"Squick" is not a problem, dear. I've swallowed my share of bugs just from working in the garden and opening my mouth to talk or laugh at the wrong time. I'd find dead bugs in sealed food products rather disturbing, though.

And I already do not use peanut butter unless I'm making cookies with it. I really don't like the stuff.

I am interested to use this recipe.
But just tell me one thing that is this recipe have no effect on the health?

My All Time Favorite Meal.

Falafel with Tabouli and Tzaziki in Pita /w Fries. Wash it all down with Sekanjabin, and treat yourself to some Basbousa for desert!

Falafel-
1 Cup Dried Chickpeas.
1 Large Onion, chopped or minced.
2 Cloves Garlic, chopped or minced.
3tbsp Fresh Parsely, chopped
1tsp Coriander(cilantro)
1tsp Cumin
2tbsp Flour
Salt and Pepper to taste (I also like to add red pepper flakes or cayenne powder

Soak Chickpeas overnight in cold water. Drain and place in pan /w fresh water and boil for 5 minutes, then simmer for an hour. Drain and cool for 15 minutes. Mix all other ingredients and mash (best to use a food processor) into a thick paste. Roll into ping pong balls and then flatten them slightly. I like to set them in the fridge (in plastic wrap) for a few hours to help them stay together when you fry them.

You'll need about 2 inches of 350deg oil (that's 350f heathens) to cook them or they'll fall apart. You can add a little flour to the paste (be sparing) if you have this problem. If they fall apart it's usually because the oil wasn't hot enough. Veggie oil works best, peanut oil gives them a great flavor but it cooks them way too dark.

Tabouli-
1 cup Bulgar Wheat
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1tsp Salt
1/4 cup Lemon Juice
1/2 cup Olive Oil
2+ Cloves of garlic, minced
4 Scallions, finely chopped
1/4 cup Parsley, chopped
10 mint leaves, chopped
2 medium tomatoes, chopped (make sure to get meaty tomatoes, don't want a bunch of watery shit)
Pepper to taste

Pour boiling water over the bulgar and let it stand until it's absorded (20-30min). Drain excess water. Add salt, garlic, lemon juice, and olive oil. Refridgerate. Add the rest 30min before you plan on scarfing it down.

Tzatziki-
3 cups Greek Yogurt (or very well strained regular yogurt)
3tbsp lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
2 medium cucumbers (peeled, seeded, patted dry, and shredded-then squeezed for good measure...you want them as dry as possible without dehydrating them-..hothouse cukes work the best)
1tbsp finely chopped dill or mint (I like dill for most meat dishes, mint for chicken and vegetarian shize)
Salt and Pepper to taste

Fold everything together into the yogurt and then refridgerate (at least 2hrs)

Pita-
1 package yeast (or, you could use your own sourdough culture--me likey to bakey the bread)
1/2 cup warm water
3 cups AP Flour
1 1/4tsp Salt
1tsp Granulated Sugar
1cup lukewarm water

Dissolve yeast &sugar in warm water, let that sit for 10-15 minutes. You are now cooperating with a living creature to make some bread...pure sexiness. Combine flour and salt in a mixing bowl and leave a depression in the middle for the yeast (I actually do this on the counter sans bowl but I'm pro like that). Slwoly add the yeast mixture while folding the flour mixture in. Flace the dough on a floured surface and knead the shit out of it for 10-15 minutes (if you don't knead it right the pita will be garbage). Coat a large bowl in oil and roll the finished dough ball till covered, then let it sit in a warm place until it doubles in size. This could take hours. Once it's risen punch it down and roll it into a rope. Divide it into 10-12 pieces and roll the little dough balls into 5-6inch circles 1/4inch thick, let them sit for 10min. Preheat your oven to 500deg F with the rack on bottom and your baking stone/pan/sheet in. Bake 4minutes till the pita puffs, flip em and bake for another 2 minutes. Remove from oven, gently press down the buffs, and get them into a container immediately.

Fries-
Peeled and cut potatoes (Yukon Gold FTW- I like mine about 1/4inch think)
Salt/Pepper to taste.

