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Skriven 2013-12-01 07:01:00 av Dave Drum (71490.cooking)
   Kommentar till text 7285 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Dinner for free
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Ruth Haffly Said to Dave Drum about Dinner for free

RH>  DD> Helping Samara dish out the homemade meal will be his wife,
RH>  DD> Souad, and their three children.

RH>  DD> http://www.sj-r.com

RH>  DD> I attended that deal a few years ago when my extended family
RH>  DD> was all "over the river and through the woods to (elsewhere)".
RH>  DD> When I tried to pay Z got sort-of incensed. So, I left the
RH>  DD> price of a decent meal on the table as a tip. I've been eating
RH>  DD> in Ziyad's places since he had

RH> We also left the price of the meal as a tip. This place did the meal
RH> before Thanksgiving, don't know what their reasoning was but it
RH> allowed us to have turkey Monday, Thursday, Friday and probably
RH> Saturday. (G)

That's waaaaaaay too much turkey for my personal taster to endure.  Bv)=

RH>  DD> local Lum's franchise. He's Palestinian (don't call him an
RH>  DD> Israeli) but not fanatic about it. His kids have all got
RH>  DD> restaurants of their own in the St. Louis metro area. All are
RH>  DD> successful - he taught them well.

RH> Does he specialise in Middle Eastern cooking otherwise? Sounds like
RH> a place we'd go to if we were in the area.

Nope. I asked him about that one time after winding him up pretty well 
about being from Israel. His response was that he came to America before 
learning to cook and that he learned mostly American dishes. Then he 
recommended to do as he does - if he wants a "taste of home" he goes to 
the Holy Land Diner. They feature Lebanese cuisine which Ziyad says is 
"close enough" - with a wink and a grin.

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      Title: Sayyadieh (Fish w/Rice & Onion Sauce)
 Categories: Seafood, Vegetables, Rice, Citrus, Nuts
      Yield: 4 servings

  1 1/4 lb Onions; sliced
      5 tb Extra virgin olive oil
      2    Fish or chicken bouillon
           - cubes
           Salt & black pepper
    1/2 ts Ground cumin
    1/2 ts Ground allspice
  1 1/2 c  Long-grain or washed basmati
           - rice
      4    (6 oz ea) fish filets *
      1    Lemon; cut in half
    2/3 c  Pine nuts
           Sauteed baby green beans or
           - sliced zucchini (to serve)

  * Use skinned filets of white fish such as bream, turbot,
  haddock or cod.

  In a large saucepan, fry the onions in 2 1/2 tablespoons
  oil over low heat, with the lid on until they're soft and
  translucent, stirring occasionally. Remove lid and
  continue to cook until the onions are dark brown and
  caramelized.

  Blend the onions into a cream in a food processor. Return
  to pan.

  Add about 4 1/2 cups boiling water and crumbled bouillon
  cubes; season with salt, pepper, cumin and allspice and
  simmer for about 10 minutes.

  Pour out the onion stock to measure the quantity you need
  for cooking rice. Return 2 1/2 cups to the pan and put the
  rest aside to use as the sauce.

  Add rice and a pinch of salt, stir well and simmer low,
  covered, for about 10-18 minutes or until rice is tender.
  (Some brands that claim not to be parboiled or precooked
  now take as little as 8-10 minutes, so read the
  information on the package. Set rice aside until served.
 
  Pan-fry fish filets, seasoned with salt and pepper, in
  the remaining oil for 2-3 minutes on each side until flesh
  just beings to flake. Squeeze a little lemon juice over
  them.

  Fry the pine nuts in a drop of oil until lightly browned.
  Reheat the onion sauce, adding a little lemon juice to
  taste.

  Serve rice heaped in a mound with the sauce poured over.
  Arrange the pieces of fish on top or around the rice and
  sprinkle with pine nuts. Serve with sauteed baby green
  beans or sliced zucchini.

  "The distinctive feature of this fish and rice dish from
  Lebanon is the flavor of caramelized onions in the brown
  broth that suffuses the rice and colors it a pale brown."

  Servings: 4

  From: Arabesque: A Taste of Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon by
  Claudia Roden

  Adapted from source: Ellen Sweets; The Denver Post

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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