Comments on: What to Eat and Drink in Palestine and Where to do It http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:06:12 +0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lori http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-6614 Lori Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:15:20 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-6614 Read your article aloud to my Palestinian husband. We laughed at your true description of Kanafeh. While visiting back in the 80s, people in his village heard we were going sightseeing to Nazareth...they all wanted us to stop in Nablus and bring them back a couple of kilos of Kanafeh! We brought back all we could carry! Very insightful article! Read your article aloud to my Palestinian husband. We laughed at your true description of Kanafeh. While visiting back in the 80s, people in his village heard we were going sightseeing to Nazareth…they all wanted us to stop in Nablus and bring them back a couple of kilos of Kanafeh! We brought back all we could carry!
Very insightful article!

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]]> By: Cyprus Reviews Girl http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-5247 Cyprus Reviews Girl Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:17:50 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-5247 Great information. Thank you! Great information. Thank you!

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]]> By: Tim Patterson http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4731 Tim Patterson Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:37:23 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-4731 Fantastic article, and mouthwatering photos of food! Fantastic article, and mouthwatering photos of food!

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]]> By: Ahi http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4723 Ahi Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:03:02 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-4723 Ah, that makes sense. I knew you could get "middle eastern food" throughout the middle east (I'm pretty smart that way) but didn't realize why it was often called Lebanese as a default. Thank you! Ah, that makes sense. I knew you could get “middle eastern food” throughout the middle east (I’m pretty smart that way) but didn’t realize why it was often called Lebanese as a default. Thank you!

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]]> By: Sarah Irving http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4721 Sarah Irving Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:38:44 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-4721 Ahi - felafel, hummus etc are probably best described as 'Middle Eastern' - they're found pretty generically across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and so on. Some dishes - or styles of them (eg hummus can be found with varying degrees of tahini, lemon, olive oil, garlic etc) - are associated with specific places, eg you may find fuul offered 'Egyptian style.' What I've been told about many Middle Eastern foods being called 'Lebanese' is that because of its colonial-era links, especially with France, Lebanese food was considered higher status than that of other parts of the Middle East, even if it was very similar, so a lot of restaurants around the world called themselves Lebanese to sound fancier - even if the proprietors were actually from other parts of the Levant. Ahi – felafel, hummus etc are probably best described as ‘Middle Eastern’ – they’re found pretty generically across Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine and so on. Some dishes – or styles of them (eg hummus can be found with varying degrees of tahini, lemon, olive oil, garlic etc) – are associated with specific places, eg you may find fuul offered ‘Egyptian style.’ What I’ve been told about many Middle Eastern foods being called ‘Lebanese’ is that because of its colonial-era links, especially with France, Lebanese food was considered higher status than that of other parts of the Middle East, even if it was very similar, so a lot of restaurants around the world called themselves Lebanese to sound fancier – even if the proprietors were actually from other parts of the Levant.

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]]> By: Ahi http://matadornights.com/what-to-eat-and-drink-in-palestine-and-where-to-do-it/comment-page-1/#comment-4720 Ahi Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:48:45 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=6318#comment-4720 I really enjoyed reading this, and it further encourages me to properly see this area of the world. Stupid question: I always thought falafel, hummus, etc, was :Lebanese. Is that false? Or is that just true and irrelevant? I really enjoyed reading this, and it further encourages me to properly see this area of the world. Stupid question: I always thought falafel, hummus, etc, was :Lebanese. Is that false? Or is that just true and irrelevant?

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