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Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/02/00 at 08:33:48

Salamu Aliakom ya Muslimeen

Well this is sort of an intro about myself and a comment about the awesome bebzi stand. Umm what to say? Hmm well I know a lot of you might already know me, definatly the admins know me hehe (it's good to know admins). So I am Egyptian living in California studying. So yeah thats about it. So at the bebzi stand you need to have this guy in a jalabiya and a red fez with a toothy smile and a bottle opener. Any of you who have been to Egypt will know what I mean :)

Ok, thats about it, salam

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/02/00 at 10:31:11

slm

Welcome to the board Al-Basha. :) I think you'll like this place, all the people on here are helpful and have good manners when dealing with others, alhumdullilah, wonderful people.

Re: Al Bebzi
se7en

12/02/00 at 12:11:27

wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllahi wa barakatuh,

ahlan wa sahlan ya al-basha :)

Re: Al Bebzi
jannah

12/02/00 at 22:58:36

salam,
about time you showed up :) ahlaan, have a bebzi on us !!!!! :-)

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/02/00 at 23:36:03

Salam,

yeah well I've been out of the loop for a while. Besides when I saw the new webboard I was like "Masha Allah la qowita ila bilah" someone went all out :)

Thanks for the bebzi, I need to put a recipe up for basboosa and kunafa hehe

Re: Al Bebzi
hermit

12/03/00 at 07:48:37

Assalam-u-Alaikum,
Welcome to Madinat al-Muslimeen, home to a population of 1,200,000,000, but don't worry Yusuf, there's always room for more!

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/03/00 at 08:50:39

slm

[quote]
I need to put a recipe up for basboosa and kunafa hehe
[/quote]

Sure, but what is it? :)

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/03/00 at 10:01:08

Salam,

well basboosa is this cake well not cake but mushy cake type sweet. it's hard to describe. Kunafa is a lot more crunchy. I will definatly get the recipe soon insha Allah.

Re: Al Bebzi
jannah

12/03/00 at 14:11:10

basboosa is like regular yellow cake soaked in syrup sauce. it sometimes has pineapples baked on top with it or sometimes it has almonds. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
Sara

12/03/00 at 14:19:01

Assalam,
You guys are making me hungry:)

Re: Al Bebzi
proudtobemuslim

12/04/00 at 05:48:50

Assalam-u-Alaikum

ya... i mean, even that chicken head story made me hungry...

Wassalam-u-Alaikum

Re: Al Bebzi
Saleema

12/04/00 at 13:25:43

Assalam ualykum,

Proudtobemuslim, stop that now! That was really gross. I actually lost my apetite when i was eating at suhoor. Now you reminded me of it again! I am really sensitive to that kind of stuff. PLllllllllllleaassssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeee stop.

wassalam

Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/05/00 at 08:51:03

Salaam
Basboosa as I know it does not have anything on top.It just goes to show how people think up of things...
And Stop mantioning the chicken heads....
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
Malika

12/05/00 at 10:07:59

slm
that Basboosa sounds like pineapple upside down cake. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
princess

12/05/00 at 10:12:56

WALIKUMAS'SALAAM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATUHU :)

i hadda question..what's the obbession with bebsi? not that i have a problem with it..cuz, well, i myself love bebsi..lekin, i was just wonderin :) i'm sure it's posted somewhere..lekin, i'm still tryin to find my way around here :) 1 of my hands is cold..how weird is that? :) anyways..i'm out :) ma'salaam :)
Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/05/00 at 10:38:57

slm

Princess, many of the moderators/admin people drink bebsi, one of them went to an iftar dinner and brought a six pack of pepsi because there was a fear that there might not be bebsi at the event. :) But I guess there are harmful effects to bebsi, I heard that you could use it to remove the corrosion from your battery terminals in your car. 'Did you know that? :)
Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/05/00 at 11:02:54

Salaam
Arshad have you tried doing that??
Malika:it is definetly not that.I know basboosa without anything on top...pinapple upside down cake..yuck.I had an incident with it, and from that day on, I never could stand
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/05/00 at 11:18:14

slm

Hiyam- do you mean have I taken bebsi to an iftar dinner? ??? I like bebsi but I would not do something like that, but someone on this board has done that, and I don't want to mention their name and embarass them. :)

I like this name "baboosa" it has a nice sound to it. :) These foods that Youssuf talked about I've never heard of before. In the Arab bakeries that I have gone to out here they don't have things like that. They just have baklava and mamoul cookies and some cakes (the ones with pistachios taste really good).

