Bizarre foods of MENA

[Henia 11]

Very true Raspberry ... I find those stickers sooo annoying Ye having one of them does not automatically make you PC!

Off topic, but ... Asuman huh? Interesting name... what is orginally? Sounds Turkis for some reason.

Back to topic: Has anyone ever heard of Pismaniye (floss halwa) ?

Edited June 23, 2007 by Henia

[deemabrouk 0]

One time when his parents came to visit us, it was the first time that I had met them. This was after we were married but before he got stuck in Morocco. We were sitting around resting after having dinner and my husband just came right out and asked his mom what kind of foods would help with his "stamina". I just about spit my tea out!!! But she just started naming off stuff and how to prepare it and they both had this big conversation about it. I could tell my father-in-law was getting a kick at how I was red-faced about it.

Since then, I've gotten comfortable at how open they are about stuff like that.

Yeah...Arab men don't play with the whole "stamina" bit. But none that I've ever known would ever consider taking something "pharmaceticul' to help. Funny huh?

Would you say that it's true...that once you go Arab, you'll never go back to anything else? lol

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

You don't even know me and yet call me a bigot. That's funny. I actually have a "COEXIST" bumper sticker on my car. The comment about not going back to anything but Arab is not a sexual remark. I think most of us on this site would agree that the Arab culture that we've come to know is far more enchanting than anything we've known. At least it is for me. I was married to a good 'ole boy American and was not anywhere near happy as I am now. I've learned so much about the world (not just Arab culture) and I could never go back to who I was before.

I find your passing judgment on someone that you know nothing about repugnant and distasteful.

Omigod, a COEXIST sticker! Well why didn’t you say so! That means you can make as many asinine statements as you want and never have to be called on it. It’s just as effective as “I can’t possibly be a racist, I have friends that are blackâ€. Exactly what does yr former husband’s nationality have to do with anything discussed here? Why would you even bring it up? Are you trying to say there was something inherently wrong with him, something inferior about him because he was American? Arabic culture’s no cooler or less cool than any others. Culture seems a pretty strange thing to play “more or less†ratings games with, or at least it seems so to me. I guess that’s because I’m not a cultural elitist, consciously or not. Asserting the virtues of Arabic culture does not come at the cost of denouncing your own or any others.

“Yeah...Arab men don't play with the whole "stamina" bit†= “Yeah....black men sure can play basketball†= “Yeah...Asians sure don’t play around when it comes to math scoresâ€.

Gross. Not cool. When I heard a colleague at work, who had recently been dating an African-American man, announce that “once you go black, you never go back†I was just as repulsed. Reducing individuals, human beings to such a small component as their skin colour or the ethnic group they happened to be born into and as such has a rather insignificant impact on their individual character is inherently wrong.

I agree... but not with YOU.. why dont you chill out.. !??

No one was denouncing anybody!!!

de·nounce

–verb (used with object), -nounced, -nounc·ing.

1. to condemn or censure openly or publicly: to denounce a politician as morally corrupt.

2. to make a formal accusation against, as to the police or in a court.

3. to give formal notice of the termination or denial of (a treaty, pact, agreement, or the like).

4. Archaic. to announce or proclaim, esp. as something evil or calamitous.

5. Obsolete. to portend.

She first started talking about HER HUSBAND (arab) and MIL (arab)'s conversation.. AND their talk about "stamina".. We all just agreed!

"People" wanna be all PC but no real Insults were being tossed around..

And I dont know about you... But you ask ANY ARAB MAN.. and they'd easily agree...

I gotta agree with Melly.. ALHAMDULILLAH i am a Vegetarian!!!!!!!!!!

BUT my husband and SIL convinced me to eat some shrimp... Reluctantly I said ok.. SOOO.. Hanan whipped us up some dinner and left it at our flat.. We all came home.. set up our dinner... and my husband took off the lid to the pot with the "shrimp" in it... i LITERALLY had to swallow back the vomit that came up... There were all these Critters face up STARING at me.. a whole pot of them.. with these black little eyes :blink: :blink: :blink:

I couldnt do it.. I never knew they look like little lobsters!!!!!!!!!!

My husband got annoyed.. But I honestly dont think I have even seen them with their heads on

and I agree with you Allousa lol It is true

One time when his parents came to visit us, it was the first time that I had met them. This was after we were married but before he got stuck in Morocco. We were sitting around resting after having dinner and my husband just came right out and asked his mom what kind of foods would help with his "stamina". I just about spit my tea out!!! But she just started naming off stuff and how to prepare it and they both had this big conversation about it. I could tell my father-in-law was getting a kick at how I was red-faced about it.

