Food in the Middle East (e.g. Iraq)

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I can't find the thread to link this to, but I found the following

message on egullet. It discusses various foods in Iraq.

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hi sir,

while i was browsing , i found your question about iraqi food,

iraqi cuisine is quite different from the dishes of other arabic

countries ,may be less varities but it is more rich maily with meat

while other countries like syria and lebanen they depend more on the

cereales and vegetables, iraq cuisine is more like that of iran , but

of different flavour, and some claimes that iraq was influnened

greatly by iran , but the historic reality is diifferent, they were

adapting alot of things from us since the preislamic era.

one the most famous iraqi dishes is al maskoof which is a fresh water

fish grilled in special way on the bank of tigris river in baghdad

city. we have a special kind of kubba which is a common food in

middle east ,but that one is made of minced rice stuffed with

meat,raisin and almonds,and the broad kubba which is made only in

iraq and people of north and christian are the best to prepare it,

and we have the kubba hamiz ,which is made mostly in winter and

consist of minced meat and minced rice stuffed with meat and

spices ,all in tomato syrup with chick peas,turnips ,rice and other

vegetables,this is one of the most famous iraqi dishes,

rice which is cultivated in good old days and used in dishes like

rice with broad beans,rice with carrots,rice with nuts and

raisines,rice with lentil,rice with fish,rice with meat,rice with

cauliflower,rice with noodles, stuffed vegetables are known dish in

middle east but in iraq they will also stuff the onion and will add

to it beans and lamb ribs,and iraq housewife is not a good one unless

she can do it in proper way.

our bread is completly different than that of other countries.and in

breakfast we have the iraq cream which is unique for iraq and made

from bufflo milk. our pickle is so good and may be the secert is that

we use the date vinger not that of grape or apple and most famous

pickle is the cucumber stuffed with parsley and garlic, the iraqi

kabab is so famous in middle east ,because the iraqi meat of both

lamb and beef is of great taste, and we have also one sweet which is

present only in iraq called min alsama which means the gift of heaven

and some beleive it is the same thing which was sent by god to moses

people ,it is a white semisoft sweet with some nuts and best kind is

that made in sulimania which is a kurdish town in the north, and do

not like to forget one simple and very tasty dishmade of dried

bread,with onion , lemon ,it is the dish of poor people but i found

it a very fine one, this is what i can remeber and write now ,and

since i left iraq i did not taste any food which is better than that

of my home country,and as i told you may be we have less varities but

our cooking is one of the best,

regards

thank you