I've noticed that the Arab foods that I have tried usually don't have any spices or much taste to them like Indian/Pakistani food. Are there Arab foods that have spices in them? ???

Guffaw
AbuKhaled

12/05/00 at 11:48:05

[quote]slm
Princess, many of the moderators/admin people drink bebsi, one of them went to an iftar dinner and brought a six pack of pepsi because there was a fear that there might not be bebsi at the event. :) [/quote]

Wa-alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu.

Really? They took a s6x pack?

(NB: note the sneaky gender-neutral use of the personal pronoun. You can't say I don't care about preserving anonymity!)

[quote]
But I guess there are harmful effects to bebsi, I heard that you could use it to remove the corrosion from your battery terminals in your car. 'Did you know that? :)
[/quote]

Try sticking an old coin in some, leave it for some hours, and it'll come out looking brand new and shiny.

Just call me Mr Trivia.

Abu Khaled
Re: Al Bebzi
Mona

12/05/00 at 13:23:58

Glad u decided to join Madia ya Al-Basha :)

Now the food :) .Basboosa to Egyptians is the same as Hareesa (or hareeseh) to Palestinians/Jordanians. Jannah is right, we do have toasted almonds on top (but I never had it with pineapple). For those brave enough to give it a try, the recipe is listed at
http://www.twdg.com/cooking/recipe/harissy.html. (the original recipe does not have cheese in it)

[quote] Really? They took a s6x pack? [/quote]
LOL

wassalamu alaikum
Re: Guffaw
bhaloo

12/05/00 at 13:28:38

slm

[quote]
Really? They took a s6x pack?

(NB: note the sneaky gender-neutral use of the personal pronoun. You can't say I don't care about preserving anonymity!)
[/quote]

Dang, its hard to slip something past Abu Khaled. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
Saleema

12/05/00 at 13:32:41

Assalam ualykum,

I just usually take gum and make sure I have lot of napkins with me when I go to an iftar dinner at the masjid. Just in case that if there are any foreign foods that I don't like, "I quietly spit it out in my napkin and throw it away. Drink lots of water and then chew some gum so that the taste goes away. No one notices it, I pretend like I am wiping my mouth. One time I tried this Arabic food that had me running out of there. It was a bunch of green leaves and i think there was something wrapped in there. That's about the only arabic food that I don't like.

I wonder who that person was that took the bebzi with them? I think that I might have an idea. :)

wassalam

Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/05/00 at 13:34:59

Salaam
Arshad...what Arab bakeries have you been to???
A reason for that is that our Arab foods are kind of expensive to make, and they take so much time...
well our most famous one is thareed which if you tasted you would not be asking about spice;)...Koskous is another one.
Basboosa tastes so good, but with out ANY pinaples on top. If you ever go to Saudi Arabia, you will know what I am talking about.
Mamoole sucks.It should not be sold in stores...If you want the recipe for basboosa I will give it to you;) insha'allah
You Arabs out there tell him ...
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/05/00 at 13:38:24

Salaam
Saleema you do not like 'Waraque Inaab'?
It tastes so good...
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
AbuKhaled

12/05/00 at 17:18:37

[quote]
Princess, many of the moderators/admin people drink bebsi, one of them went to an iftar dinner and brought a six pack of pepsi because there was a fear that there might not be bebsi at the event. :)[/quote]

Okay okay, my hand is up. I admit it, I too have done this in the past, though I can't remember the occasion. And, in my defence, it was a long time ago. You see Doctor, I used to be mental. But no more, I'm cured, gwzoop frintle thwock.

The only exception being that it wasn't bebsi. Why would anyone settle for some pale imitation when you can have The Real Thing? ;)

Though drinking too much is notoriously conducive to putting on weight.

Someone should invent a Bebsiorette badge.

I can provide the name of a really good BA (*) program if required. :) Especially if the addiction has reached the advanced stages of Even Warm Flat Bebsi Is Better Than Water phase. If so, I'm afraid it could be worse than everyone else around the suspect might imagine. I advise an immediate exclusion zone of 16 cans radius, and a quarantine. There's no other choice. S/he'll have to go Cold Bebsi.

