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| Paleo-Israeli conflict boils over at inter'l couscous festival |
| 2004-10-02 |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #10 "We will never take part in the contest again." Seeing as how the possibility of inveterate whiners absenting themselves from all further events cannot possibly be construed as a threat, should we all assume that this is a promise? Palestinians, is there nothing they cannot whine about? |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-10-02 1:34:07 PM |
| #9 Barbara They are still more pathetic than you think. Couscous is a Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) dish. They don't eat couscous in Egypt, Lebanon, Arabia or anywhere else in Middle East. Except in Israel where Jews of North African origin introduced it. |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-10-02 7:41:10 AM |
| #8 The paleos are pathetic. Wotta buncha maroons. You just can't make this stuff up. :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-10-02 1:48:21 AM |
| #7 This reminds me of the time that Iowahawk (or somebody) wrote a news spoof claiming the Arab countries had claimed near Earth orbit as Palestinian territory being violated by an Israeli satellite and some newspapers ran it as real. |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2004-10-02 1:44:54 AM |
| #6 Couscousing the spy-catchers! |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-10-02 1:01:19 AM |
| #5 Authentic Paleostinean Couscous: 1 cup couscous 2 cups water Seeth for 20 minutes. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-10-02 12:45:05 AM |
| #4 Damn! The Tunisians! I wouldn't want to be on the recipe squad when they get back to headquarters... |
| Posted by: The Mossad 2004-10-02 12:44:25 AM |
| #3 The top prize in this year's contest, incidentally, went to Tunisian chef Arroum Mimoun for his rich lamb couscous garnished with chickpeas. Great - now I'm hungry. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-10-02 12:39:44 AM |
| #2 All your couscous are belong to us. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-02 12:25:21 AM |
| #1 "The Israelis stole my land and my country, now they are even stealing our recipes," Palestinian delegate Mohammed Kebal complained to reporters. "The hand of Mossad is at work here. Yes, the recipe squad does some fine work. |
| Posted by: The Mossad 2004-10-02 12:10:07 AM |