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6 c flour 2 tsp yeast 2 c warm water
1 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 1 tbsp olive oil
1.dissolve yeast and sugar in the warm water ( in a large bowl). wait about 10 minutes for the yeast to get foamy.
2. stir in flour ( reserving a 1 cup for kneading), and salt. stir with a wooden spoon when it becomes to stiff to stir turn the dough out onto a counter and knead about 10 minutes. shape dough into a ball a.d place in a greased bowl, let rise 1-1 1/2 hours.
3. punch down the dough and divide into 8 equal portions and form into balls. roll out each ball into a 8-10" round. place on a floured cloth and let rise for 20 minutes.
4. preheat oven to 500 degrees. using a peel or flat cookie sheet, slide one pita onto a baking stone in the oven. bake each one for 4-5 minutes. remove and wrap in a dish towel, repeat with the remaining rounds.
***if you do not have a baking stone you can use an unglazed tile.
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mmmm hummus and pita chips. Not making a good hummus yet (always use too much garlic), or tzaziki(sp) sauce. Would love to produce a good yearo with tzaziki sauce. (And minus the lamb part of the meat, can substitute free range chicken and beef.)
It's so good to see others try to embrace unfamiliar tastes, and the surprise of enjoyment!
Just don't ever ask me about cilantro! YUCK!
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have you ever tried to make the hummus with tahini????
how's this for a plate of hummus, gonna need a lot of pita chips
found this online maybe it will help
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Nope, I don't eat hummus. I don't like chick peas.
Can you believe that? A girl with my background, and I don't like chick peas?!! 
My dad used to make tahini (I think it was!) with honey. Now, that I liked! Dip some Lebanese bread into it - yum-o!!
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Cilantro
YUCK!!!!
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cilantro YUM!!!!
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redo, sorry see next post
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I've heard of za'atar but not the others. Would maybe know them if I saw them though.
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ma'anooch is just flat bread with olive oil and za'atar on top. saj bread is like a giant pita cooked on top of a dome shaped pan ( like a big metal bowl turned upside down.
i think i have the recipe of the other bread you mentioned (not the pita) the recipe i have makes like 40 breads. then they are folded in half then stored in a plastic bag
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OK, I have seen ma'anooch! They make that at the Lebanese festival every year. And I think she makes it on that dome shaped pan. Like I said, I probably know what things look like, but not necessarily what they are called!
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You're making me hungry!
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if the bread brings memories back to you try looking at this blog http://www.tasteofbeirut.com/ it has a lot of interesting recipes.
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Oh, my gosh! The first thing I saw was those spinach pies! My mom and grandma made the best! I can make them, but rarely do - hubby doesn't eat them so I don't bother, but I will usually buy one when I eat at the Lebanese restaurant.
(You are torturing me ! 
)
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http://hommuswtabbouli.blogspot.com/
try this one (more torture)
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You are soo bad!
My dad used to make kibbee balls every Christmas Eve for hor dourves when the family was gathered for dinner. How I miss those days, my parents and those fun-filled family get togethers. I made kibbe this past week. My married daughter stopped by after work to eat the leftovers and so enjoyed it!
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did you live in lebanon, or did your grandparents live here??? just curious. i have not made kibbe yet, i want to try i have the bulgur. do you make yogurt cheese??
found more: http://lebcuisine.blogspot.com/
http://www.habeeb.com/Lebanese-food/Lebanese-recipes.12.html
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No, I was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio. My parents were both born in Ohio, too, but my grandparents, on both sides, were from Beirut, and moved to Ohio at some point.
No, I don't make yogurt cheese but my grandma and my dad used to. Unfortunately, most of the elders in my family have passed on. We are considered the elders now, LOL I am in my early 60s.
Are our foods similar to yours? I know nothing about Morocco.
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in some ways yes. moroccan food uses a lot of spices. lebanese use a lot of herbs, but i am not moroccan, my background is german. i just cook moroccan food for my family
check out the video. Memories???
http://homemade-recipes.blogspot.com/2008/12/saj-bread.html
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A German Muslim ... now that's interesting.. ~ Janice
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actually there is a lot of german muslims. but my background is german but i was born in brooklyn i don't speak a lick of german
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Yep!
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is the bread in the video the same one you used to make???
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Sort of, but not quite the same. Ours was baked in the oven. When it would blow up like a balloon, I would remove it and press on it with the bread paddle to release the air. Then I put it under the broiler to brown it up a bit. They showed it on one of those blogs you linked to - they called it Lebanese bread.
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Lebanese bread......
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that's it!!!!!!!!!! i am making these tomorrow. don't try to stop me
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Let us know how it comes out! We would eat this bread every night with supper. My mother was so talented - she could roll the bread out perfectly round, like in the video. You sould see what it looked like when I tried to do it! It would end up a rectangle!
I just never could master it like Mom.
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my first two came out a little lopsided instead perfectly round but the rest came out fine. the first one did not completely puff up but it has already been devoured (thanks kids). i cooked them on top of a terra cotta floor tile in the oven.
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Kudos to you for even attempting to make that bread! You have more guts than I do! But then, you're used to making your own bread, so you are a master!
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well i am far from that..far..far.. last year my breads could be used for doorstops, or possibly bricks.
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Boy, does this ever bring back memories. My grandparents on both sides were from Beirut, Lebanon and my grandmother (Mom's mom) used to bake bread all the time. Of course, she passed that along to her daughters, and my mother used to bake bread every Friday, and she'd get me out of bed to help her. (I hated it! I'd much rather have slept in, in those days!) We made large "Syrian" bread and the smaller, pita, ones, too. Aftwerwards, I would have to clean up all the flour, sweep, mop and wax the floor. It was a big job and I hated it, but I sure enjoyed eating the bread with supper every night! I wish Mom was still alive to bake bread together again!