Good morning, IF visitors. It’s 11:20 a.m. Tokyo time. The time difference between Syria and Japan is 7 hours. I guess Ghaythaa is still enjoying in her dream. 😉 Tell me your morning. What is your favorite morning drink? Coffee? Tea? Or fresh orange juice? Do you like taking walks with your dog? Or…
おはようございます（おそいけれど）。シリアと日本の時差は7時間。ゲイサはまだ夢の中ですね。あなたの朝を教えてください。好きな飲み物は？コーヒー？紅茶？オレンジジュース？犬との散歩は好き？それとも…
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Morning 🙂 …. In Krakow is 7.30 am…. I’m just trying to start my work day, but before morning coffee it’s probably impossible.. I’m sooo sleeeepy… . Also impossible is write something constructive now… So have a nice day for everyone 🙂 …
I go for some morning coffee 😉
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I think that you’re humming a song every morning … right !
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Good morning 🙂 I know I am late 🙂 it is 8:40 pm in Copenhagen now, your breakfast looks delicious 🙂
I usually eat boiled eggs and dried thyme (mixed with sesame and olive oil) and end my breakfast with honey and butter toast 🙂
I had to wake up early to university, we did experiments on mice to determine there blood glucose level after administrating a new diabetes drug, to see if it works in lowering blood glucose 🙂 that was my morning 🙂
I hope you all had a good day 🙂
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Morning our butterfly 😉 I’d love to share you this “luxurious” breakfast and then go with you for a short tour on the bike … as for experiments on mice hmm .. okay you can go without me 😛
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Katia … plz stay nice to the mice 🙂
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Morning, Slawek&Katia. I can imagine your heavy mornings! haha
Today I took a walk around and enjoyed cherry blossoms(see my FB).
https://www.facebook.com/mami.kanaya.528
I guess full bloom (‘mankai’ in Japanese) will be reached by this weekend. 🙂
It’s a sign of spring…
BTW, did you know white birch juice? I hear it’s a kind of ”seasonal drink” for regions of the high-latitude northern hemisphere. IF you tried it, please tell me its taste. 🙂
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Wow ❤ Mami, the cherry blossoms look BEAUTIFUL, I know that Japan is famous for the spring cherry blossoms, and I keep an eye on the posted pictures every year at this time 🙂 I wonder how would it be to see it in person, I am sure it is cozy, warm and romantic 🙂
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Oh who did wake me up so early today haha …. My day always starts with a cup of herbal tea especially in the cold weather aaaaaaand at work a lot of coffee coffee coffee so I can stay awake 😉
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Omg! Ur breakfast look delicious enjoy it 😉 for me i start my day with a smile it makes me happy for the rest of day that’s sociological opinion 🙂 but for breakfast sure I like the syrain breakfast which is “fattah” it’s a common dish at weekends after u finish it u should have a cup of tea with cinnamon u should try it, amazing! I wake up late today it’s my weekend
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I liked 🙂 keep smiling please that is the best recipe I’ve heard ever
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Hi, Dado. Your comment made me happier 😉 it’s already 13:00 pm though 😛 I want to see “fattah” Will you post its photo on IF facebook? Unfortunately we are unable to post photos on this comment box… 😥
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i put the pic on your facebook page
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And of course we’re waiting for a recipe of fattah 😛 If it’s not a mystery of family cuisine.. 😉
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hahaha no Slawek it’s not a Secret I’ll give U the recipe of fattah and let’s make this magical recipe a secret between us 😉 🙂
Fattah
* 5 Cups Plain Yogurt
* 3 Garlic cloves, minced
* 3 Tbsp tahini paste
* ½ Tsp salt
* 3 Cans chickpeas, drained and rinse
* 1/2 cup of lemon juice (can be 1 cup )
* 1 Cup water
* 1 Tsp cumin
* 2 Pita / Lebanese bread, toasted
* ½ Cup pine nuts, toasted in 3-4 tsp (butter or , olive oil or fat ) to spread at Fatteh surface at the end
Directions
Step 1
In a bowl whisk together yogurt, garlic, Tahini, lemon juice and salt. Set aside sauce.
Step 2
Boil chickpeas with water for 5 to 8 minutes. Drain and sprinkle with cumin.
Step 3
To serve layer toasted bread, chickpeas and yogurt sauce. Garnish with pine nuts and serve immediately.
( you can decorate it with some chopped vegetables )
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hahaha ok, I’ll be silent about our secret 😉 .. and thank you so much for recipe 🙂 Now I have two recipes (one from Ghaythaa 🙂 ) which I need try to do…. Mniami
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Hi Dado… I made fattah for my family on Friday … they all had shocked faces because it was too salty .. they had to drink tons of water afterwards 🙂 🙂 … I think they will take time to forgive me after this 🙂 🙂
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Hi, Dado. Fattah looks so delicious! I will make it in a small amount because of for two of us, me and my husband (not including Shams). By the way, do you know how to make Arabic coffee? I like it very much (also turkish coffee in Arabic fashon (with cardamon)) . When I lived in Jordan, I asked it for some friends, but they said they buy it in a coffee shop recently and told its idea that supernatant liquid of boiled coffee (with cardamon) is taken and then its liquid is boiled again and this work is repeaded some times. I couldn’t get detail procedure. If some one knows how to make it, please teach me!
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Dado, me too. I’m crazy with coffee 🙂
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Hi Miho 🙂 I am glad because of your love for Arabic coffee drink it already has a distinctive flavor, in fact, I reviewed Website Arabic specializes in Arabic coffee and this is the traditional recipe I’ve translated for you. In fact, I bought coffee from allocated stores, but you can try it
Arabic coffee :
Ingredients :
three tablespoons of coffee.
Three tablespoons of ground cardamom softly.
Three cups of water.
A quarter teaspoon of saffron.
Preparation:
put water in a clean dedicated to the work of the coffee pot; take coffee because of the taste of anything placed in it, and put water in it and leave it on the fire until it boils. After the water boils we add coffee to it, and let it boil over low heat for a quarter of an hour, then snuff of fire under the coffee. Coffee leave even stagnate and concentrated coarse components in the bottom of the bowl. We are developing ground cardamom and saffron in Dallah coffee, then pour coffee after filtered over cardamom and saffron, close the coffeepot to maintain coffee temperature, and wait a little bit before they are submitted.
enjoy it 🙂
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Thank you, Dado! I think well-roasted beans of coffee should be better to use, shouldn’t be. For example, like coffee beans for espresso, if I buy beans at a coffee shop. And saffron…I didn’t know it is one of the ingredients. Now I can make Arabic coffeeeee thanks to you. You brought me a precious seed of happiness in my life.
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Dado and Miho your mutual conversation is really interesting haha I will follow your comments always 😉
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Good Morning today 🙂 I really love coffee it suits me well… and helps me to start my day .. although today I started differently with a very nice surprise from a lovely friend.. this helped me to ignore the cloud of sadness and start my day differently today 🙂
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🙂
as for me Nora I can’t start my day without a cup of coffee by one of my lovely friend who always pour some of it in the plate -_- . I wonder could we introduce our lovely friends to each other 😛
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Ghaythaa : I think they are hard to meet 😉 such a distance between us and a million miles … hallo from the other side … lalalala
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Dado, yesterday I made my third fattah. That’s peeerfect…yay.
BTW I didn’t know what is tahini at first. Miho told me it is sesame paste. We love dishes using sesame. And we love Arabic old stories… “Open the sesame!” 🙂
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