I like to peel and slice these the night before, then let them sit in a very large bowl of water in the fridge. You'll want to blanch the fries in boiling water very briefly, then drain them thoroughly. Some folks like to blanch by frying then cooling then frying again. Some people like to cut the fries, let them sit in ice water for an hour, then drain and fry. It all works. Pretty standard stuff. 370deg oil till golden brown. Peanut oil FTW (just add a little peanut oil to your veggie oil for a great flavor)! Baked Fries are an abomination. Deep fry these puppies or gtfo the kitchen.

Senkajabin-
4cups Sugar
2 1/2 cups water
1cup Red or White Wine Vinegar
1/2cup Fresh minced Ginger

Boil sugar and water over high high 2-3 minutes, remove from the heat and stir in the vinegar and ginger. Cool to room temp, strain out the ginger, store at room temp in a sterile jar. Mix 1 part syrup to 4-5 parts water (or shine)...Voila!

Basbousa-
Syrup:
2 1/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups water
2-3tbsp Lemon Juice
1tsp honey

Dissolve sugar into the water in a saucepan, add lemon juice and bring to a boil. Once boiling add honey, reduce heat, and boil gently 8-10 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.

Cake:
2cups Semolina
1cup Sugar
1 stick of butter, softened.
1cup Whole Milk
1 1/2tsp Vanilla extract (imitation vanilla is for losers!)
1tsp Baking Powder
1tsp Baking Soda
2 eggs.
Almonds
Whipped Cream

Preheat your oven to 350deg. Lightly grease and flour a 9x12 baking dish. Cream the butter and the sugar, add the vanilla and the eggs. In a seperate bowl mix the semolina, baking powder and soda, then slowly add this to the butter mixture while stirring in the milk. Pour it all into the dish and smooth it out. Take a butter knife and cut a diagonal grid to make diamond shapes, places almonds in the center of the diamonds. Bake for 25 minutes. Cover the cakes with syrup and let them cool 20 minutes.......top with a little dollup of whipped cream.

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Special Bonus Time!

Muhammara-
3 medium Red Bell Peppers, steamed and seeded.
1 medium vidalia (granex) onion, chopped
1/2cup Olive oil
1/2 cup whole wheat bread crumbs
3/4cup crushed walnuts
1 1/2tbsp chili powder
1/4tsp cumin
2-3tbsp water
(I add a lot of cayenne as well)

Lightly grease a baking sheet and roast the peppers for about 10-12 minutes (I do this at 425). Peel off the skins. Sautee the oonions in the oil until they're translucent, set aside to cool. Puree bread crumbs and water to a thick paste. Add onions, peppers, oil, walnuts and spices then process to an even paste.

(January 13, 2012 at 9:31 am)Lucius Wrote: I am interested to use this recipe.
But just tell me one thing that is this recipe have no effect on the health?

If you're talking about my peanut butter recipe, it's just peanuts, vegetable oil, and artificial sweetener (I use Truvia). It's given me no ill effects.

But is the sweetener Halal?

(January 13, 2012 at 10:53 am)Rhythm Wrote: But is the sweetener Halal?

Well, according to the Muslim Consumer Group, Equal, Nutrasweet and Sweet n Low are Halal.

Check and mate...lol.

Here's a good recipe...


One 4" old fashioned glass
3 oz. of your favorite Whiskey
(I recommend at least Jack Daniels or better)
3 to 6 ice cubes.
(actual cubes are preferable)
Fill the remainder of the glass with Coca-Cola.

Allow to settle and enjoy your Jack & Coke.
Repeat as necessary.

Well, as long as we're on cocktails, here's one I've come up with.
I Call it The Shane McGowan.
1) Take One Collins Glass, filled half-full with ice.
2) Fill a shaker with ice and equal parts Irish Whiskey and Coke.
3) Shake to the rhythm of "Fairy Tale of New York" (or whatever your favourite Pogues song happens to be) until the shaker is intolerably cold.
4) Empty the shaker into the glass.
5) Add a dash of grenadine to symbolise all the blood shed in Ireland's history.

For a Spider Stacy, replace the Irish Whiskey and Coke with Irish Creme and Mountain Dew.

P.S. 1100th Post!

I'll stick with my dirty martinis. These all sound too sweet.