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MichaelD

MichaelD

Lifer
Jan 16, 2001
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So, you're asking if you are a pocketed piece of bread, conspicuously shaped like the outer female anatomy...and expect good responses?

What are you smoking, and how wasted are you? Can you email me some of that stuff? :confused:

You've officially burned your Man Card. You don't even have one to turn in anymore. You will now dress up as a construction worker or Navy Guy and march in the next Gay Pride Parade in whatever town is closest to you.

Along with the marching duty comes any "hazing" or "initiation procedures" that may come with marching in said parade.

YOU did it to yourself with this thread.
 
amish

amish

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Aug 20, 2004
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Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Why can't we talk about pita bread?
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because you just want to increase your post count and it does nothing for the community.

pita bread is good[/thread]
 
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veggz

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Pita (also called pitta (British English) or pita bread or Turkish pide bread, Hebrew ??????? or ???? Pitta, Cyrillic ????, Arabic ???? Kmaj, p?ta Greek, Romanian pita) is a round, wheat flatbread made with yeast. Pita and other flat or pocket bread is traditional in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines from North Africa through the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula to India and Afghanistan and is believed to have originated in Ancient Syria. It is also commonly called Lebanese, Syrian or Arabic bread, especially in the Arab world, and communities with Arab immigrant populations.

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first mention of the word in English was in 1951, with references to Balkan, Greek, and especially Arab cuisine in the next two decades. The American Heritage Dictionary traces the word's origin to modern Greek for "pie," "cake," or "bread;" Webster's Unabridged Dictionary attributes it to the Hebrew ?? (pat), for "loaf" or "morsel." Another possible etymology is from the Romanian word for bread", pita. An alternative etymology traces the word to a cognate for pine pitch, which form flat layers that may resemble pita bread, and may thereby share an origin with pizza (Italian, "pie").

Eating habits

Pita is used to scoop sauces or dips such as hummus and to wrap sandwiches such as kebabs, gyros or falafel. Most pita breads are baked at high temperatures (+700°F/+370°C) causing the flattened rounds of dough to puff up dramatically. Once removed from the oven, the baked dough remains separated inside the deflated pita. This allows pita bread to be sliced and opened into pockets, creating a space for various ingredients to be stuffed inside.

In Turkey, pita (called pide) is used to make a pizza-like food similar to Lahmacun. Pide dough is shaped like a canoe and topped with meats, vegetables, and sometimes egg, then cooked in a fire-oven. It is occasionally eaten with raw greens. During Ramadan, a form of pide is sold in place of traditional Turkish bread; it is topped with caraway seeds.

In modern history (in the 1970s), much of pita's popularity in the West is due to this pocket. Instead of using pita to scoop foods, the pocket is filled with various ingredients to form a sandwich. These are sometimes called "pita pockets" or "pocket pitas". Certain manufacturers have taken steps in packaging to clarify the difference between pita (which has no pocket, and historically meant flat) and pita pita (wuk nuk) pockets (which have pockets).

In some circles, "pita" is interchangeable with naan, as they serve similar functions and are similar in appearance.

In Bulgarian cuisine pita is the type of bread served when a special occasion occurs. Its preparation and eating have ritual meaning. For example, on the night before Christmas eve (Bulgarian: ????? ????? - badni vecher) each housewife prepares a pita and decorates it with symbols, which would bring fertility to the cattle and rich harvest to the fields, as well as the prosperity of each member of the household. She hides a nickel in it and it is believed that whoever finds it in his piece, will be the healthiest and the wealthiest of the family. Before a girl is married her future mother-in-law prepares a pita for the newlyweds and sifts it seven times, so the pita will be feathery as their future life together.Pita is also prepared when dear guests are expected - a traditional welcome in Bulgaria includes pita and salt (or honey). The meaning of this ritual can be found in the expression "to welcome someone with bread and salt" (since bread is a very important part of the Bulgarian cuisine - and as a Bulgarian proverb says, "no-one is bigger than the bread", and the salt is the basic ingredient that gives flavour to every meal). This is how the hosts show that the guests are desired and that they wish to share their meal with them.
 
MichaelD

MichaelD

Lifer
Jan 16, 2001
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Originally posted by: veggz
Pita (also called pitta (British English) or pita bread or Turkish pide bread, Hebrew ??????? or ???? Pitta, Cyrillic ????, Arabic ???? Kmaj, p?ta Greek, Romanian pita) is a round, wheat flatbread made with yeast. Pita and other flat or pocket bread is traditional in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines from North Africa through the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula to India and Afghanistan and is believed to have originated in Ancient Syria. It is also commonly called Lebanese, Syrian or Arabic bread, especially in the Arab world, and communities with Arab immigrant populations.

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first mention of the word in English was in 1951, with references to Balkan, Greek, and especially Arab cuisine in the next two decades. The American Heritage Dictionary traces the word's origin to modern Greek for "pie," "cake," or "bread;" Webster's Unabridged Dictionary attributes it to the Hebrew ?? (pat), for "loaf" or "morsel." Another possible etymology is from the Romanian word for bread", pita. An alternative etymology traces the word to a cognate for pine pitch, which form flat layers that may resemble pita bread, and may thereby share an origin with pizza (Italian, "pie").

Eating habits

Pita is used to scoop sauces or dips such as hummus and to wrap sandwiches such as kebabs, gyros or falafel. Most pita breads are baked at high temperatures (+700°F/+370°C) causing the flattened rounds of dough to puff up dramatically. Once removed from the oven, the baked dough remains separated inside the deflated pita. This allows pita bread to be sliced and opened into pockets, creating a space for various ingredients to be stuffed inside.