Since then, I've gotten comfortable at how open they are about stuff like that.

Yeah...Arab men don't play with the whole "stamina" bit. But none that I've ever known would ever consider taking something "pharmaceticul' to help. Funny huh?

Would you say that it's true...that once you go Arab, you'll never go back to anything else? lol

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

I stick to my original post

Edited June 24, 2007 by deemabrouk

[doodlebug 3]

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

fyi folks this is the woman with the same ISP as that annoying guy who was banned....actually they were both banned but apparently both their lives are so miserable they can't stop coming here and bashing everyone. Just report them to Ewok.

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Very true Raspberry ... I find those stickers sooo annoying Ye having one of them does not automatically make you PC!

Off topic, but ... Asuman huh? Interesting name... what is orginally? Sounds Turkis for some reason.

Back to topic: Has anyone ever heard of Pismaniye (floss halwa) ?

Yeah, it's Turkish (Old Persian name, I think). My parents were immigrants from Turkey and moved to Belgium when they were younger. I was born there.

I LOVE Pismaniye!!! OMG can't believe you mentioned it. That stuff is so sweet though but I miss it.

Mom used to run her own little deli/grocery shops with all sorts of Middle Eastern food stuffs.

I miss her cooking. /cry

[peezey 0]

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

fyi folks this is the woman with the same ISP as that annoying guy who was banned....actually they were both banned but apparently both their lives are so miserable they can't stop coming here and bashing everyone. Just report them to Ewok.

Ewok knows she isn't the same as aqoul, which is why she isn't banned anymore. FYI, doodle, smarty pants, whatever you go by these days. What are you gong to report her for? Having a different opinion than the sheeple?

Edited June 24, 2007 by peezey

[peezey 0]

One time when his parents came to visit us, it was the first time that I had met them. This was after we were married but before he got stuck in Morocco. We were sitting around resting after having dinner and my husband just came right out and asked his mom what kind of foods would help with his "stamina". I just about spit my tea out!!! But she just started naming off stuff and how to prepare it and they both had this big conversation about it. I could tell my father-in-law was getting a kick at how I was red-faced about it.

Since then, I've gotten comfortable at how open they are about stuff like that.

Yeah...Arab men don't play with the whole "stamina" bit. But none that I've ever known would ever consider taking something "pharmaceticul' to help. Funny huh?

Would you say that it's true...that once you go Arab, you'll never go back to anything else? lol

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Nothing like cultural relativism and exoticizing arabs for Saturday night entertainment!

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

Why don't you go away? I don't agree with most of what you say, so should I tell you to go away from now on? Since that seems to be your only m.o., are you suggesting that's how we go forward?

One time when his parents came to visit us, it was the first time that I had met them. This was after we were married but before he got stuck in Morocco. We were sitting around resting after having dinner and my husband just came right out and asked his mom what kind of foods would help with his "stamina". I just about spit my tea out!!! But she just started naming off stuff and how to prepare it and they both had this big conversation about it. I could tell my father-in-law was getting a kick at how I was red-faced about it.

Since then, I've gotten comfortable at how open they are about stuff like that.

Yeah...Arab men don't play with the whole "stamina" bit. But none that I've ever known would ever consider taking something "pharmaceticul' to help. Funny huh?

Would you say that it's true...that once you go Arab, you'll never go back to anything else? lol

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

You don't even know me and yet call me a bigot. That's funny. I actually have a "COEXIST" bumper sticker on my car. The comment about not going back to anything but Arab is not a sexual remark. I think most of us on this site would agree that the Arab culture that we've come to know is far more enchanting than anything we've known. At least it is for me. I was married to a good 'ole boy American and was not anywhere near happy as I am now. I've learned so much about the world (not just Arab culture) and I could never go back to who I was before.

I find your passing judgment on someone that you know nothing about repugnant and distasteful.

I find your ignorance of the meaning of your own words repugnant and distasteful. You don't even see how ridiculous your generalizations are so of course you would think a COEXIST sticker on your car makes you all liberal and stuff.

Edited June 24, 2007 by peezey

[Ban Hammer 13,484]

here we go again.

[sereia 0]

[sara535 15]

here we go again.

[doodlebug 3]

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

fyi folks this is the woman with the same ISP as that annoying guy who was banned....actually they were both banned but apparently both their lives are so miserable they can't stop coming here and bashing everyone. Just report them to Ewok.

Ewok knows she isn't the same as aqoul, which is why she isn't banned anymore. FYI, doodle, smarty pants, whatever you go by these days. What are you gong to report her for? Having a different opinion than the sheeple?

