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Syrian Mezze

مازة

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⚠ MEZZE IS A STRUCTURE, NOT A LIST. A table is set with many small dishes at once, cold before hot, and the point is the length of the meal and the company rather than any particular plate. COLD: hummus and its many forms; MUTABBAL and baba ghanoush, which are not the same preparation; MUHAMMARA; TABBOULEH, in which the bulgur is a minority of the bowl and the parsley is not a garnish; FATTOUSH with fried or toasted bread and sumac; labneh and shanklish; MAKDOUS; olives, pickles and turnips reddened with beet; YALANJI. HOT: KIBBEH in several forms; sambousek and fatayer; MAKANEK and soujouk; liver in pomegranate; fried cauliflower with tahini; HUMMUS BIL LAHMEH; foul. ⚠ AND NOT ONE OF THESE IS CLAIMED FOR SYRIA. They are Levantine, and several — hummus and tabbouleh above all — are the subject of active national claims between Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Israel which this system records as claims rather than settling.

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Languages: North Levantine Arabic

What is recorded

  • Mezze is recorded as a structure — many small dishes served at once, cold before hot — rather than a fixed list. Mutabbal and baba ghanoush are recorded as distinct preparations. Hummus and tabbouleh are the subject of active competing national claims among Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan and Israel, which this system records as claims rather than resolving. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • part of Levantine Foodways documented

    ⚠ Mezze is Levantine. Hummus and tabbouleh are the subject of active national claims which this system records rather than settles.

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