Demonstration record
The basin we could not take
Recorded by Miriam Haddad · Farida Haddad · Jerusalem · Source language: العربية
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Farida stuffed zucchini the way her mother had, with rice, a little meat, and a sour tomato broth. In Aleppo the sourness was lemon. In Beirut a neighbor used tamarind, and Farida took that with her to Jerusalem.
She always said the stone basin was the only thing she regretted leaving. Not the house. The basin. You cannot pound bulgur properly in a saucepan, she told me, and then she did it anyway for forty years.
On the card she wrote only: kousa, rice, tamarind if there is. Enough water. Cook until the house smells like Thursday.
Original: كوسا، رز، تمر هندي إذا وُجد.
Transliteration · Kousa, ruzz, tamar hindi idha wujid.
Original: العربية
Original family recipe
Kousa, rice, tamarind if there is. Enough water. Cook until the house smells like Thursday.
KinDish structured version
- zucchini — as many as fit the pot (estimate)
- rice — a handful per zucchini (estimate)
- tamarind — if there is (estimate)
- Hollow the zucchini.
- Fill with rice and a little meat.
- Cover with sour tomato water.
- Cook until the house smells like Thursday.
Original family recipe is a four-line card. Structured amounts are estimates.
Connections
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Mahshi kousaRelated person · Recorded connection
Farida HaddadSame family · Recorded connection
HaddadShared place · Recorded connection
القُدس / ירושליםRelated oral history · Recorded connection
Thursday night kubbehRelated records · Recorded connection
Seeded bread on stone
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