M Trivia 2.5: Answer
June 15, 2010 – 11:20 amAn M Trivia question was asked in the latest edition of the MM Express, a regular email update sent out by Missions Mandate. Below is the answer:
M Trivia for MM Express 2.5: Recently, several Lebanese chefs broke the world record for preparing the largest amounts of two Middle-Eastern dishes. One was hummus, what was the other dish? (Hint: It sounds like what you say when you are sick.)
Correct answer: Falafel. (hint: I “feel awful”; cheesy, I know). On May 8, 2010, approximately 300 Lebanese chefs cooked up up 5.5 tons of falafel (a fried patty of crushed chick peas and/or fava beans - think hush puppies) and on May 9 they prepared an 11.5 ton dish of hummus (Middle-Eastern dip made of chick peas, sesame paste, garlic, and lemon juice - and it’s actually good!). Read the press release.
Come to the Arab-American festival in Dearborn, MI this weekend for some amazing humus and falafel!
Out of the correct answers submitted, a winner was selected at random. He has been notified via email and will receive a free copy of Samuel Zwemer’s Islam and the Cross.
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