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I think they use a lot of oil in their daily cooking compared to eurpean food. I love egyptian food especially some of the fish dishes.
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i adore Egyptian food, I never eat so well as when im in Egypt.
Hubby does most (ok ALL) the cooking and he could make camel **** taste great
I cant decide if it all tastes great coz its all so fresh or because im there or what, but i love it!! even if we eat out, its normally the crappiest looking eating houses which normally only Egyptian men frequent and they serve the most deliscious food ever!
I cant get so enthused about food here at all, dont normally bother that much with it.
now im hungry
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I was wondering if the kofta can be made with just lamb, I would like to try to make it but since I dont eat beef , i was wondering if it will taste the same? The recipes that i saw on here called for beef or beef/lamb mix.
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it probaly can eventhough I think it would be a bit "dry" because of the low fat in lamb.
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Rumi - its traditional in some Mid-East countries to make it with just lamb. If you can get the meat from the shoulder its best and have them grind it twice. I think a lot of the Egyptian food we eat is very healthy, that is if you eat it the way my hubby does. Which means you eat ta'miya and koshari all the time, beef rarely, chicken (big and cornish hens) in shawarma-type sandwiches and soup, and lots of vegetable dishes However, if you eat Egyptian food like an American, and maybe like some Egyptians, you might have fatty meat dishes all the time, tons of fried batata and whatever else fried, like fish, avoid the dark leafy greens unless they are cooked in copious amounts of butter, and generally eat enough for two or three people. Posts: 1161 | From: wo xiang xiao bian ji si le | Registered: Oct 2005
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Don't even get me started, it's horrible the way the food is cooked. Don't misunderstand me, some of it tastes good (some) but overall I have excused myself from eating anything anybody else cooks anymore, the semolina and gobs of oil/grease in general is enough to turn my stomach, I question how often the tameyeaa oil is changed and I couldn't stomach foul if I tried. I even watched my MIL making goolash (yum) once and when I saw how much oil she used I couldn't eat it anymore really. I prefer to stick to more salads and grilled or boiled foods, of course the in laws think I'm starving the husband, I'm probably adding years to his life~
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One question since i read here and also know of others,that many Egy men do the cooking in the house.How common is that in Egypt,since in Latino lands is not that common at all.Just curious,not that i doubt in anyway that they can do it succesfully.After all most great chefs are men.
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra88: One question since i read here and also know of others,that many Egy men do the cooking in the house.How common is that in Egypt,since in Latino lands is not that common at all.Just curious,not that i doubt in anyway that they can do it succesfully.After all most great chefs are men.
my dad cooks....... but he doesnt like to tell anyone Posts: 3128 | From: Not Your Heaven | Registered: Sep 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra88: One question since i read here and also know of others,that many Egy men do the cooking in the house.How common is that in Egypt,since in Latino lands is not that common at all.Just curious,not that i doubt in anyway that they can do it succesfully.After all most great chefs are men.
Good question, Dh does a lot of the cooking here too. I never saw FIL or BIL cook when in Egypt though.
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quote:Originally posted by *The Dark Angel* aka CAT: my dad cooks....... but he doesnt like to tell anyone
ditto - my husband usually cooks dinner a couple of times a week, and it's always delicious - but he never likes me to tell his mum that he's been working his magic in the kitchen! Posts: 463 | From: Other side of nowhere | Registered: Jun 2006
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quote:Originally posted by *The Dark Angel* aka CAT:
quote:Originally posted by Sashyra88: One question since i read here and also know of others,that many Egy men do the cooking in the house.How common is that in Egypt,since in Latino lands is not that common at all.Just curious,not that i doubt in anyway that they can do it succesfully.After all most great chefs are men.
my dad cooks....... but he doesnt like to tell anyone
That is toooo funny,Cat!!!!Tell him never to be ashamed of such a talent.My regards and congratulations to him! Posts: 1339 | From: Om Leito | Registered: Aug 2006
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Then,as i can notice,it`s a very common thing in Egypt:men cooking!!!! I was extremely curious about it when talking to one Egy male friend of mine he told me in a very natural way he cooks at home. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy...luv that!!!!!!!!!!!! Another good thing about Egy guys besides their sex drive.....LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!
