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Old 7th May 2008, 19:40   #45 (permalink)
spinoza
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Originally Posted by Plechazunga View Post
Spanish and Portuguese in origin, but there are quite a lot in France, Turkey and Argentina

A lot of people use the term for the ones from Arab countries (and Iran) too, but they're Mizrahis.
OK, but did they end up in Turkey, Argentina and France after trekking through a lot of North Africa? Because things like matboucha are apparently Sephardic, but from Yemen...

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Originally Posted by holyland red View Post
No, they are fucking Matza balls. Good thing they didn't let you into this place, you ignorant cnut.
They're pointless in soup. You want something to bulk up the soup, try chicken.

However, if stuffed with a little bit of meat and fried, they become a great riff on falafel...
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