[Sca-cooks] Middle Eastern Food

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 04:25  AM, Ana L. Valdés wrote:

> But what about something called Jerusalem Artichoke (I has been three 
> times in Jerusalem, am on my way now again) and never saw any in a 
> market or saw in a menu.

It's a tuber, rather crunchy and succulent, like jicama or water 
chestnuts, generally eaten raw, and bears little resemblance to either 
globe artichokes or cardoons. I'm not sure to what extent the plants 
are related.

>  By the way, East Jerusalem, the arabic part, where I stay, have very 
> few restaurants at all.
> It seems the arab culture rather eat their meals at home.

Interesting. And then it's my understanding that most of the 
restaurants in the Jewish quarter are staffed by Arabs...

Adamantius