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Mine was cook in the army and has worked in various kitchens, he think I cant cook
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too much pasta is quite fattening actually, and it also depends on how you prepare it. When you order Take Away you never know what they're cooking with, old nasty oils, semolina, the thoughts get worse and worse...
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Im counting minutes till the 8 of january where me and my mr perfect will go out to eat romantic dinner - then it actually doesnt matter whats on the menue just as long as we are together.....1 week with romantic dinners every night Posts: 528 | From: Denmark | Registered: Dec 2006
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My husband loves to cook too! He doesn't care who knows he does it. Some of his stuff is great, some ok, but some of his concoctions...oh dear...
The only thing he has a problem with is the neighbors thinking he is in the kitchen by himself. Like if he is in there cooking, and I yell something from another room, he will (a) either ignore me, or (b) come out of the kitchen and tell me to stop talking to him from another room so the neighbors don't know. HAHA I opt for still yelling from another room..
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My husband is a great cook and he is proud of it - however I do the dishwashing afterward and clean up the mess he makes in the kitchen.... He even iron my close sometimes, - my mom will love him when she see that Posts: 528 | From: Denmark | Registered: Dec 2006
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From what I could tell the food was pretty healthy but then again it's probably what we ate. I had the egyptian bread at least twice a day and that looked like it was made from whole wheat which is good. I had koshari once a day and that is pretty healthy what with the lentils and all. The mashi did seem like it was cooked with a lot of oil, but then again all of his family are wicked thin so they must not eat tons of it. Oh and the libb (the sunflower seeds, etc.) is pretty healthy too if you compare that with chips that we eat here.
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So what *does* an average Egyptian family eat every day? I ate over the in-laws quite frequently, but I get the feeling they were preparing all kinds of stuff especially for me as a guest.
They ate foul in the morning (I didn't, I had yogurt drinks). For dinner, they'd go all out like my family does for Sunday night dinner, only they were doing it every time I was there. Chicken sometimes, kofta others, balti fish (which I really liked, but that's fried, so I guess not healthy), PLUS mashi (wrapped in leaves and those little eggplants), *macarone* (? the little dishes with macaroni and a bechamel sauce), a fresh salad each night which I loved (tomato, cucumber, onion, olive oil (I think) and some lemon juice (I think) and of course bread. Then fruit for dessert (which I loved). Or the turkish delight.
But SO MUCH food!
One night, they even had these funny looking little lobster things. What are they? Bigger than crawfish but not as big as lobsters we eat in the U.S.
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quote:Originally posted by Tream Lefty: So what *does* an average Egyptian family eat every day? I ate over the in-laws quite frequently, but I get the feeling they were preparing all kinds of stuff especially for me as a guest.
They ate foul in the morning (I didn't, I had yogurt drinks). For dinner, they'd go all out like my family does for Sunday night dinner, only they were doing it every time I was there. Chicken sometimes, kofta others, balti fish (which I really liked, but that's fried, so I guess not healthy), PLUS mashi (wrapped in leaves and those little eggplants), *macarone* (? the little dishes with macaroni and a bechamel sauce), a fresh salad each night which I loved (tomato, cucumber, onion, olive oil (I think) and some lemon juice (I think) and of course bread. Then fruit for dessert (which I loved). Or the turkish delight.
But SO MUCH food!
same here, Lefty - the vast amount of food set out every day really amazes me, no matter how many times I visit.
All the stuff you mention above (I'm salivating at the thought of mashi ). Also, we usually eat a lot of duck and rabbit too, plus lisan asfour (a thin soup made of meat stock with tiny bits of pasta), molokhiya, and lots of dishes with okra. Mmmmm . My husband's three sisters always fight over who's going to cook for us next, which is fine by me - it's all gorgeous.
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Wow! That is a lay-out, isn't it? I had duck over there, but never rabbit. Is it good? I've never had rabbit in my life, actually....
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My husband's sister has a rabbit farm under her house, so rabbit is quite often on the menu . It was lovely actually, I'd never tried it before either but got quite used to it.
We have it in regular supermarkets here, but I've not been able to find it in the halal butchers, so we've only ever eaten it in Egypt.
