http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/ a humorous, hyperlinked look at language, internet culture, and anything conspicuous Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/comment-page-1/#comment-16856 lauren Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:23:42 +0000 http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/#comment-16856 I decided I needed to answer that question at long last. According to <a href="http://www.rasdashenchicago.com/ethiopian_jews.html" rel="nofollow">Ras Dashen</a>, an Ethiopian restaurant in Chicago, Ethiopian Jews replace injera with shimbera during Passover—shimbera being like matzo but made with chickpeas. Which actually sounds like it might be tastier than the flour variety. I decided I needed to answer that question at long last. According to Ras Dashen, an Ethiopian restaurant in Chicago, Ethiopian Jews replace injera with shimbera during Passover—shimbera being like matzo but made with chickpeas. Which actually sounds like it might be tastier than the flour variety.

]]> http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/comment-page-1/#comment-16520 lauren Tue, 27 Mar 2007 04:29:05 +0000 http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/#comment-16520 Wikipedia says it\'s called <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injera\" rel=\"nofollow\" rel="nofollow">injera</a>. There was a great Ethiopian place on M Street in DC, and when I took my aunt and uncle there one day after Passover ended we were all wondering what the Ethiopian Jews do on Passover (injera seeming decidedly not kosher for Passover). Wikipedia says it\'s called injera. There was a great Ethiopian place on M Street in DC, and when I took my aunt and uncle there one day after Passover ended we were all wondering what the Ethiopian Jews do on Passover (injera seeming decidedly not kosher for Passover).

]]> http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/comment-page-1/#comment-16448 Patrick Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:11:55 +0000 http://kenspeckle.net/blog/2007/03/26/meze-beyoglu-raki/#comment-16448 I dig the ethiopian as well. Took a friend of mine to Queen of Sheba a few months back. We had fun, but we couldn't figure out what to call the bread that they serve everything on, so we just addressed it as "plate." As in: "Would you like some more plate?" I dig the ethiopian as well. Took a friend of mine to Queen of Sheba a few months back. We had fun, but we couldn't figure out what to call the bread that they serve everything on, so we just addressed it as "plate." As in: "Would you like some more plate?"

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