Favorite Armenian Dishes ...

[Jen]

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^^ You've never had lahmajoun?!!!! ...Though, I've never heard about it (officially) with cheese. My Uncle introduced me to shredded cheese on top of it (he's non-Armo) and told me when my GreatGrandma saw him do that, it looked like she wanted to break his arms.

Anyway, I just tried that yellowish mashed lentel stuff this past Sunday...better than I expected, good, actually, even.

Anyway, choreg, those sugar cookies (korabia? -- sp?), sou bourag (I'm an expert on making this, but, I learned with brick cheese), and am I the only one here who LOVES kheyma? Good stuff!

Not that I remember...the only dish that my grandma used to make with pita bread was what's called Beirut Sandwich (that's the brazilian name) with roast beef, tomatos, lettuce and a very yummy sauce...

Shame on me I guess...hehehe...I'm gonna make it this weekend...now, would it be as good if I used ground beef? I'm not really used to eating lamb (in Brazil, you won't find lamb meat anywhere), so all the Armenian dishes I had were always with beef instead of lamb...

Btw, is there an Armenian sweet dish that uses angel hair pasta broken into little pieces and sprinkled on top??? My grandma used to make it a lot, but I can't remember the name...

[Quarteria]

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^^ Now that I don't know.

But, yeah, my Great Grandma always used ground beef. It works really well...You know, looking over that recipe again, that's not how my Great Grandma made it. Tomato Paste was used, garlic wasn't...as a matter of fact, I just remember the meat, tomato paste (maybe tomato sauce as well), and onions...AND, it wasn't on pita, either. My GG made her own dough. You know what, HOPEFULLY I can remember when I go to Indiana the next time (my Aunt & Uncle live there...they may have the recipe) to get you THAT recipe. It sounds much better....did that sound elitist?

[Jen]

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hehehe...I'd love to have the recipe from an actual Armenian...I bet it's a lot better...I'll let you know how this one is going to turn out...hopefully good...

[chika]

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None of what you listed is "Armenian" I don't think. Dolma is probably greek ... kufta sounds turkish. Lamajoon is probably Lebanonese. The rest, a lot if it is Russian or Iranian. It's sad to say that Armenians have no dishes of their own. The only thing that I would consider real Armenian food is xhorovats but then again, it really didn't take much genius to put some meat on scewers and throw them on fire

It's kind of sad considering how creative Armenians have been throughout history. Now either I am completely ignorant (entirely possible), or there is really no truelly Armenian dish. God I hope I'm wrong.

Let not forget that all the dishes cooked by Turks, and Arabs were armenian, dolma and kufte and etc they all were Armenian and Greek. Howeher with the time not only our people were killed but also our culture was stolen. WHERE IS THE ZOVITS ZOV HAYASDAN?
And basterma? i'm not sure which bloody Turk doesn't eat basterma. He loves it but just because it's Armenian he doesn't have it.

[Selpak]

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I haven't heard Greek dolma. Their claim is on sarma which is similar with dolma. Persians say dolma is Persian food. Manti and Lahmacun can also be Armenian food.

Manti: known orgin is Kayseri

Lahmacun: known orgin is South-East Turkey.

[chika]

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I haven't heard Greek dolma. Their claim is on sarma which is similar with dolma. Persians say dolma is Persian food. Manti and Lahmacun can also be Armenian food.

Manti: known orgin is Kayseri

Lahmacun: known orgin is South-East Turkey.

oh well hayastantsis call it TOLMA and western armenians, greeks, turks call it sarma. it's basically the same thing, although every person cookes it differently.

[Selpak]

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oh well hayastantsis call it TOLMA and western armenians, greeks, turks call it sarma. it's basically the same thing, although every person cookes it differently.

verb "sarmak" (rolling) noun: "sarma" made up with grape leaf, cabbage, etc.

verb "dolmak" (filling) noun: "dolma" made up with bell pepper, courgette, tomato, potato, etc.

What you put inside could be same. Western Turks and Greeks like it with olive oil, cold. Eastern Turks and Armenians, Araps,.. etc like it with meat. Armenians use some cinnamon, my mother use currant for its pilav.

[Jen]

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Question:

My grandma used to bake this sweet dish that had ricotta and some kind of sweet sauce in the filling and on top, angel hair with caramel (not sure if it was caramel...). No one in my family has the recipe nor knows the name of it, and since she's passed there's no way for me to find out...any ideas of what could it be?

[chika]

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verb "sarmak" (rolling) noun: "sarma" made up with grape leaf, cabbage, etc.

verb "dolmak" (filling) noun: "dolma" made up with bell pepper, courgette, tomato, potato, etc.

What you put inside could be same. Western Turks and Greeks like it with olive oil, cold. Eastern Turks and Armenians, Araps,.. etc like it with meat. Armenians use some cinnamon, my mother use currant for its pilav.

you are not barsgahay are you? My nana puts currant for the pilav too. with azafran is nice as well.

[chika]

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Question:

My grandma used to bake this sweet dish that had ricotta and some kind of sweet sauce in the filling and on top, angel hair with caramel (not sure if it was caramel...). No one in my family has the recipe nor knows the name of it, and since she's passed there's no way for me to find out...any ideas of what could it be?

it's not ghadeif is it?