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: Do you guys know what an average Egyptian family eats throughout the day?
I am sure many of you would like to know.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
And I would like to discuss how healthy/unhealthy those are.
You are what you eat.
I think poor Egyptains use bread in all meals, it's something basic!
I saw a little girl who was holding more than 20 loaves of bread for her family, for lunch Posts: 968 | From: www | Registered: Aug 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Tream Lefty: Wow! That is a lay-out, isn't it? I had duck over there, but never rabbit. Is it good? I've never had rabbit in my life, actually....
Rabbit meat is a very healthy one.It tastes similar to chicken but a bit more firm,less fat content. Posts: 1339 | From: Om Leito | Registered: Aug 2006
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quote:Originally posted by With a name like Smuckers: too much pasta is quite fattening actually
Pasta itself is not fattening at all. It only becomes fattening if you prepare it with lots of heavy sauce / meat / fat ...
Remember Gina Lollobrigida's famous quote? Everything I own I owe to spaghetti.
I think maybe, when you combine pasta dishes with Americans' lack of portion control, *that's* when you have a problem. (I am part of that group, it's hard to eat just a little bit of pasta, so I try to stay away from it).
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Food is every thing for many egyptian families , when we go to picnic or prepare any party , food is the first and most important factor we thought about and huge pay money for foooooood. women are accused to be the first reason for this habit,this due to tow reasons they are very good cookers , and many of them believe that the nearest way to husband heart is its stomach . also ppls measure how you are wealthy by the types and amounts of food in your table. famousest egyptian foods are:- fooooooll in break fast and ta3miah. koshary ,molokhyah , rice ,and ma7sheee
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quote:Originally posted by karemo7:
fooooooll in break fast and ta3miah. koshary ,molokhyah , rice ,and ma7sheee
Okay one more of those posts and I'm booking a ticket to Cairo.
sorry , did I offend you? fooool only in breakfast (yum),and the rest in dinner or lunch
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual:
quote:Originally posted by karemo7:
quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual:
quote:Originally posted by karemo7:
fooooooll in break fast and ta3miah. koshary ,molokhyah , rice ,and ma7sheee
Okay one more of those posts and I'm booking a ticket to Cairo.
sorry , did I offend you? fooool only in breakfast (yum),and the rest in dinner or lunch
No I just want some of that! Yum!
until now i didn't talk about toffies and sweets , i worn you don't eat too much ,or your weight can jump to its double , ok here some delicious dishes like KABAB ,MAHALABIA , ROS BE ELABAN ,FETEER MESHALTET , OM ALAY. i like all those sweets and delicious dishes ,and my weight still average
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quote:Originally posted by karemo7: until now i didn't talk about toffies and sweets , i worn you don't eat too much ,or your weight can jump to its double , ok here some delicious dishes like KABAB ,MAHALABIA , ROS BE ELABAN ,FETEER MESHALTET , OM ALAY. i like all those sweets and delicious dishes ,and my weight still average
Am I the only woman who is not into sweets? I don't like chocolate or ice-cream or the stuff you mentioned. I hardly ever eat that stuff. I don't buy it and I happen to accidentally consume it when I am visiting and get it offered (don't want to be rude).
Pass me the jar of pickles and the Tabasco bottle, that's my candy! I'm usually skinny BTW, but for a noble reason I currently look like a happy hippopotamus.
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual:
quote:Originally posted by karemo7: until now i didn't talk about toffies and sweets , i worn you don't eat too much ,or your weight can jump to its double , ok here some delicious dishes like KABAB ,MAHALABIA , ROS BE ELABAN ,FETEER MESHALTET , OM ALAY. i like all those sweets and delicious dishes ,and my weight still average
Am I the only woman who is not into sweets? I don't like chocolate or ice-cream or the stuff you mentioned. I hardly ever eat that stuff. I don't buy it and I happen to accidentally consume it when I am visiting and get it offered (don't want to be rude).
Pass me the jar of pickles and the Tabasco bottle, that's my candy! I'm usually skinny BTW, but for a noble reason I currently look like a happy hippopotamus.