Lol.

Abu Khaled

* = Bebsioholics Anonymous
Re: Guffaw
Arsalan

12/05/00 at 13:45:41

[quote]
Really? They took a s6x pack?

(NB: note the sneaky gender-neutral use of the personal pronoun. You can't say I don't care about preserving anonymity!)
[/quote]LOL! I wonder how many people got that ;)

Uh oh!
AbuKhaled

12/05/00 at 14:02:46

Uh oh, guess what?

I just realised I was drinking some whilst writing that. No joke.

Boy, I feel so busted. And if you add to that the stupidity of actually admitting it by writing this - and not stopping even though I *c a n s e e m y s e l f t y p i n g* - given that only I knew, then I think it's time me and I had words.

No really Doctor, I'm okay.

Officer, take me away. I can't cope with the felony of irony...

Abu Khaled
Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/05/00 at 14:42:21

slm

Abu Khaled- that is really embarassing, I also wonder what your hosts said when you arrived with a six pack of Coca Cola? :)

Saleema- those leaves with something inside it sound like stuffed grape leaves? If I remember correctly those don't have any real taste to them. I can't believe you actually throw the food out in a napkin. What I do is I just get a little of everything and that way if I don't like it, then when I get seconds I pass up on that dish.

Hiyam- I guess there aren't any good Arab bakeries out here. :( I heard there is a website where you can order Arab bakery stuff and get them delivered but they only had baklava and mamoul cookies. If anyone knows some other websites that sell other Arabic stuff I'd like to try it out. 'Waraque Inaab' ??? I need to go lookup Thareed and find out what that food is.

Mona- I went to that website and found that there are some other recipes of Arab dishes there that I never heard of.
Re: Al Bebzi
AJ

12/05/00 at 16:59:50

Salam.

I heard that the workers in soft drink factories have to wear shoes with two inch heels. They get new ones every six months because the acid in the soft drinks that gets spilt on the ground disintegrates the heels. I dunno how accurate that is though.

Hiyam, is thareed also called treedeh? Is it like a mix of bread and zucchini?

Arshad, arabic food usually has plenty of spices in it. Your taste buds have probably been a bit dulled by Pakistani/Indian hot food. Mine are getting there. :)

And if you guys want to really try arabic food, check out some Lebanese or Syrian cook books at your library. Mediterranean food is delicious (and healthy because it's mostly made of vegetables).

2 hours for iftaar. Thank you Allah.

:)

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/05/00 at 18:27:24

Salamu Aliakom,

Well I didn't think this thread would get this large heh masha Allah.

Saleema, what you didn't like is called mahshi waraq 3ainab. It is a very well known Egyptian delicacy, you take cooked rice/meat and stuff it in grape leaves. Rest assure I too do not like it, which is why a lot of people think I am not Egyptian.

Bhaloo, you should come visit me and I will make a couple of trays of basboosa especially for you heheh :)

Bro Hiyam, yes you can have baboosa with toppings it depends on the person who is making it. I have usually seen basoosa with an almond in the middle of it.

As far as the love of bebzi, well it's just bebzi I mean you just like it. I never take any food with me to an iftar at the masjid, because I can't sneak any in hehe ;) And I think the whole purpose wa Allahu A3laam is just to eat what is there and be with your brothers/sisters in Islam.

Re: Al Bebzi
AJ

12/05/00 at 20:11:51

I never knew 'Hiyam' was a man's name as well. Interesting.

RC: beats pepsi or coke any day :)

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/05/00 at 22:06:57

slm

[quote]I never knew 'Hiyam' was a man's name as well. Interesting.
[/quote]

Hiyam is a girl's name, Al-Basha made the same mistake just now (actually so did I a few days ago).

