Oh, yeah, and Harissa is a hot spiced butter or oil. I have made it before by cooking cayenne in clarified butter for a long time over very low heat. Even using just the oily part after it separated was almost too hot to use for my taste, but it's the only way to make an authentic tagine (that, and salt-preserved lemons). The commercial varieties (Zayad makes a good one) contain less cayenne and also add things like cumin. Still hot, but to me it throws the flavor. Harissa is supposed to be like a sword, in my opinion.
Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis President Productivity Enhancement > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:35 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: My new favorite lunch ... > > Hummus bi Tahani is what we just call "hummus" in America, but in the > Middle > East there are different forms of Hummus. Bi Tahani is Arabic for > "with > ground sesame paste," if I remember my Arabic correctly. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bruce Sorge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 4:31 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: My new favorite lunch ... > > > > I don't know what those things are other than Halal, and of course > > olives > > and cheese. I don't recall seeing any olives here though. I will have > > to ask > > my terps. I will say though that they do have some very tasty food > > here, it > > is just that we really miss the things we have at home. I did have > some > > yummy potatos that one of our terps cooked for dinner, along with > some > > good > > chai and a smoke afterwards. Our interpreters are some great guys. > But > > I am > > not complaining. It could always be worse no matter how bad it seems > at > > the > > moment. > > > > Bruce > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:17 AM, William Bowen > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > > halal maybe? > > > > > > some olives and cheese? hummus bi tahani? pita? a nice burning hot > > harissa? > > > > > > dunno it you get out on the economy or not, there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
