maybe if we put falafel in the car tanks, the cars will produce their own gas.

In Tunisia, shawarma was fairly newly introduced and people really like it.

I would personally try fish shawarma just out of curiousity and also because I love fish! I guess with the ma3danoussiya sauce it might be good…

“Yes we are familiar with this bird that you call â??tur-keyâ?? ”

I figured you knew the identity of the bird, I just wasn’t sure if I called it turkey, you would recognize what bird I was referring to.

Not big fish eaters…no water…except in Aqaba…people go there to eat fish. Egyptians eat a lot of fish, and the whole meghreb region: morocco, algeria, tunis, libya. Middle east is more rice.

3) Are Jordanians big on pickling vegetables – pickling is, for some reason, one of the things I always think of when I think of Middle Eastern cuisine? Is this accurate?

Yes there’s a lot of pickling in Jordan and the middle east

4) In the United States we have a bird we call â??turkeyâ?? (even though it is native to the Americas). Iâ??ve heard in Turkey they refer to turkey as â??American Bird.â?? What do Jordanians call turkey? Do they eat turkey?

Yes we are familiar with this bird that you call “tur-key’? lol we’re not primative man. Yes they eat it in Jordan, usually cold cuts though. It’s called deek 7abash.

5) Are chili peppers used a great deal in Jordanian cuisine? I know that in Yemen they make a chili paste called schug which is supposed to be really hot but very good. Do they make anything similar in Jordan or the greater Al Sham/Levant area?

chilis, hmm, not so much. it’s used as an appetizer. people usually serve fresh pepper and pickles. but for cooking, not really. our food isnt spicy.

You know what im gonna go to this place and try this fish shawerma, however it is a bit expensive, considering you have to have 2 or 3 to get stuffed.

All the luck!

I’d rather skip:p ba3dain there’s always meat shawerma

Unfortunately, your national dish, mansaf, is based on lamb. While my stepfather, a professional chef, is crazy about lamb, I can’t stand it. He thinks I am out of my mind not to like lamb. I don’t know how anyone can eat it. No, I’ll stick to beef, fish and poultry.

Some questions for anybody familiar with Jordan:

1)What kind of fish do Jordanians eat?
2) Do they raise any freshwater fish in Jordan?
3) Are Jordanians big on pickling vegetables – pickling is, for some reason, one of the things I always think of when I think of Middle Eastern cuisine? Is this accurate?
4) In the United States we have a bird we call ‘turkey’ (even though it is native to the Americas). I’ve heard in Turkey they refer to turkey as ‘American Bird.’ What do Jordanians call turkey? Do they eat turkey?
5) Are chili peppers used a great deal in Jordanian cuisine? I know that in Yemen they make a chili paste called schug which is supposed to be really hot but very good. Do they make anything similar in Jordan or the greater Al Sham/Levant area?

http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/facts3.html

Are there any particular dishes that are unique to Jordan or regions of Jordan?

I know that there is a lot of commonality between the cuisine of most Arab countries and that this commonality of flavors and tastes tends to extend even into adjacent areas like Greece and Armenia, for instance, but are there some foods that tend to be uniquely Jordanian? Are there dishes that are unique or more popular in the Levant region, than say, the Arab peninsula.

Do you have any fusion food in that part of the world. For instance, in Jamaica you can find places that have managed to fuse Caribbean and Chinese cuisine. In the States, ‘Eurasian’ food (a blend of European and Asian styles) has been popular in the last few years. Anything similar in the Middle East?

Tell me a little bit about Jordanian and Arab cuisine, please.

“Now we just need an alternative to high fuel prices.”

We all do, that’s for sure.

something different