Suitable For Framing Or Wrapping Fish
Friday hath arrived and none to soon for these ODDfellows. Scraggy, still slightly askew and desperately in need of a decent meal we have rolled downhill this week to crash land thankfully on Muslim holiday called Break The Fast Day - Eid ul-Fitr. Certainly today is the day for a decent meal if ever there was such a day.
But what exactly does this day signify? You know of course of the Muslim month long celebration called Ramadhan. Ramadhan was the month in which the first verses of the holy Qur’an were revealed to Prophet Mohammad. This month is a time for inner reflection, devotion to God and self-control. It is the sighting of the new moon at the end of Ramadhan that heralds the celebration of Eid ul-Fitr - Breaking the Fast of Ramadhan. Eid is a time to come together as a community and to renew friendship and family ties. This is a time for peace for all Muslims in the world to devote to prayers and mutual well-being.
But no doubt by now you are asking yourself “What do I serve for this Break The Fast day?”. Because North American Muslims come from all parts of the world, not any one particular food is served on Eid. Muslims believe that all blessings come from God, but each family typically has a feast with foods of their particular heritage. For example, an Pakistani-American-Muslim family would have traditional South Asian food, whereas an African-American-Muslim family would have a roast with the sides and a Arab-American-Muslim family would have Arab cuisine.
An intermarried, bicultural family might have food from both cultures on that day. Often a Muslim North American family will visit the homes of friends of many heritages on that day. A typical Muslim family might have an Asian breakfast, an Indian lunch and an Irish dinner all in one day.
So set your worries aside and try a breakfast of Kartoffelpfannkuchen, some grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch and then for dinner some excellent Lebanese Spiced Lamb Chops:
12 to 16 lamb chops (depending on size)
2 tablespoon salt
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 lemons, juiced
2 tablespoons black pepper
2 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons Lebanese “7 spices”
1 1/2 cups water
Preheat oven to 550 degrees F.
Place lamb chops in a 9 by 12-inch glass baking dish. Combine 1 tablespoon of salt, garlic and lemon juice. Pour over lamb chops. Combine 1 tablespoon of salt, pepper, paprika and “7 spices” to form a rub. Rub both sides of the lamb chops with this mixture.
Place chops back into the baking dish and add 1 1/2 cups of water gently on the side of the dish so as to keep the spices on the lamb chops.
Cover the dish with foil and seal well. This will ensure the chops stay juicy. Place in the oven at 550 degrees for 30 minutes. Then lower temperature to 400 degrees and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
And if you find all this intolerable mayhaps try something out of the traditional Navajo recipes.
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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