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30 Cards in this Set
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Alya
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Rendered fat from a sheep's tail.
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Barm
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Liquid yeast skimmed from the surface of a fermented liquor such as beer.
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Batarekh
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Pressed, dried and salted roe of the grey mullet.
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Bedoukhia
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Large, dark green water-melon.
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Bouza
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A potent beer made in the sudan.
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Dom
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Palm tree bearing hard, shiny, brown nuts.
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Dukkah
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A mixture of coarsely ground nuts, spices, dried herbs and salt, sprinkled over bread and eaten as a snack or appetiser.
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Eish shami
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Arab bread, like pitta bread, sometimes made with a cental depression into which an egg is cracked before baking.
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Emmer
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Primitive form of wheat.
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Felafel
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Fried rissoles of mashed beans or chick-peas with onion, garlic, cumin and fresh corriander.
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Ferique
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A stew made with a chicken, a calf's foot, eggs in their shells and whole-grain wheat.
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Ful medames
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National Egyptian dish of stewed brown beans served with garlic, onion, oil and cumin.
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Gebna beida
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Firm white cheese made from pressed, salted curds.
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Hummus
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pureed chick-peas with sesame oil.
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Jujube
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Orange-red, cherry sized fruit of the Christ's thorn tree.
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Labna
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Soft cream cheese made by straining salted yoghurt through a cloth.
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Lupine
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Bitter-tasting bean of the lupin family.
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Magur
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Large metal bread-mixing vessel.
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Malt
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Barley grains that have been allowed to sprout before being dried in hot air.
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Meloukhia
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Plant of the hemp family, picked like spinich and used to make a glutinous soup of the same name.
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Mezze
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A small meal in the form of snacks, hors d'oeuvres or side dishes, often served with drinks.
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Nabk
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Orange-red, cherry sized fruit of the Christ's thorn tree.
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Natron
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Naturally occuring crystalline mixture of sodium-carbonate and sodium bicarbonate with varying degrees of impurity in the form of sodium chloride and sodium sulphate.
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Pancheon
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Traditional English bread-making crock, shaped like a flaring flower pot, glazed on the inner surface only.
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Parch
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To dry out dampened grain, in the sun or by light roasting, in order to facilitate milling.
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Qras samak
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Fishcakes made with pounded fish, cracked wheat, fresh corriander and seasoning.
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Samna
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Clarified butter or butter oil, made by straining off impurities, including salt, from melted butter.
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Ta'amia
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Fried rissoles of mashed beans or chick-peas with onion, garlic, cumin and fresh corriander.
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Temper
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(in baking): To create a temporary non-stick surface in earthenware bread moulds by greasing and heating several times.
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Tirmiss
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Bitter-tasting bean of the lupin family.
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