FALAFEL, an ode |
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 Feb 2 2009, 07:44 PM
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 Amberific.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772  |
Oh falafel, how I love thee: let me count the ways.
Oh falafel, I love you when you're served up with a simple salad of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, and slathered with tahini dressing.  I also love you when you're all crazy with cucumbers and pickled veggies. I love you the most when you come with roasted cauliflower.  And sometimes, I love you just by yourself.  I swear, it's the perfect fried food, more perfect than the fried potato. And the chickpeas make me think I'm eating healthy even though I'm not. Thank you, Middle East, for creating such a fabulous food. And all this waxing poetic on falfels is making me hungry. Shit, I should make some soon. Maybe tomorrow! Who else shares my love of falafel? |
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Feb 2 2009, 07:48 PM
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mememememememememememeeeeee
shit, now i'm gonna head to 104th to the jewish cafe and pick up a falafel sandwich! |
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Feb 2 2009, 07:50 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
^ You have falafel readily available. h8 u.
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Feb 2 2009, 07:59 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I edited the missing "A" into the title for you. :P
Falafel is good! I had it for the first time about two weeks ago. Lamb meat. <3 |
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Feb 2 2009, 08:13 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
^ Falafel ≠ lamb meat. Lamb meat = shawarma. Falafel = fried chickpea patties.
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Feb 2 2009, 08:28 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
Ok, Carrie, I must confess: I have never had falafel.
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Feb 3 2009, 04:46 PM
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 Sing to Me Group: Member Posts: 1,825 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,808 |
I actually hate chickpeas and can only mildly tolerate hummus...
BUT I  FALAFELS. I miss NYC. =(
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Feb 3 2009, 04:52 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(karmakiller @ Feb 2 2009, 08:28 PM)  Ok, Carrie, I must confess: I have never had falafel. wat.GTFO. |
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Feb 3 2009, 04:55 PM
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Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
QUOTE(hi-C @ Feb 2 2009, 08:13 PM) ^ Falafel ≠ lamb meat. Lamb meat = shawarma. Falafel = fried chickpea patties. Haha, thank you for correcting me. Just goes to show you how new I am to falafel (or shawarma). |
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Feb 3 2009, 06:34 PM
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DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
QUOTE(hi-C @ Feb 3 2009, 03:52 PM) wat. GTFO.  I was gonna invite you to go get some with me, and I would've paid. I see how it is. |
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Feb 3 2009, 06:41 PM
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Yeah, your tweets keep making me hungry. I love falafel. Thankfully there's a few places that sell it here, but no one ever wants to go out for it with me. Personally, good food > the cost of eating out...especially since it's not like I want to go to expensive places. But when I go home I can get falafel at Whole Foods (when it's actually in stock...) but it's really hard to find it anywhere else. Buuuuuut I have a whole thing of falafel I froze right now, and it's not especially good, but at least it's falafel. I ran out of sauce, though, and it's preventing me from eating it right now.
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Feb 3 2009, 06:52 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(karmakiller @ Feb 3 2009, 06:34 PM) I was gonna invite you to go get some with me, and I would've paid. I see how it is. 
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Feb 3 2009, 06:54 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Feb 3 2009, 06:41 PM) But when I go home I can get falafel at Whole Foods (when it's actually in stock...) WAIT. WHAT. OMG. Seriously? In what section?
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Feb 3 2009, 07:42 PM
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the refrigerated prepared stuff. with like mac n cheese, hummus, lasagna, potatoes, quiche, etc
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Feb 3 2009, 07:45 PM
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Amberific. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,913 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,772 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Feb 3 2009, 07:42 PM) the refrigerated prepared stuff. with like mac n cheese, hummus, lasagna, potatoes, quiche, etc You are officially my favorite person ever.
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Feb 5 2009, 10:50 PM
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Haha. Gotta spread the falafel love!
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