[quote]
RC: beats pepsi or coke any day :)[/quote]

I don't think they sell it here in the US anymore. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
destined

12/05/00 at 23:10:33

[quote]I don't think they sell it here in the US anymore. :)[/quote]

umm..ya they do, I just had it like a few weeks ago

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/06/00 at 02:30:40

Salam,

i didnt know hiyam was a girls name either, sorry sister :)

So has anyone gotten any basboosa lately? recently i had the equivalent of gulab jamun, boy is that stuff gooooood. it's atayif in arabic heh :)

Re: Al Bebzi
tq

12/06/00 at 09:25:53

Assalamo elikuim

I did eat basboosa(I think it was basboosa) yesterday at the iftar at the mosque - it was yellow cake with caramel topping. It was good ,my kids also liked it specially the very sweet topping !
Also there were those grape leave( waraque Inaab?) thing . I didn't like it that much but I ate it anyway
(What is strange is that my husband liked it a lot and he usually likes very spicy food with extra chilies and garam masala on top ???

Wasalam
tq
Re: Guffaw
Saleema

12/06/00 at 11:23:18

Really? They took a s6x pack?

(NB: note the sneaky gender-neutral use of the personal pronoun. You can't say I don't care about preserving anonymity!)
LOL! I wonder how many people got that ;)

I didn't get it. What are you talking about?

Wassalam

Re: Al Bebzi
princess

12/06/00 at 12:15:30

[quote]slm

Princess, many of the moderators/admin people drink bebsi, one of them went to an iftar dinner and brought a six pack of pepsi because there was a fear that there might not be bebsi at the event. :) But I guess there are harmful effects to bebsi, I heard that you could use it to remove the corrosion from your battery terminals in your car. 'Did you know that? :)
[/quote]

WALIKUMAS'SALAAM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATUHU :)

i take my bebsi to all the halaqa's :) there's nothing wrong with it..i'm NOT a mechanic :), lekin, i think what u're talkin about is the effects of COKE, and NOT bebsi :) i have RC sittin in my garage as we speak..ammi likes it, not me :) ma'salaam :)
Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/06/00 at 14:56:41

Salaam
I am a SHE. you know a female;) Got that..I think I should put it in my profile so no one would call me BROTHER...
I had basboosa yesturday...it has almonds on top...who eats it with anything else?YUCK

Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
Malika

12/06/00 at 15:12:29

slm

Ok I didn't want to get into the pepsi thing but to state the truth... There is not equal to it!!!

:)

As Hammer said "Can't touch this!"
(you had to be here to witness it. ;) )
Re: Al Bebzi
smurtuza

12/06/00 at 22:32:22

[quote]Salam.

I heard that the workers in soft drink factories have to wear shoes with two inch heels. They get new ones every six months because the acid in the soft drinks that gets spilt on the ground disintegrates the heels. I dunno how accurate that is though. [/quote]

Actually, it could quite possibly be true. Phosphoric acid is partly responsible for the cola taste in colas. You'll notice that they don't put it in 7-Up, Sprite, etc (they use citric acid instead for the citrus-type lemon taste).

But anyway, Bebzi is quite acidic (pH ~ 2), so I reckon working in a plant would probably eat your shoes after a while, and Bebzi can probably slowly clean corrosion off of coins and battery terminals, though I've never tried it myself.

Rest easy, though, Bebzi drinkers. It's somewhat acidic, but it's not nearly as acidic as stomach acid, I'm thinking. Still, you're probably better off drinking water.

Wassalam,
Shahid.

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/07/00 at 10:21:58

Salam,

[quote]
I am a SHE. you know a female;) Got that..I think I should put it in my profile so no one would call me BROTHER... [/quote]

Heh sorry ya ukht, i had no idea. Sometimes the gender of the name is not obvious. Heh, basboosa is NOT yuck, and you can have it with ishta hmm what is that in english ummmmmmm, trying to think here hold on ...

Ok I'm back

it's like thick heavy cream, loaded with sugar. I dunno how else to describe that, yeah a dollop of that on the basboosa and thats about as good as it can get :)

Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/07/00 at 10:34:08

Salaam
AJ that is not the thareed I am talking about. But It might taste good...
Al basha...Yuck not to basboosa but to anything with it...how could you eat it with Quishtaa...By the way heavy cream does not taste as good as Quishtaa..they are kind of different
PS All the Hiyams I heard of were girls...
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/07/00 at 10:43:42

slm

What's Quishtaa? ???

