Thursday, March 16, 2006
Vital and critical update
The peppershakers in our cafeteria are full of cinnamon. The salt shakers do indeed have salt in them, but in the year and a half I’ve been going to this cafeteria, I have yet to see any pepper whatsoever. Apparently, cinnamon is the preferred spice for Lebanese food. Can anyone offer a better explination?
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I have found that people routinely use what Americans call "allspice" instead of pepper. When I pointed this out to my Lebanese husband, he said: but it's called "sweet pepper" in French, so it's pepper, right. WRONG! I, too, have missed pepper. Go to Smith's in Hamra and you can buy lots!
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I have never heard of allspice, and i liked the Spice Girls.
you liked the spice girls...hm...which one did you like best? Sounds like M. would go for "Pepper" Do we have to send some?
Karin
I think the moron who buys the supplies has goofed up and nobody has noticed.
First time I hear about sprinkling cinammon on your food, lebanese or whatnot.
LOL. I believe you've run into bhar 7elo, "sweet pepper", as opposed to black pepper!
but Sweet pepper should be "Paprika" as in ellpepper and not cinnamon...right?
Karin
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