Ok...but her books are not covering those cuisines.At least the ones I've read.They are recipes from a much narrower area.....North Africa (mostly Morocco and Egypt) and 'Near-East'like Syria and Lebanon.
No Turkish food (isn't that European?) and no Gulf either....
Maybe it was a bad example for Middle Eastern cuisine!
No Turkish food (isn't that European?)
Turkish food is hugely varied, as its a big country with wide climate differences, so there are many different types of produce. The big European influence I've noticed, having recently started cooking from a Turksih cookbook, is the amount of butter used in recipes.
Fieldgate/#6 -- The phrase "I am wanting" is not usual in USA Midwestern English - we'd simply say "I want" or more likely "I am looking for". I read that and presumed the poster was British / from England or perhaps from India.
Edited by: Midwesterner
"I am wanting" is not English but probably American. Mcdonalds use a similar phrase, "I'm loving it!".
Dave
Brit here, "I am wanting" sounds like an old-fahioned way of saying "I am lacking".
I assume there's no linguistic difference between US and British American on display in the OP, but a display of someone typing very quickly wihtout thinking about producing beautifully polished prose.
Donkey,
Israel has got falafel too, and that's what they've got from Tukey.
But, don't you think that apart from ME influence, Israel has got a lot of central and eastern European influence?
Otoh, Turkey as it's been said (post #11), is a vast country with much varied and different cuisine, more than Israeli.
Fieldgate, were you eating in Qatari homes, or did you find a restaurant that offered Qatari cuisine?
I have no reason to think that falafel is originally Turkish. You don't see it that much in Turkey, and the word is Arabic.
Qatari are only 10% or so of the total population, but I was invited to an expat's home where I got a quick introduction to local food tradtions. The person has lived in ME countries for 10 years.
btw - I had a topic on " black lemons " that I brought from Qatar. That's a typical ingredient popular in Arab Gulf states and Iran.
Ah.
How had your expat friend gained his knowledge of Qatari cuisine?
In any case, I would be more cautious than you at judging a whole country's cuisine based on one meal, even if the meal had been prepared by a native.
I brought dried lemons home with me from Saudi Arabia but they're long gone.