One of the things that comes into mind with Ramadan is food. Everyone is dreaming of that soup (sherba) and all of the great libyan and not libyan dishes, (boreek, mbatten, osban, pizza, dolma, etc. ) Especially that in a way they taste even better in Ramadan.
Now i am feeling more than full, i have been eating so much today, but not because i wanted to, i have seen a program about people not able to buy even bones to cook with them, they are sharing a small peace of cheese with their kids, and many many other cases. This is the reason why i am trying not to through away any type of food. Normally i have a difficulty during the first days of Ramadan finding the right amount of food to cook, i need 3 or 4 days to be able to cook the exact amount that we need, and then i almost don't have any kind of left overs.
I hope all of you deal the same way with food, i have heard a comment of another liban lady the other day, (God will ask as for all the food that we are throeing away)
Very late, but my best wishes for Ramadan for all of you.
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Hello! We are wondering what to bring to our Libyan neighbors who just brought us a wonderful plate of foods (rice with chickpeas and raisins, tuna and beef rolls, and cous cous sweets). The woman had their first baby two months ago(and they are very proud the baby is an American citizen), but she speaks very little English so we don't get to chat very much...and it was her husband who brought us supper tonight. Would a carrot-ginger soup and homemade bread and cake be okay as it is easy on the stomach? Do nursing mothers fast? Any tips would be appreciated because we would love to grow our friendship and show off American cuisine, but I want to be concious of cultural sensitivies as they seem very conservative. Thank you so much and Happy Ramadan.
Hi! They must be very lucky with neighbors like you.
Ok, let's start with the first question, about nursing and fast, it depends on the Mom and her condition, if she feels not well during the day she can eat and repeat the days she didn't fast some other time after Ramadan when she and the baby are better, two months is very ealry.
Now about the food, if you say they are very conservative, i will give you two tips, in a lot of muslim families, the meat that they are eating has to be Halal (kosher) mainly they buy it from the arabic store, while some other famlies don't mind eating it from regular stores (not Halal). Another thing is that muslims don't eat any thing from pork (you might already know this) like the meat or the fat (Lard). And the other thing that they don't take is alcohol. This two things are the big no no.
Finally, i think soup, home made bread and cake sounds great. But don't forget to do it for supper, i don't know where you live, but you can look up the time of eating (end of fasting) so you can cook it for that time or give it to them in that time, and i would suggest that you let them know that what you cooked is Hala. I hope that this will help you and feel free to ask any thing else.
سيكون ردي بالعربيه اذا لم يزعجك ,
لا اعلم كيف يفكر الناس في رمضان ,
فهو شهر اختارة الله لنصومه من اجل مشاركه الفقراء في احساسهم بالجوع والعطش قربانا الى الله تعالى ,
لكن هذا الانفجار الموسمي المخيف لست ارى له سبب
فـ هل اصبح رمضان شهر للاكل .. !
المشكله ليست لدى الاخوة ف يليبيا الشقيقه ,
في الكويت تحتاج ساعات من اجل اشتراء اي غرض بسبب الزحام من اجل رمضان ,
دمتي بود ..
Eid Mubarak Dream Libya :-)
happy 3eed for all of you, i don't have internet access these days, as soon as i will get i will post again.
Eid Mubarak to you and your family . Loved your post about the food . A few of my friends and neighbors sorta pool our extra food and share it with each other . That way we don't have to cook as much and have different things other than just what we cooked that day . It is very nice to taste someone else cooking too ! Peace and blessings . OTE
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