Who has the best food?

[Fuerza]

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Eastern Catholics have better food and like to be around each other after church.

Sorry buddy, but nobody cooks like the Sicilians (not even mainland Italians). I’ve had Greek-style “pizza”. I’ll take a sfinciuni or some pasta chi sardi over that anyday.

 

[jimmy]

Sorry buddy, but nobody cooks like the Sicilians (not even mainland Italians). I’ve had Greek-style “pizza”. I’ll take a sfinciuni or some pasta chi sardi over that anyday.

Your Italian bubble has caused you to miss out on the great things that we Lebanese have given to the world. Italian food does not compare to that of the Lebanese.

 

[Melchior]

Sorry buddy, but nobody cooks like the Sicilians (not even mainland Italians). I’ve had Greek-style “pizza”. I’ll take a sfinciuni or some pasta chi sardi over that anyday.

I agree. I was mentally excluding the Greeks (shhhh don’t tell my wife). The Lebanese have waaaaay better baklava.

 

[Fuerza]

Your Italian bubble has caused you to miss out on the great things that we Lebanese have given to the world. Italian food does not compare to that of the Lebanese.

I’ll grant you that the Lebanese make a mean chicken shawarma, but I’d still put my grandma up against the best chefs in Lebanon. (Of course, she’s no longer living, so they might have a slight advantage .)

 

[Ghosty]

Eastern Catholics have better food and like to be around each other after church.

Clearly you frequent the Lebanese side of the family tree!

Melkite/Maronite banquets are exquisite!!!

You’re also right about hanging out after the Liturgy. I once joked with abouna that if he wants full attendence he must ensure that there is food or a funeral after every Liturgy.

Peace and God bless!

 

[jimmy]

Clearly you frequent the Lebanese side of the family tree!

Melkite/Maronite banquets are exquisite!!!

You’re also right about hanging out after the Liturgy. I once joked with abouna that if he wants full attendence he must ensure that there is food or a funeral after every Liturgy.

Peace and God bless!

All we need is a little kibee nayah and some tabouli and grape leaves and some spinache pies. It is all good.

 

[Melchior]

All we need is a little kibee nayah and some tabouli and grape leaves and some spinache pies. It is all good.

You are making me want to cry. That sounds so good. The fish tacos Mrs. Mel are making just don’t seem as good as they did 5 minutes ago.

 

[mardukm]

Please stay on topic, folks. You need to discuss Latin cuisine versus Eastern cuisine, NOT Eastern vs. Oriental nor Oriental vs. Oriental.

 

[Melchior]

Please stay on topic, folks. You need to discuss Latin cuisine versus Eastern cuisine, NOT Eastern vs. Oriental nor Oriental vs. Oriental.

:yup:

 

[aimee]

Since I am not fond of pasta…which cuisine would be the best to try??

 

[Catherine_Grant]

Please stay on topic, folks. You need to discuss Latin cuisine versus Eastern cuisine, NOT Eastern vs. Oriental nor Oriental vs. Oriental.

Since I moved it to its own thread, you can discuss any place with good chocolate.

 

[brotherhrolf]

Food is such a part of our culture that I cannot seperate it from HMC. My parish serves fresh hot beignets and cafe au lait after Mass on Sundays.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e0/250px-Beignet.jpg

The KCs have BBQ chicken off and on during the year. Or jambalaya. Gumbo during Lent. How about that Sicilian St. Joseph’s Day altar during the middle of Lent. (The stuffed artichokes and cookies are to die for).

Don’t get me wrong…I love Lebanese and Greek food (as do a whole bunch of us down here in south Louisiana given the number of restaurants). But, the parish does Cajun/Creole mostly.

I am diabetic so I can’t partake of the sweets but I can’t resist those almond or fig cookies that the Sicilians make for the St. Joseph Altar either.

 

[Woodstock]

I want to go to your coffee hour!

 

[aimee]

Food is such a part of our culture that I cannot seperate it from HMC. My parish serves fresh hot beignets and cafe au lait after Mass on Sundays.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e0/250px-Beignet.jpg

The KCs have BBQ chicken off and on during the year. Or jambalaya. Gumbo during Lent. How about that Sicilian St. Joseph’s Day altar during the middle of Lent. (The stuffed artichokes and cookies are to die for).