In Turkey, pita (called pide) is used to make a pizza-like food similar to Lahmacun. Pide dough is shaped like a canoe and topped with meats, vegetables, and sometimes egg, then cooked in a fire-oven. It is occasionally eaten with raw greens. During Ramadan, a form of pide is sold in place of traditional Turkish bread; it is topped with caraway seeds.

In modern history (in the 1970s), much of pita's popularity in the West is due to this pocket. Instead of using pita to scoop foods, the pocket is filled with various ingredients to form a sandwich. These are sometimes called "pita pockets" or "pocket pitas". Certain manufacturers have taken steps in packaging to clarify the difference between pita (which has no pocket, and historically meant flat) and pita pita (wuk nuk) pockets (which have pockets).

In some circles, "pita" is interchangeable with naan, as they serve similar functions and are similar in appearance.

In Bulgarian cuisine pita is the type of bread served when a special occasion occurs. Its preparation and eating have ritual meaning. For example, on the night before Christmas eve (Bulgarian: ????? ????? - badni vecher) each housewife prepares a pita and decorates it with symbols, which would bring fertility to the cattle and rich harvest to the fields, as well as the prosperity of each member of the household. She hides a nickel in it and it is believed that whoever finds it in his piece, will be the healthiest and the wealthiest of the family. Before a girl is married her future mother-in-law prepares a pita for the newlyweds and sifts it seven times, so the pita will be feathery as their future life together.Pita is also prepared when dear guests are expected - a traditional welcome in Bulgaria includes pita and salt (or honey). The meaning of this ritual can be found in the expression "to welcome someone with bread and salt" (since bread is a very important part of the Bulgarian cuisine - and as a Bulgarian proverb says, "no-one is bigger than the bread", and the salt is the basic ingredient that gives flavour to every meal). This is how the hosts show that the guests are desired and that they wish to share their meal with them.
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Editing your cut'n'paste job from a Google search does not exactly raise your perceived coolness level around here, buddy.

*yawn* Not reading your 5,000-word stolen essay.
 
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veggz

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Originally posted by: MichaelD
Originally posted by: veggz
Pita (also called pitta (British English) or pita bread or Turkish pide bread, Hebrew ??????? or ???? Pitta, Cyrillic ????, Arabic ???? Kmaj, p?ta Greek, Romanian pita) is a round, wheat flatbread made with yeast. Pita and other flat or pocket bread is traditional in many Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisines from North Africa through the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula to India and Afghanistan and is believed to have originated in Ancient Syria. It is also commonly called Lebanese, Syrian or Arabic bread, especially in the Arab world, and communities with Arab immigrant populations.

Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first mention of the word in English was in 1951, with references to Balkan, Greek, and especially Arab cuisine in the next two decades. The American Heritage Dictionary traces the word's origin to modern Greek for "pie," "cake," or "bread;" Webster's Unabridged Dictionary attributes it to the Hebrew ?? (pat), for "loaf" or "morsel." Another possible etymology is from the Romanian word for bread", pita. An alternative etymology traces the word to a cognate for pine pitch, which form flat layers that may resemble pita bread, and may thereby share an origin with pizza (Italian, "pie").

Eating habits

Pita is used to scoop sauces or dips such as hummus and to wrap sandwiches such as kebabs, gyros or falafel. Most pita breads are baked at high temperatures (+700°F/+370°C) causing the flattened rounds of dough to puff up dramatically. Once removed from the oven, the baked dough remains separated inside the deflated pita. This allows pita bread to be sliced and opened into pockets, creating a space for various ingredients to be stuffed inside.

In Turkey, pita (called pide) is used to make a pizza-like food similar to Lahmacun. Pide dough is shaped like a canoe and topped with meats, vegetables, and sometimes egg, then cooked in a fire-oven. It is occasionally eaten with raw greens. During Ramadan, a form of pide is sold in place of traditional Turkish bread; it is topped with caraway seeds.

In modern history (in the 1970s), much of pita's popularity in the West is due to this pocket. Instead of using pita to scoop foods, the pocket is filled with various ingredients to form a sandwich. These are sometimes called "pita pockets" or "pocket pitas". Certain manufacturers have taken steps in packaging to clarify the difference between pita (which has no pocket, and historically meant flat) and pita pita (wuk nuk) pockets (which have pockets).

In some circles, "pita" is interchangeable with naan, as they serve similar functions and are similar in appearance.

In Bulgarian cuisine pita is the type of bread served when a special occasion occurs. Its preparation and eating have ritual meaning. For example, on the night before Christmas eve (Bulgarian: ????? ????? - badni vecher) each housewife prepares a pita and decorates it with symbols, which would bring fertility to the cattle and rich harvest to the fields, as well as the prosperity of each member of the household. She hides a nickel in it and it is believed that whoever finds it in his piece, will be the healthiest and the wealthiest of the family. Before a girl is married her future mother-in-law prepares a pita for the newlyweds and sifts it seven times, so the pita will be feathery as their future life together.Pita is also prepared when dear guests are expected - a traditional welcome in Bulgaria includes pita and salt (or honey). The meaning of this ritual can be found in the expression "to welcome someone with bread and salt" (since bread is a very important part of the Bulgarian cuisine - and as a Bulgarian proverb says, "no-one is bigger than the bread", and the salt is the basic ingredient that gives flavour to every meal). This is how the hosts show that the guests are desired and that they wish to share their meal with them.
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Editing your cut'n'paste job from a Google search does not exactly raise your perceived coolness level around here, buddy.

*yawn* Not reading your 5,000-word stolen essay.
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Damn, you've foiled my plan to inflate my "perceived coolness level." I will return when I have determined another method of increasing this statistic.

:roll:

edit: out of spite
 
Ika

Ika

Lifer
Mar 22, 2006
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You could always put your own liver in a pita pocket. I've heard it's delicious :thumbsup:
 
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