Maybe someone can give some links to websites that have pictures of these things and what's in them? Mona mentioned a website that had a lot of Middle Eastern foods in it, and when I checked it out it had pictures and the recipes. :)

When it comes to desserts I don't think the desserts from Pakistan/India can be beat. Gulab Jamuns, Burffy/Kalakund, Rasmullai, mango lassi, I could go on but you get the picture. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
Mona

12/07/00 at 13:10:56

assalamu alaikum,

I guess everyone is hungry, hence the food questions :)
[quote] What's Quishtaa? [/quote]
Qishtaa (or ishtaa) is thick cream very similar to English cream that is used as spread on scones, if not the same. Your grocery store should have some in the milk section. They come in little jars. Arabic food stores should have them in little cans.

Burffy...that doesn't even sound inviting ;)
Nothing tastes as good as a piece of chocolate truffle cake!

Wassalam
Re: Al Bebzi
tq

12/07/00 at 13:18:34

Assalamo elikuim
Mona: YOu should try Burffy. It is very, very good. if you have Pakistani store in your city you should definitely try it (see if they have the fresh one.)

Wasalam
tq

Re: Al Bebzi
h_m_r00

12/07/00 at 13:19:29

Salaam
Arshad
To be honest, I personally do not know any web sites.I get my reciepes from my mom or her friends.Think what ever you want, but Arab desserts are the best I have tasted...
Hiyam

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/10/00 at 14:47:32

slm

Hiyam have you had Pakistani/Indian desserts? You didn't like them? ???

Al-Basha last night I was in Anaheim visiting an aunt of mine and I was driving through this part of town that has all the Arab restaurants, grocery stores, clothing stores (Ball & Brookhurst for those familiar with the area) and I saw this place across the street from Sizzler called the Al-Basha Cafe . Hahahah, I couldn't believe it. :)

Re: Al Bebzi
Al-Basha

12/10/00 at 17:55:13

Salamu Aliakom,

[quote]
I saw this place across the street from Sizzler called the Al-Basha Cafe . Hahahah, I couldn't believe it. :)[/quote]

Hahaha man, I need to go that place and check it out insha Allah lol. Did you go inside? email me the address and maybe I can drive up in Eid. Actually when I was living back east someone told me there was an Al-Basha's cafe, but I never got the chance to check it out.

Hiyam, try gulab jamun it's like loqmat al 2adi, it's very good. I also like the hmm, suger soup thingy, i dunno what they call it, but it's very good.

Re: Al Bebzi
Arsalan

12/10/00 at 23:20:10

[quote]I also like the hmm, suger soup thingy, i dunno what they call it, but it's very good. [/quote]Kheer?? :)

My favorite desi sweet: cham cham

Ras malaee and jalaibee are also good.

Wassalamu alaikum.

Re: Al Bebzi
Rashid

12/10/00 at 23:22:46

Salaam

Yesterday at iftar they had these little finger looking sweets, they had a very thin crust and some cream inside...They were excellent. I think it's arabi but i'm not sure.
What about other bebzi flavors like apple, pineapple, grape, mango, etc...those are good

Re: Al Bebzi
meraj

12/11/00 at 06:20:06

[quote]What about other bebzi flavors like apple, pineapple, grape, mango, etc...those are good[/quote]

huh ???

:) ya wanna dance old man?

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/11/00 at 15:49:46

slm

[quote]Al-Basha Cafe
Hahaha man, I need to go that place and check it out insha Allah lol. Did you go inside? email me the address and maybe I can drive up in Eid. [/quote]

Here is the address and phone number:

AL BASHA CAFE
809 S BROOKHURST ST ANAHEIM CA 92804 0000
714 991-1112

:)

Re: Al Bebzi
Rashid

12/11/00 at 21:07:54

bsm

meraj: yes, here where i live bebzi comes in all kinds of flavors. It doesn't say "apple flavored bebzi" but the company that makes it is owned by bebzico, i think they only sell it in tropical markets or something.

Re: Al Bebzi
jannah

12/11/00 at 23:52:38

whoaaaaaaaaaa flavors of bebzi~~~!!! that's it.. sounds like we're moving !! :D

Re: Al Bebzi
bhaloo

12/12/00 at 00:10:28

slm

Hahahahha, Jannah. Maybe Bebzi is actually the name of a company in Venezuela?

Re: Al Bebzi
Rashid

12/13/00 at 00:26:11

slm

Oh yeah i forgot, at the masjid everyday for iftar we drink bebzi...water? what's that? ;-)

To the brother who brought bebzi to the iftar, bring more! ;)

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