OT: Libyan food
Recent events in Libya inspired me to read about Libyan food, which looks quite delicious. I found this site which has quite a comprehensive set of photos and descriptions:
http://www.temehu.com/Libyan-food.htm But I'm interested in hearing some more details about one particular dish: bazin (or "bazeen" or "bazine", depending on transliteration). It looks like a ball of dough or dumpling in the middle of a plate, surrounded by a sauce/stew of meat/fish/vegetables/tomatoes or even, instead, a yoghurt sauce. I'd like to know what the consistency of the bazin is like. Is it like a doughy bread? Does boiling the flour and water mixture make it chewy like a bagel? Or is it more like a dumpling, and fluffy but solid in texture? Is the top of the dome more solid/hard than the inside? Perhaps Stez has some experience here, or any of you who did those ex-TIP trips... :D |
Nothing to substantive to add, other than congratulations on being a hot early contender for OT thread of the month. ;)
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
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Nothing to substantive to add, other than congratulations on being a hot early contender for OT thread of the month. ;)
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
(Post 15960109)
Nothing to substantive to add, other than congratulations on being a hot early contender for OT thread of the month. ;)
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Originally Posted by Paralytic
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Some people on this board might read that as a challenge :)
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Originally Posted by Swanhunter
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Nothing to substantive to add, other than congratulations on being a hot early contender for OT thread of the month. ;) I won't mention the spelling mistake in case I'm punished. ;) |
Dumplings in stew is quite a common dish in several countries....my mother used to give it to us back in the last century.
Seasoned flour and water is all a dumpling is although you can add suet if you want. They don't go soggy at all...in fact they are quite light in texture. |
Unfortunately these days it seems that the tyrant Gadafi would like his opponents to eat lead more than anything else. :td:
Although North African cuisine can be wonderful I hope that the people of Libya taste freedom, which is more sweet than any other dish, as soon as possible. |
I wish humble pie was on Moammar al-Qadhafi's menu but I am afraid that he only eats hallucinatory stuff.
As a PS: I am kinda glad I did not start this thread... ;) |
Originally Posted by salut0
(Post 15960100)
Recent events in Libya inspired me to read about Libyan food, which looks quite delicious.
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A vast, vast improvement on the meals I've had in Libya.
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Thanks for the pic Stez. But I shall give that one a miss.
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Originally Posted by Stez
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A vast, vast improvement on the meals I've had in Libya.
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Originally Posted by salut0
(Post 15960100)
Recent events in Libya inspired me to read about Libyan food, which looks quite delicious. I found this site which has quite a comprehensive set of photos and descriptions:
http://www.temehu.com/Libyan-food.htm |
Originally Posted by Stez
(Post 15960884)
A vast, vast improvement on the meals I've had in Libya.
photo removed in the interests of tidyness ;) |
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