Don’t get me wrong…I love Lebanese and Greek food (as do a whole bunch of us down here in south Louisiana given the number of restaurants). But, the parish does Cajun/Creole mostly.

I am diabetic so I can’t partake of the sweets but I can’t resist those almond or fig cookies that the Sicilians make for the St. Joseph Altar either.

Beignets and coffee :clapping:

 

[Ghosty]

Food is such a part of our culture that I cannot seperate it from HMC. My parish serves fresh hot beignets and cafe au lait after Mass on Sundays.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e0/250px-Beignet.jpg

The KCs have BBQ chicken off and on during the year. Or jambalaya. Gumbo during Lent. How about that Sicilian St. Joseph’s Day altar during the middle of Lent. (The stuffed artichokes and cookies are to die for).

Don’t get me wrong…I love Lebanese and Greek food (as do a whole bunch of us down here in south Louisiana given the number of restaurants). But, the parish does Cajun/Creole mostly.

I am diabetic so I can’t partake of the sweets but I can’t resist those almond or fig cookies that the Sicilians make for the St. Joseph Altar either.

Sorry, but that coffee looks entirely too delicious for our Melkite coffee-hour. We may live in Seattle, but only the bitterest, blackest coffee will do after Divine Liturgy. It may stick to your throat, but it’s great for dipping sweet bread into.

Peace and God bless!

 

[jimmy]

Since I am not fond of pasta…which cuisine would be the best to try??

Most definitely Lebanese. A little lubia, spinach pies, hummous, and shish kabob, and kibee nayah to top it off would be perfect.

 

[LatinCatholic]

Food is such a part of our culture that I cannot seperate it from HMC. My parish serves fresh hot beignets and cafe au lait after Mass on Sundays.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/e/e0/250px-Beignet.jpg

The KCs have BBQ chicken off and on during the year. Or jambalaya. Gumbo during Lent. How about that Sicilian St. Joseph’s Day altar during the middle of Lent. (The stuffed artichokes and cookies are to die for).

Don’t get me wrong…I love Lebanese and Greek food (as do a whole bunch of us down here in south Louisiana given the number of restaurants). But, the parish does Cajun/Creole mostly.

I am diabetic so I can’t partake of the sweets but I can’t resist those almond or fig cookies that the Sicilians make for the St. Joseph Altar either.

Amen!
Being a Creole/Sicilian/Islenos, I don’t think I could survive anywhere else but my dear Louisiana.

Now as much as I love lebanese (and I mean absolutely love); having a good, homecooked Italian meal noon on a Sunday leaves everything else in the dust (well, almost everything). What else can explain St. Peter moving from Antioch to Rome? Had to be the food

 

[LakaYaRabb]

But therein lies the rub. Rome is part of the Mediteranean. In St. Peter’s time, cuisine would have been closer to Greek. Since we all know the influence of New Rome (Constantinople) on Antioch, St. Peter probably ate a more mediteranean cuisine.

 

[Irish_Melkite]

Jimmy,

You know we’d never get most of them to even try kibbee nayah - but put a plate of mazza in the center of the table and surround it with falafel, spinach fatayeh, baked kibbee, lebnah, humuus, baba, stuffed grape leaves, moussahka, loubieh bi zayt, and lots of pita - coffee, and some arak to sip, while nibbling the baklava afterwards … now you’re talking

Ghosty,

You should be ashamed. While your love of our foods is indeed heartwarming, why aren’t you trumpeting boeregs, lahmajean, string cheese, choreg, sarma, and your own versions of many of those above?

Many years,

Neil

 

[Woodstock]

Jimmy,

You know we’d never get most of them to even try kibbee nayah - but put a plate of mazza in the center of the table and surround it with falafel, spinach fatayeh, baked kibbee, lebnah, humuus, baba, stuffed grape leaves, moussahka, loubieh bi zayt, and lots of pita - coffee, and some arak to sip, while nibbling the baklava afterwards … now you’re talking

Ghosty,

You should be ashamed. While your love of our foods is indeed heartwarming, why aren’t you trumpeting boeregs, lahmajean, string cheese, choreg, sarma, and your own versions of many of those above?

Many years,

Neil

Probably for the same reason you aren’t trumpeting Mulligatawny Stew, colcannon, or boxty cakes.