08-26-2014, 10:09 AM | #21 | |
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I've noticed local fish delicacies that haven't really made the jump to Westernised fast food. Anything else I should make a point of including in the Iraqi cuisine scene?
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08-27-2014, 06:33 AM | #22 | |
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Coffee is consumed, but I didn't get the impression it was as common. I knew a lot of people over there who liked what I call doogh (that's a Persian term). Turks and Arabs drink it too. Various names exist, but it's pretty similar all over the region: yoghurt water with cucumber, mint, or dill. You drink it cold. I prefer the carbonated kind. Sour milk soda goodness! This is very good to drink in the summer heat. Oh, and I realize smokes aren't food, but Sumer brand cigarettes have a golden harp on the blue box, IIRC. I don't smoke, so I can't tell you if they were any good. I think Business Club might have been a local or regional brand, too. The Sumer were made in Iraq, I think. Dunno if this would be accurate as of 2011. |
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08-27-2014, 07:25 AM | #24 | |
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I mean, it's not as if the archeological excavation of some Sumer-era ruins are significant in the campaign or that villains will in any way be connected to proto-Sumerian dark secrets of prehistory. And it's not as if sympathetic and symbolic magic is a factor in the campaign. Not at all.
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Any ceremony or quirks related to serving or consuming it that I ought to incorporate? Quote:
Where do people buy their beverages or snacks? An open-air stand with primitive wooden furnishings? An open-air stand of a more advanced design? A convenience store? A supermarket? Are most of them selling food as well or are there like tobacco stands?
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08-27-2014, 10:47 AM | #27 |
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08-27-2014, 01:00 PM | #28 | |
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This is why I get weirded out when I hear Americans talking about ''chai tea" (referring to the milky tea some Indians like to drink) That's ''tea-tea", which makes no sense. |
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08-27-2014, 01:03 PM | #29 | |
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I do remember when somebody (I think the Turks?) started making an ''Islamic Cola" and marketing it across the region. It tasted like malted battery acid, as somebody whose name I can't recall once described both Coke and Pepsi. |
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08-27-2014, 01:05 PM | #30 | |
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At any rate it was a bit odd at first, until I remembered what "chai" means. Most American servicemen aren't as erudite as I. The falafel thing, I didn't know, until I experienced it though. Last edited by sir_pudding; 08-27-2014 at 01:15 PM. |
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