Dirty Kitchen Secrets

You are what you eat

Posted on 24. Mar, 2008 by Bethany in Condiments & Sauces, Desserts, Dips, Dips & Condiments, Drinks, Entertaining, Mains, Meat, Misc, Nibbles, Poultry, Recipes, Sauces, Seafood, Starches, Starters, Video, breakfast, gluten free, middle eastern, veggie

I am all about using the freshest ingredients. I attribute this to my father, who would never allow me to eat processed food. Growing up we always had the freshest vegetables, poultry, fish, dairy, beef, lamb… you name it! We were organic before organic!(Not that organic stands for much these days, whith everyone trying to make a quick buck on it!)  I have to say, that Lebanese people generally are very conscious and adamant about freshness. Lebanese women spend hours upon hours in the kitchen making every dish from scratch and every ingredient is either grown on their farm lands in the village or received from a relative, friend or neighbor that has a chicken farm, dairy farm or something to that sort. To no surprise, I would whine because I wanted mac n cheese or at one point I was all about buying and eating anything that had “0″ calories advertised on it. My dad in annoyance would tell me to look at him. So I would look at him and he would say with this very very serious face ” if you eat this shit… you will eventually get cancer. We have a farm, where everything is grown fresh and we know what is in it… why do you want to eat this? it’s poison!” I guess telling that to a stubborn teenager was going to take a while before it stuck. But eventually it stuck. Boy did it stick! 

Tags: farm, healthy eating, lebanon, wholesome