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Me love falafel!

The funny thing is, I go to an Arab restaurant to get it. That's just the closest place around that makes them.

They stare at me as if to say, "Why don't you ever order any Arab food? Geez."

I'm called "meshumed" by some, but I'm still Jewish.

Spare us your Jewish humor. It's called national defense against maniacs with machine guns and crazy Jew-haters who choose to blow up their own children with explosives for political gain.

Golda Meir said it best: "We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us."

lol falafel isn't Arabic? I buy it at a Turkish Kebab shop!

Then you might not like to know that the founder of Jews for Jesus, Moishe Rosen, is a personal friend of mine. He has the biggest heart in the world for people, and takes a lot of flack for what he does in demonstrating that love by trying to get Jews to realize that Jesus is Jewish completely, in every possible way and sense. Moishe was raised orthodox, but eventually found the way, the truth, and the life.

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Falafel is arabic/egyptian in origin

It's also the official Israeli national snack, so I wonder if the Jews have their own version of it.

It really isn't worthwhile duscussing with someone totally uninformed of the facts and completely brainwashed by Israeli propaganda.

Mizrahi Jews have adopted much of Arab cuisine, just like the Greeks have adopted much of Turkish cuisine.

As for having a version of it depends where they came from. There are Jews in Iran, were in Iraq, Syria all over the place. There was Jews in Afghanistan until recently.

Israeli cuisine is influenced by Levantine naturally. Which varies slightly from north the south (probably east to west too)

I think both hummus and moussaka can be bought here in both Arabic and Jewish restaurants. I guess it's a chicken and egg situation... we've been fighting with the Russians and the Ukrainians about the origin of pierogis but I's proved impossible to resolve

moussaka is from greek/turkish.

Do forget that the Ottoman Empire was responsible for spreading cuisine as far north as central Europe. Even higher than that even.

Humus is Levant although was spread all around mid east to Western Sahara due to none other than guess who?

The reason why eastern Jews share the cuisine is because once upon a time they used to live side by side with Arabs peacefully before this Zionism thing started. Jews are also Arabs too, at least some of them.

I had hummus, falafel and moussaka for the first time when I was a student, the university put on a Jewish evening. Not sure how I ended up there though cos I'm not Jewish - possibly the promise of free food, which turned out to be excellent. Not so sure about the music though

Off topic, But I seemed to have a habit then of turning up in strange places, one day I found myself in one of those "Praise be to the Lord" type churches full of (only) black people waving their arms around. A black Jamaican friend took me there. I've never had my hand shaken so many times in my life, I must have been the first white person to dare enter there. Nice friendly people, but not my sort of religion so didn't go again.

I nearly got roped into going to a Mosque once with a girl I fancied but that didn't materialise. There was no offer of food anyway.

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Made from kosher chick peas.

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anna-banana you know those polish dill/gherkin in brine instead of vinegar? Do you find the texture ?

I think I prefer the yiddish version with sour and sweet.

lol it depends, the ones that are sold in jars do have an awful texture, fresh ones are great though, especially after two weeks of soaking. nice and crispy and not sluggish like the ones that have been soaking for ages.

sweet and sour is an evil mix IMO, I can't stand it in any form.

Even if it is mostly sour? I am not talking about the Dill you would get in a diner in NY, more the gherkins, with vinegar, mustard, etc

I agree it can be sickly especially some Borscht recipe.

I must try making some fresh ones like you say. What I am talking about is that sort of furry taste on the skin and throughout.

furry taste? lol. not sure what you mean. but then again, I only ever eat fresh ones.