*raising her hand high here* Mee,meee,MK...i've never been into sweets myself,not even as a child.Just like you,i dont even have them at home and only have maybe a scoop or piece of sweets when out to dinner or when at somebody's home and not to be rude. On the other way,i just love salty/lemony flavors. Posts: 1339 | From: Om Leito | Registered: Aug 2006
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I hate sweets, avoid sugars at all costs. I will eat a bit of honey but even that is so sweeeeeet... I prefer cheeses as guilty pleasures, and yes a jar of half-sour pickles will disappear in minutes. So, NO you aren't the only one! By the way a bowl of really good ful is one of my favorite Egy foods!
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: Am I the only woman who is not into sweets? I don't like chocolate or ice-cream or the stuff you mentioned. I hardly ever eat that stuff. I don't buy it and I happen to accidentally consume it when I am visiting and get it offered (don't want to be rude).
I'm pretty much the same. I like a bit of chocolate every once in a while, but I never crave sweets and I usually don't like desserts either.
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See,MK????You could plan a meet-up with those of us not into sweets and have a blast!We`ll be happy with those Egy specialties that live up to our salty,pickely,sour,lemony delights.....
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quote:Originally posted by Sashyra88: See,MK????You could plan a meet-up with those of us not into sweets and have a blast!We`ll be happy with those Egy specialties that live up to our salty,pickely,sour,lemony delights.....
*Drool*
Okay Sashy, next time we're both in Cairo we have to eat @ Abul-Sid. I'm not up-to-date but that place never fails to satisfy my guts.
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual:
quote:Originally posted by Sashyra88: See,MK????You could plan a meet-up with those of us not into sweets and have a blast!We`ll be happy with those Egy specialties that live up to our salty,pickely,sour,lemony delights.....
*Drool*
Okay Sashy, next time we're both in Cairo we have to eat @ Abul-Sid. I'm not up-to-date but that place never fails to satisfy my guts.
oh no...... i never liked Abul Sid's food
I am not a fan of Egyptian food that much i can live on Chinese Posts: 3128 | From: Not Your Heaven | Registered: Sep 2006
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: Okay Sashy, next time we're both in Cairo we have to eat @ Abul-Sid. I'm not up-to-date but that place never fails to satisfy my guts.
But their kushari sucks. Posts: 3587 | Registered: Mar 2006
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quote:Originally posted by *The Dark Angel* aka CAT: oh no...... i never liked Abul Sid's food
I am not a fan of Egyptian food that much i can live on Chinese
Amazing! I'm the total opposite. But I have to say that my Egyptian food cravings started after I left Egypt. But I still loved fool all my life. Fool is the best meal ever. Also very nutritious. Actually the perfectly healthy meal. You get some "fools" who pretend to detest the habit of eating fool because it's so called a low-class meal, but that is just so hypocrite and idiotic. I am sure most of the Egyptians, even those who would deny it, have fool for breakfast or dinner or even lunch.
In Egypt, showing off involves even what passes through your guts!!
Chinese food, though very healthy, is awful! I do like their fried rice though.
Hey have I ever told you this? Oceans12, the movie, was partly shot very near to our house, and Pitt and Clooney and the other guy with big teeth, what's his name Damon or so? Were eating at the Chinese restaurant just two blocks away from where I live. (Oops, this story scores high on the Boring Scale, doesn't it?!)
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quote:Originally posted by MK the Most Interlectual: Okay Sashy, next time we're both in Cairo we have to eat @ Abul-Sid. I'm not up-to-date but that place never fails to satisfy my guts.
But their kushari sucks.
I'm really surprised you don't like it Dalia. I LOVE it in there!
Can you describe why you don't like Abul-Sid Koshari?
I have to say that I don't recall eating it elsewhere in order to compare. I only eat it at home or at friends' homes. When I'm invited for a meal I specifically ask for Koshari and of course people get all like, come on, it's an insult to serve you Koshari, and I'm like I want Koshari or bust. But they do eventually understand my deprivation.
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quote:Originally posted by Dalia*: But their kushari sucks.
Koshari sucks period, each to their own, but I only eat koshari when it's 4am & I'm wasted & there's nothing else to eat.
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