Whatever I go by these days? I have never had any other name than doodlebug . I have no need to go around making up names since I am not so cowardly as to post behind a fake name.

I never said she was the same as aqoul, just that she had the same ip address which he publically confirmed. I would report her for coming on here after being banned. If she isn't banned anymore why does she not have the same username or at least the same account?

And just for sh!ts and giggles, why do you only come on here to spew hatred? Is your life THAT miserable?

[peezey 0]

Whatever I go by these days? I have never had any other name than doodlebug . I have no need to go around making up names since I am not so cowardly as to post behind a fake name.

I never said she was the same as aqoul, just that she had the same ip address which he publically confirmed. I would report her for coming on here after being banned. If she isn't banned anymore why does she not have the same username or at least the same account?

And just for sh!ts and giggles, why do you only come on here to spew hatred? Is your life THAT miserable?

Let's see, because Ewok told her to choose which username she wanted and she chose the one she is now posting with. But you would know that since you seem to be keeping track of the administration of this board, right?

good god, if you think this is hatred, I'd **hate** to see you encounter something really bad, like someone flipping you off in traffic. Relativism is the name of the game tonight, I guess.

Edited June 24, 2007 by peezey

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

From wiki:

Floss halva

Pişmaniye (Turkish) or floss halva is a traditional sweetmeat, prepared in Kocaeli, Turkey, made by flossing thin strands of halva into a light confection. Made primarily of wheat flour and sugar, the strands are continuously wrapped into a ball shape and then compressed. The result is a halva with a light consistency, similar to cotton candy. Floss halva can be found in regular and pistachio flavors, and there are brands with kosher or halal certifications.

Turkey

The term helva is used by Turkish people, to describe tahin (crushed sesame seeds), flour, or semolina halva, called "tahin helvası", "un helvası", and "irmik helvası", respectively. Yaz helvası is the one made of almond or walnut. Semolina halva (garnished with pine nuts) has a cultural significance in Turkish folk religion and is the most common type. Traditionally, halva prepared with flour un helvası is cooked and served upon the death of a person. In addition, some sweets and desserts are also called helva such as pamuk helva or Kos helva, a sweet like dessert which is widespread in Turkey. In Safranbolu kos helva is also called "leaf-halva".

[edit] Cultural references

In Turkey, after the burial ceremony, on the seventh and fortieth day following the death, as well as at the first anniversary, flour helva is cooked and offered to visitors and neighbours at the home of dead person. For this reason, it is also called "ölü helvası" meaning helva of a dead person. Likewise "roasting the helva of someone" suggests that he died and a period of time has already elapsed.

There is a Greek saying Ante re halva! ("Άντε ρε χαλβά!" or "get lost halva"), which is used when the speaker wants to offend a man by calling him effeminate.

[doodlebug 3]

Whatever I go by these days? I have never had any other name than doodlebug . I have no need to go around making up names since I am not so cowardly as to post behind a fake name.

I never said she was the same as aqoul, just that she had the same ip address which he publically confirmed. I would report her for coming on here after being banned. If she isn't banned anymore why does she not have the same username or at least the same account?

And just for sh!ts and giggles, why do you only come on here to spew hatred? Is your life THAT miserable?

Let's see, because Ewok told her to choose which username she wanted and she chose the one she is now posting with. But you would know that since you seem to be keeping track of the administration of this board, right?

good god, if you think this is hatred, I'd **hate** to see you encounter something really bad, like someone flipping you off in traffic. Relativism is the name of the game tonight, I guess.

well my bad then and if she's here on invite from ewok she's certainly off to a brilliant start. She might not have aquol's literacy abilities but she sure does have his endearing nature.

And if what you historically post is not hatred then I would hate to see what you spew out when you really want to tick someone off.

[LaL 418]

**inserts chill pill**

back on topic... FOOD! ~drools~

[sarah and hicham 3]

bleh.

i find this kind of compartmentalizing, fetishizing, generalizing about entire ethnic groups utterly repugnant and distasteful. once i met MY HUSBAND i'll never go back to ever even thinking about any man that isn't him. his ethnicity is besides the point. ethnicity as a factor for who you form relationships with? sounds bigoted to me.

Um.. where'd you come from??!! and could you go back?

fyi folks this is the woman with the same ISP as that annoying guy who was banned....actually they were both banned but apparently both their lives are so miserable they can't stop coming here and bashing everyone. Just report them to Ewok.

Aaaaaand you're wrong. Good try though!