok...so...what herbs do I use?
if you add cheddar cheese------dill is nice. I forgot how to say DILL--
in Arabic. ------it is possible there is no way-----dill seems to be more
a EUROPEAN herb. -----hubby has a phrase for it----he calls it
"that Ashkenazi stuff" ------cheddar cheese could be a problem-----
goat cheese?
Now that sounds kind of good - quite a variation on the biscuit thing.
to make it really koranic------you could probably just dunk the
finished product in "zatar"------zatar---I believe means THYME---
but some people refer to a mixture that includes thyme and sesame and some sumac (not the poison type) and some other stuff
by the same term----zatar) --------do not use the little red berries on
your poison sumac bush-----unless you are very depressed. I have
heard that swallowing several NUTMEGS is another cure for depression. There seems to be a shortage of nutmeg-------nutmeg
IS used in middle eastern cookery------they put the stuff in coffee. Another weird additive is FENUGREK-----grind it to a powder---soak
the powder in water-----for a few hours-----then pour off the water that
comes to the top and you have a residue at the bottom of
the bowl-------then comes the tricky part-----you bunch up your fingers
and pretend they are a WHISK------and beat up the fenugreek powder residue for half an hour---------You end up with a foam-----some people like to float that vile tasting foam in soup-----chicken soup of course---unless you have the leg bone of a lamb. This foam is good stuff----it
STIMULATES LACTATION -------you probably could add fenugreek
leaves to the biscuits-------if you like bitter
It is thyme, summac and sesame seeds...................love it with oil on arabic bread or with yogurt cream cheese (strained yogurt)
Alway have a big jar in the house.
ok-----but to make it at home----I avoid American Sumac----because
our sumac is poisonous-------a good substitute is AMCHUR----and indian thing----powdered dried unripe mangoes. uhm----I have never seen middle eastern sumac sold in the USA. I think our sesame seeds come from Lebanon (?) ------I have no idea why they don't do sesame in California (?)
almost any middle east or pakistani/indian food store, many kosher will as well.