Yallah Middle East 3.0, For the Middle East and Egypt People

[Veiled Princess 1]

Is anyone else just as confused as I am?

[noura 0]

Is anyone else just as confused as I am?

okee then.... since i've thoroughly confused you all, can we just drop it now??? i'm a doofus for not knowing petite is *short* since i've always been taught otherwise - anyhow - i done been edumacated now so let's move on to something else! thanks!

[sarah and hicham 3]

Is anyone else just as confused as I am?

okee then.... since i've thoroughly confused you all, can we just drop it now??? i'm a doofus for not knowing petite is *short* since i've always been taught otherwise - anyhow - i done been edumacated now so let's move on to something else! thanks!

Noura what you just learned is really going to change your life!

[amal 4]

In another thread, someone mentioned that x-mas takes the christ out of christmas......... I was watching something on the discovery channel the other day and they said the real reason behind writing it as x-mas is coz of the greek letter x... and they used the letter x when spelling christ (at least i think it was greek..i could be wrong...but it was another language) so therefore, using xmas is not taking christ out of christmas ..its merely using another language.

interesting huh...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

In another thread, someone mentioned that x-mas takes the christ out of christmas......... I was watching something on the discovery channel the other day and they said the real reason behind writing it as x-mas is coz of the greek letter x... and they used the letter x when spelling christ (at least i think it was greek..i could be wrong...but it was another language) so therefore, using xmas is not taking christ out of christmas ..its merely using another language.

interesting huh...

I think you are correct.

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981223

Edited October 21, 2006 by wife_of_mahmoud

[cbd2cai 0]

In another thread, someone mentioned that x-mas takes the christ out of christmas......... I was watching something on the discovery channel the other day and they said the real reason behind writing it as x-mas is coz of the greek letter x... and they used the letter x when spelling christ (at least i think it was greek..i could be wrong...but it was another language) so therefore, using xmas is not taking christ out of christmas ..its merely using another language.

interesting huh...

I think you are correct.

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981223

Yes, I thought that there was probably valid reasons for writing XMAS when I first heard this comment. See below what I lifted from this website:

http://www.crivoice.org/cyxmas.html

The Origin of "Xmas"

The abbreviation of "Xmas" for Christmas, long reviled by many conservative and Low Church Christians, is not nearly as blasphemous as many contend. Rather than a sacrilegious removal of "Christ" from Christmas and replacing him with an unknown, as some claim, the "Xmas" abbreviation has a long history in the church. In Greek, the language in which the New Testament was first written, "chi" (c or C), which is almost identical to the Roman alphabet "X," is the first letter of the word "Christ" (cristoV, or as it would be written in older manuscripts, CRISTOS). In fact, the symbol of the fish in the early church came from using the first letter of several titles used for Jesus (Jesus Christ Son of God Savior) that when combined spelled the Greek word for fish (icquV, ichthus).

In the early days of printing when typesetting was done by hand and was very tedious and expensive, abbreviations were common. The church began to use the abbreviation "X" for the word "Christ" in religious publications. From there, the abbreviation moved into general use in newspapers and other publications, and "Xmas" became an accepted way of printing "Christmas."

[~Jackie~ 30]

SOS I need help! Dawn gave me JP's recipe for kanafa and I want to make it today. I lost it! Dawn is working and JP is sleeping, dreaming of shoes.

Does anybody know the ingredients? I already have the special cheese and the phyllo dough. Do I need orange water or rose water? What nuts do I need? and what kind of butter? I usually can find anything on the net but for some reason, I can't find a cheese kanafa recipe.

Jackie

[Bosco 1]

SOS I need help! Dawn gave me JP's recipe for kanafa and I want to make it today. I lost it! Dawn is working and JP is sleeping, dreaming of shoes.

Does anybody know the ingredients? I already have the special cheese and the phyllo dough. Do I need orange water or rose water? What nuts do I need? and what kind of butter? I usually can find anything on the net but for some reason, I can't find a cheese kanafa recipe.

Jackie

Jackie,

See if these work here

or here

Try spelling it "kunafa" and you should get more hits

Rebecca

[jordanianprincess 0]

Kanafeh

2 Packages Shredded Phyllo Dough

Kanafeh Food Coloring

1 Stick of unsalted butter, melted

2 packages of Nabulsi sweet cheese, sliced into 1/4" thick slices

Raw pistachios

Large Pan

Sugar Syrup without any rose or orange water, just plain syrup(if you need the recipe let me know)

1. After the dough is thawed, mix in some of the melted butter and mix. You may not need all of it, we just need to coat the dough and get it separated. Mix in the Kanafeh coloring (its powder), use as much as you like until you get the shade of orange you like. I have never used regular food coloring for this so I don't know the results.

2. In the large pan, spread out about half the phyllo and pat it down. Make sure the bottom is fully covered.

3. Lay the slices of cheese side by side on top of the dough.

4. Cover the cheese with the remaining phyllo dough. Make sure all the cheese is covered well! Also make sure the corners are covered too. Pat it down for an even look.

5. Bake it until the cheese melts and the top is a bit crunchy. Pour the cooled syrup on top. Don't put too much, some people don't like it dripping. You can always add extra syrup to individual pieces as they are being served.

6 If you like you can garnish each piece with sound ground raw pistachios.

Enjoy!

[amal 4]

i'm not that much of a cooker......but if i were...i'd be cookin that up...it sounds delightful!

[amal 4]

:)

[dawnnhatem 0]

Kanafeh

2 Packages Shredded Phyllo Dough

Kanafeh Food Coloring

1 Stick of unsalted butter, melted

2 packages of Nabulsi sweet cheese, sliced into 1/4" thick slices

Raw pistachios

Large Pan

Sugar Syrup without any rose or orange water, just plain syrup(if you need the recipe let me know)

1. After the dough is thawed, mix in some of the melted butter and mix. You may not need all of it, we just need to coat the dough and get it separated. Mix in the Kanafeh coloring (its powder), use as much as you like until you get the shade of orange you like. I have never used regular food coloring for this so I don't know the results.

2. In the large pan, spread out about half the phyllo and pat it down. Make sure the bottom is fully covered.

3. Lay the slices of cheese side by side on top of the dough.

4. Cover the cheese with the remaining phyllo dough. Make sure all the cheese is covered well! Also make sure the corners are covered too. Pat it down for an even look.

5. Bake it until the cheese melts and the top is a bit crunchy. Pour the cooled syrup on top. Don't put too much, some people don't like it dripping. You can always add extra syrup to individual pieces as they are being served.

6 If you like you can garnish each piece with sound ground raw pistachios.

Enjoy!

It really is easy to make...I made it a couple times then hatem brought 2 pans of it to his cousin's house...and left my pans. I ask for them back all the time but maybe theres something culturally wrong about wanting your stuff back because he hates that I want my pans back. So I have no knaffa pans and I just bought those to make this.

You know, H kept telling me that knaffa has to be flipped. and he did flip one of them. it didn't make a big difference, just got phyllo shredds all over the stove and floor. he seemed to think flipping was important.

It was a huge hit each time, tho.

[amal 4]

its funny to me the things they take so personally vs the things we think they should.... gotta love'em

[~Jackie~ 30]

To flip or not to flip,,,,,,that is the question. My personal trainer, JP, suggests not flipping, and the guy at the arab store said to flip. Unlike maglooba that must be flipped to expose the stuff on the bottom, I don't see the benefit of flipping kanafa. Looks like I will be making kanafa on Monday morning. I will post pics of this event.

Jackie

[amal 4]

can't wait to see your results!!!