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09-17-2006, 05:24 AM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Currently I am living in Palestine, but I am originally from New York.
Posts: 10
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Hi Fellow Cooking Enthusiasts
I found this forum last night while searching for information on fennel, and I am pleased to see that there are others like me! I love to cook, hate the clean up!!
I am looking forward to sharing with all of you!
Selma
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09-17-2006, 05:29 AM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: UK
Posts: 1,181
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Welcome Selma, looking forward to getting to know you better, I am sure you have some very interesting recipes as well as some interesting stories to tell!
I hate cleaning up too!
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09-17-2006, 09:17 AM
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Sous Chef
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Straits of Juan de Fuca
Posts: 893
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Welcome to the forums Selma! You'll have a good time around here with all the foodies. If we ever find someone who DOES enjoy cleaning up, we'll all adopt him/her. ;)
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09-17-2006, 10:46 AM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: california
Posts: 21,371
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Welcome Selma,
How nice to have another foodie with us.
kadesma
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09-17-2006, 11:12 AM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,208
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Welcome to DC.
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Zzyxk - Short baked goods slideshow! Homemade
Please check it out.
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09-17-2006, 12:15 PM
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Senior Cook
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern coast of Oregon
Posts: 252
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Welcome Selma, an X-boyfriend used to clean up
after my cooking (courtesy of his mom!) should of
kept him.....
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09-17-2006, 12:18 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: upper midwest
Posts: 5,346
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Welcome Selma, I am sure you will enjoy yourself here. Great recipes and lots of helpers to answer questions.
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When in doubt, tell the truth. Mark Twain
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09-17-2006, 03:52 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Southern California
Posts: 2,038
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Hello Selma
Welcome to DC - I was in Israel many many years ago and I really enjoyed myself. You found the right place for Cooking Enthusiasts with wonderful receipes and great personalities. This a place where everyone has a good time and again welcome aboard.
Jill and Jolie
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09-17-2006, 06:40 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: May 2004
Location: USA,Wisconsin
Posts: 4,567
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Hi Selma and welcome to DC! 
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MJ
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09-17-2006, 06:46 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,927
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Welcome Selma! Glad you found the site. We love it here.
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09-18-2006, 10:06 PM
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Certified Pretend Chef
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 46,648
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Welcome aboard!
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09-18-2006, 11:04 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NW NJ
Posts: 1,884
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Greetings, Selma. I'm sure you'll find, as I am finding, that this is a great group of people with an enormous body of cooking knowledge. I can't wait to see what you are doing with your NY roots and current location!
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09-18-2006, 11:16 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Mazatlan
Posts: 20,334
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Hello! Welcome!
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Love the life you live!
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09-20-2006, 03:01 AM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Currently I am living in Palestine, but I am originally from New York.
Posts: 10
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Wow, thanks everyone for the warm welcome!
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09-20-2006, 04:11 AM
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Sous Chef
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 665
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Selma, hi and welcome!
Can you tell us what kind of food you're currently eating and what yours likes, dislikes, and specialites are?
I ask only because I'm always thrilled to find someone with experience with middle eastern food in general (Lebanese sweets in particular!)
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09-20-2006, 05:20 AM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Currently I am living in Palestine, but I am originally from New York.
Posts: 10
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Actually the food I cook at home is particularly Turkish/Greek (that is my heritage) cuisine, as I am still learning Palestinian and Arabic dishes thanks to my gracious mother in law, but I also like to experiment a couple times a week with dishes from around the world.
I love Lebanese desserts and actually have been wanting to make one called Lebanese Nights, I will have to post pics and recipes when I have tried it!
I have a dinner party tomorrow night and I must get to planning that, the biggest challenge of living here is making the flavors of my food work with the pallette of people who live here, mama mia, it has been hard!!
Although I am not cooking off the scale for them, traditional Turkish foods have a tomato base where in Palestine, its a no no, most there foods do not use tomato and pepper paste, but have a strong flavor in Allspice, something I am getting slowly used too... And cinnomin with meat, I am really having a hard time with that one!!!
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09-20-2006, 05:51 AM
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Sous Chef
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 665
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Originally Posted by selma
Actually the food I cook at home is particularly Turkish/Greek (that is my heritage) cuisine, as I am still learning Palestinian and Arabic dishes thanks to my gracious mother in law, but I also like to experiment a couple times a week with dishes from around the world.
I love Lebanese desserts and actually have been wanting to make one called Lebanese Nights, I will have to post pics and recipes when I have tried it!
I have a dinner party tomorrow night and I must get to planning that, the biggest challenge of living here is making the flavors of my food work with the pallette of people who live here, mama mia, it has been hard!!
Although I am not cooking off the scale for them, traditional Turkish foods have a tomato base where in Palestine, its a no no, most there foods do not use tomato and pepper paste, but have a strong flavor in Allspice, something I am getting slowly used too... And cinnomin with meat, I am really having a hard time with that one!!!
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Interesting!
Not familiar with your "Lebanese Nights" -- please do post pics and recipes! Two of my current favorites are mahalabiya and the baklava-ish "bourma" both of which I've posted about here. If you have input, I'd be thrilled to have it.
I know what you mean about the tastes of the locals. I still remember my husband's aunt poking at an Asian chicken with cashews at a party of mine, poking and saying "chicken? With nuts?" kinda like she just couldn't compute. It would have been wildly frustrating if all my relatives were like that (she wouldn't even try it) but all the rest just love to try new food which is great.
And I arrived with a "if it hasn't killed them ..." attitude that's meant I've tried everything, even if it initially didn't appeal (little fish which you eat head and all). 99% of what I've tried I now love, and I'll just betcha you'll love cinnamon with meat soon too (it's GREAT with a beef & tomato stew, just great!)
Okay, before somebody slaps my hand for hijacking this thread ... see you on the forums!
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09-20-2006, 02:58 PM
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Assistant Cook
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Currently I am living in Palestine, but I am originally from New York.
Posts: 10
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Hahaha, thanks for your response Ayrton, I already feel right at home here!
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