Comments on: Labneh and Loquats http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:44:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1156 Leah Koenig Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:21:16 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1156 Rachel - I totally know what you mean about missing foods from home. I used to pick fresh mulberry's in my backyard in suburban Chicago. I'm sure there are mulberry's on the East Coast, but I haven't yet seen them in Brooklyn. Anna - Tiger's eye is a stone, as well as a part of a real tiger :) (google it - it's a gorgeous color!) Eric - thanks for this list! It all sounds amazing, and I'll try to hit up some of the Jerusalem and Eilat (the Ride's start and finish lines) places on the way. Rachel - I totally know what you mean about missing foods from home. I used to pick fresh mulberry’s in my backyard in suburban Chicago. I’m sure there are mulberry’s on the East Coast, but I haven’t yet seen them in Brooklyn.

Anna - Tiger’s eye is a stone, as well as a part of a real tiger :) (google it - it’s a gorgeous color!)

Eric - thanks for this list! It all sounds amazing, and I’ll try to hit up some of the Jerusalem and Eilat (the Ride’s start and finish lines) places on the way.

]]> By: Eric Schulmiller http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1155 Eric Schulmiller Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:40:17 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1155 Hey, Leah! I'm not sure what your itinerary will be in Israel, but here's my short list of "must eats" throughout the country (keeping in mind that some of these places may no longer exist since the last time I was there): -The giant chocolate rugalach from Marzipan in the Jerusalem shuk - they're THAT good. -Iced coffee in Tel Aviv - it's pretty hardcore on your arteries, but it's the best you'll ever taste. -The fresh mixed juices at The Green Onion (aka Spring Onion) in Eilat (their pasta is also amazing - I hope it's still there). -Back to Jerusalem - the carrot soup at T'mol Shilshom, and the killer hot chocolate and waffles at Babet's Feast on Emek Refai'm. OK, that's it for now. Also, as a general comment about Israeli cuisine - you gotta love a country where french fries are used as a condiment. B'tei Avon!! Hey, Leah!

I’m not sure what your itinerary will be in Israel, but here’s my short list of “must eats” throughout the country (keeping in mind that some of these places may no longer exist since the last time I was there):

-The giant chocolate rugalach from Marzipan in the Jerusalem shuk - they’re THAT good.

-Iced coffee in Tel Aviv - it’s pretty hardcore on your arteries, but it’s the best you’ll ever taste.

-The fresh mixed juices at The Green Onion (aka Spring Onion) in Eilat (their pasta is also amazing - I hope it’s still there).

-Back to Jerusalem - the carrot soup at T’mol Shilshom, and the killer hot chocolate and waffles at Babet’s Feast on Emek Refai’m.

OK, that’s it for now. Also, as a general comment about Israeli cuisine - you gotta love a country where french fries are used as a condiment. B’tei Avon!!

]]> By: Anna Stevenson http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1153 Anna Stevenson Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:31:58 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1153 Wow. that sounds like the most amazing way to arrive in Israel. Yum!!! But - how do you know what color tiger's eyes are? :-) Wow. that sounds like the most amazing way to arrive in Israel. Yum!!!
But - how do you know what color tiger’s eyes are? :-)

]]> By: Rachel http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1152 Rachel Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:17:11 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/labneh-and-loquats/#comment-1152 Oh, I miss loquats! They grow wild all over San Antonio, Texas, where I was born and reared. I ate them by the basketfull when I was a kid. I miss them terribly, living here in New England. Much as I love my adopted home of western Massachusetts, loquats make me nostalgic for what used to be home. (Much of south Texas looks a lot like Israel, actually. But that's another story...) Have a good trip. Oh, I miss loquats! They grow wild all over San Antonio, Texas, where I was born and reared. I ate them by the basketfull when I was a kid. I miss them terribly, living here in New England. Much as I love my adopted home of western Massachusetts, loquats make me nostalgic for what used to be home.

(Much of south Texas looks a lot like Israel, actually. But that’s another story…)

Have a good trip.

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