Guest guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 Awww... what a nice story! Yes, garlic and lemon juice seem to be indispensible ingredients in middle eastern cooking. Thanks for sharing. Audrey S. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Janet Somers <janetsomers21wrote: > For a long time I've been trying to make a dish called " fool. " There > used to be a large Middle-Eastern family living next door to me, and the > woman of the house often used to leave bowls of " fool " outside my door, no > doubt taking pity on me as a single woman. :-) > > Anyway, she barely spoke English, and I wasn't into cooking then in any > case (this was like 20 years ago), so I never bothered to find out what it > was made of. I just gobbled it up within a few days every time, and it was > the most delicious think I ever tasted. I used to look forward to those pots > of fool outside my door. > > So I had been trying to figure out what was in it and trying to make it. I > got as far as fava beans, lots and lots of garlic, and lots and lots of > lemon juice. But last night I happened upon the missing ingredient: cumin. > > So forgive my lack of specifying amounts, but here's my recipe for " fool " : > > Cook fava beans with lots of garlic and lemon juice (about five large > cloves or so of garlic, and juice of about five large lemons). Add salt and > cumin to taste. (You can serve with some yogurt on top or mixed in.)That's > it. > > Since figuring it out, I've also googled " fool " and found that all the > recipes revolve around these ingredients. Some recipes say to add onions and > or chopped tomatoes. Some say to puree the whole thing, and as I recall the > fool left outside my door, I think that's probably correct. (I'm currently > lacking a blender.) > > I actually tried it last night with lentils because I was tired of plain > old lentils, and it was really good (but not as genuine as with favas). > > Janet > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2009 Report Posted March 5, 2009 Thinking back on it now, I'm realizing (in hindsight, never thought about it back then) that it was especially nice because this family - a family of about eight living in the same size one-bedroom apt. as me - were dirt poor, and yet they were leaving ME bowls of food....: Janet On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Audrey Snyder <AudeeBird wrote: > Awww... what a nice story! > Yes, garlic and lemon juice seem to be indispensible ingredients in middle > eastern cooking. Thanks for sharing. > > Audrey S. > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Janet Somers <janetsomers21<janetsomers21%40gmail.com> > >wrote: > > > > For a long time I've been trying to make a dish called " fool. " There > > used to be a large Middle-Eastern family living next door to me, and the > > woman of the house often used to leave bowls of " fool " outside my door, > no > > doubt taking pity on me as a single woman. :-) > > > > Anyway, she barely spoke English, and I wasn't into cooking then in any > > case (this was like 20 years ago), so I never bothered to find out what > it > > was made of. I just gobbled it up within a few days every time, and it > was > > the most delicious think I ever tasted. I used to look forward to those > pots > > of fool outside my door. > > > > So I had been trying to figure out what was in it and trying to make it. > I > > got as far as fava beans, lots and lots of garlic, and lots and lots of > > lemon juice. But last night I happened upon the missing ingredient: > cumin. > > > > So forgive my lack of specifying amounts, but here's my recipe for > " fool " : > > > > Cook fava beans with lots of garlic and lemon juice (about five large > > cloves or so of garlic, and juice of about five large lemons). Add salt > and > > cumin to taste. (You can serve with some yogurt on top or mixed > in.)That's > > it. > > > > Since figuring it out, I've also googled " fool " and found that all the > > recipes revolve around these ingredients. Some recipes say to add onions > and > > or chopped tomatoes. Some say to puree the whole thing, and as I recall > the > > fool left outside my door, I think that's probably correct. (I'm > currently > > lacking a blender.) > > > > I actually tried it last night with lentils because I was tired of plain > > old lentils, and it was really good (but not as genuine as with favas). > > > > Janet > > > > > > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 13, 2009 Report Posted March 13, 2009 Janet, is this what you make? http://www.whats4eats.com/vegetables/ful-medames-recipe Audrey S. On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Janet Somers <janetsomers21wrote: > For a long time I've been trying to make a dish called " fool. " There > used to be a large Middle-Eastern family living next door to me, and the > woman of the house often used to leave bowls of " fool " outside my door, no > doubt taking pity on me as a single woman. :-) > > Anyway, she barely spoke English, and I wasn't into cooking then in any > case (this was like 20 years ago), so I never bothered to find out what it > was made of. I just gobbled it up within a few days every time, and it was > the most delicious think I ever tasted. I used to look forward to those pots > of fool outside my door. > > So I had been trying to figure out what was in it and trying to make it. I > got as far as fava beans, lots and lots of garlic, and lots and lots of > lemon juice. But last night I happened upon the missing ingredient: cumin. > > So forgive my lack of specifying amounts, but here's my recipe for " fool " : > > Cook fava beans with lots of garlic and lemon juice (about five large > cloves or so of garlic, and juice of about five large lemons). Add salt and > cumin to taste. (You can serve with some yogurt on top or mixed in.)That's > it. > > Since figuring it out, I've also googled " fool " and found that all the > recipes revolve around these ingredients. Some recipes say to add onions and > or chopped tomatoes. Some say to puree the whole thing, and as I recall the > fool left outside my door, I think that's probably correct. (I'm currently > lacking a blender.) > > I actually tried it last night with lentils because I was tired of plain > old lentils, and it was really good (but not as genuine as with favas). > > Janet > > > Quote
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