Lentil

[Bereta_Eder]

Did you know it was a favorite dish of the egyptians?
The pharaos ate lentil, one of the earliest gastronomical known dishes in the world

http://www.medinova.gr/poies-itan-oi-diatrofikes-synitheies-ton-arhaion-aigyption/

also saturday is nice because you can procastrinate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4

[ZEE]

The only food I eat nowadays is Greek, because it is the best food on Planet Earth!

[BeBMan]

Greeks are the best food on the planet?!?

[Bereta_Eder]

Always with pepper

[BeBMan]

Old Egyptians also had beer

[Aeson]

AAHZ is a cyclops ... Quick, offer him some wine!

[Elok]

My wife makes some awesome lentils, following an Ethiopian recipe she found online. I think it's this one. It's delicious, but unless you're seriously masochistic you probably want to greatly reduce the amount of berbere spice you use, because the original recipe is hella hot. I mean, I like spicy curries, buffalo wings, whatever, but the unmodified recipe is simply ferocious unless you're using old berbere. It'll, ah, make your dark star go supernova, if you follow me.

There's some hassle in the setup, but there's nothing to keep you from prepping a huge load of spiced butter at once and saving it for multiple recipes. Or, who knows, you might live close to an ethnic supermarket comprehensive enough to stock premade spiced butter. Either way, yum.

[The Mad Monk]

Did you know it was a favorite dish of the egyptians?
The pharaos ate lentil, one of the earliest gastronomical known dishes in the world

http://www.medinova.gr/poies-itan-oi-diatrofikes-synitheies-ton-arhaion-aigyption/

also saturday is nice because you can procastrinate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4

It's all Greek to me.

[The Mad Monk]

Ah, that's better.

[ZEE]

Greek is the moast perfect and superior language on Planet Earth. To translate it is a sign of disrespect.

I suggest you learn Greek... NOW.

[The Mad Monk]

Of course, right away!

...um, who was your Greek instructor?

[ZEE]

Self-taught. The words naturally formed themselves in my brain and I understood.

[Bereta_Eder]

I went to an ethiopian restaurant once. It was very fun. We sat on large cushions on the floor and they brought as a very large plate that had all sorts of sauces, meat with sauce, there were like 10 different dishes on the large round plate (like a small table).
The bread was on a roll! Literally you had a roll (imagine a roll of paper very large) and you cut small pieces of bread that was like foam and you picked up the food from the large plate.
There was also lots belly dancing ( a local academy was performing) and it was a night to remember.

[Bereta_Eder]

working on a sunday

[Giancarlo]

I went to an ethiopian restaurant once. It was very fun. We sat on large cushions on the floor and they brought as a very large plate that had all sorts of sauces, meat with sauce, there were like 10 different dishes on the large round plate (like a small table).
The bread was on a roll! Literally you had a roll (imagine a roll of paper very large) and you cut small pieces of bread that was like foam and you picked up the food from the large plate.
There was also lots belly dancing ( a local academy was performing) and it was a night to remember.

I too have been to an Ethiopian restaurant in LA. The food is incredible. I love the level of flavor. Some spicy. I do love the sponge like bread.

As far as lentils, they have significant nutrition and health benefits. They are high in fiber and iron, and people often have deficiencies in both. They are an essential food. I usually buy them raw, but they require to be cleaned then soaked (either for a few hours or overnight). All worth it.

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/benefits-eating-lentils-4547.html

Really they are a superfood.