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Post by restless on Dec 11, 2016 19:48:03 GMT -5
For anyone interested in Syrian cooking who is also interested in supporting charity efforts for Syrian people and refugees, there is a new cookbook available called Cook for Syria. It's available on Amazon.com on the UK site.
The website cookforsyria.com has more information on the participating chefs and links to donate directly to Unicef's fund for Syrian children.
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Post by desertwoman on Dec 11, 2016 21:54:37 GMT -5
Good food and supporting refugees- a great combo. Will go to their site when I am done here. Thanks for posting this restless.
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Post by lisaann on Dec 30, 2016 21:27:28 GMT -5
You may have heard of Aleppo pepper referred to as Pul Biber or Haleby pepper. They have the most wonderful flavor. Hey davidjp, I think they may be one and the same pepper. So you must already have some if you traded with restless?
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Post by davidjp on Dec 30, 2016 22:11:00 GMT -5
I'll get some seeds and grow them both and we can see. They look superficially very similar.
I looked up "biber" and its the Turkish noun for pepper so would be quite normal for it to be called that
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Post by restless on Dec 30, 2016 22:21:50 GMT -5
From what I have read, Aleppo Pepper is called Pul Biber in Turkey and Halaby Pepper in Arabic. I did an image search from Google on Urfa Biber. Some of the peppers shown look exactly like Aleppo...the bottom is squared off. Some of the peppers shown look like a bulls horn type, where the bottom is a point. So take some photos of Urfa Biber peppers for us, davidjp, when you grow them.
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Post by lisaann on Dec 30, 2016 22:28:21 GMT -5
So take some photos of Urfa Biber peppers for us, davidjp, when you grow them.
I'll be ready for comparison pics in the morning!
Oh, restless, I guess that means he has your seeds already from a trade back in August?
davidjp
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Post by davidjp on Dec 30, 2016 23:00:48 GMT -5
Definitely will. I guess I'll have to start thinking about starting seeds soon. Always difficult to work out, it was 80F yesterday but looks like quite cold and close to freezing for the weekend. I was reading this earlier and looks like Syrian cuisine is one of the new trends of the coming year www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/tacos-turmeric-latest-tech-taste-2017s-food-trends/And I see the Cook for Syria cookbook is sold out so hopefully they can make good use of the money.
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Post by restless on Dec 31, 2016 7:46:01 GMT -5
Yes, lisaann, from this forum, I sent seeds to davidjp, pepperhead, and spike. I sent many more to Instagram gardeners and Facebook gardeners I am friends with. I will be growing more Aleppo Pepper seeds next year, as well as Nineveh Tomato seeds. (From Mosul, once called Ninevah, Iraq.)
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Post by restless on Jan 5, 2017 15:12:12 GMT -5
davidjp, pepperhead212, spike2, I finally flaked, salted, and oiled the rest of my dehydrated Aleppo Peppers yesterday. All said and done, I got 3 full 8 oz canning jars of finished spice from 2 plants worth of peppers. I did not dehydrate all of my peppers, however. We ate a lot of them fresh, too.
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Post by lisaann on Jan 5, 2017 18:21:02 GMT -5
And the pictures are where? restless ?
That reminds me.............maybe your camera is broken.
And I KNEW salt must be important! Well, I was reading stuff, ya know?
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Post by davidjp on Jan 5, 2017 20:17:17 GMT -5
That's a pretty impressive yield from two plants. I doubt I would get as many. I picked up some Aleppo pepper flakes over the holidays, never tried before so i'll look for some recipes
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Post by restless on Jan 6, 2017 8:02:23 GMT -5
I use them as a condiment on anything I want a little spicier. I also cook with them the same way I would cook with the dried crushed pepper flakes you find in the supermarkets.
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