Why is falafel a thing now?
Why is falafel a thing now?
Jayden Fisher
David Anderson
It's been a thing everywhere for centuries I'm sorry that Ahmed just moved to your flyover town and drove an Applebee's out of business with his superior cooking.
Luis Jones
It's old hat even here in the land of Tater Tot Hotdish. Where are you?
Carter Ramirez
stop presuming my nationality
Robert Turner
Stop acting like a fat flyover poster and people will stop treating you like one.
Jordan Phillips
Plz no bullying cube im finnish
Austin Sanchez
Falafel has been popular for years.
It's fucking tasty as fuck.
Owen Price
Manhattan had falafel before it had McDonald's. It's hardly breaking news here.
Oliver Lewis
Pretty much the only differences between flyover and ME food is that one has lots of casseroles, and one is halal, uses chickpeas, and seasons everything with cumin. Otherwise:
>Uses an abundance of red meat
>What isn't grilled is usually deep fried
>Tons of mayo-based sauces
>Fucking BREAD
>Cheese and beans out the ass
>Vegetables relegated to side dishes at best
Adam Ramirez
>mayo based == yoghurt based
retard
Oliver Peterson
Meme or not, it's fucking delicious.
Caleb Adams
OP's lucky Ahmed is even there.
Austin Taylor
bost ur falafel recipes
1/2lb (weighed dry) chickpeas soaked
1 big yellow or white onion, preference
5 cloves garlic
big bunch of parsley
little bunch of cilantro
1 tbsp cumin
1/2 tbsp ground chili
1tsp black pepper
1tsp coriander seed
little bitta oil
1/4 cup or more of flour, make it slightly dough-y
add an egg if it falls apart when you try to fry it
add some peas, beans, amaranth, or other veg protein if you're autistic or lifting
throw that shit in your chopper, chop it until it's shapeable
make little balls or patties or whatever the fuck you want
fry it in oil, baking is for morans
put that shit in a pita, add some other shit if you like. salsa, mango chutney, various cold salads, whatever the fuck you want
Hunter Perry
I tend to prefer fava bean falafel because Egyptian style is better than Isreali. The recipe I use is the one the Guardian has on their site, but I double the amount of spices.
theguardian.com
Jacob Thomas
I made this back in 2011-12.
Easton Edwards
>meme
'tard.
Jackson Lee
>now
Hello flyover
Ryan James
Close enough desu.
Christopher Anderson
Ohhh no you fucing dont. Not a meme, not a "thing". Food damn as old as the world as we know it. You're observation is bad. And you should feel bad.
David Bennett
Falafel is delicious, pretty inexpensive, and is a good source of protein if you don't want meat for every meal.
Nathan Morgan
>meme food
>meme
You just proved yourself wrong with your retardation.
Gavin Watson
He actually deleted it.
What a fag.
Nathaniel Jenkins
10/10
Logan Torres
You want a piece of me?
Zachary Allen
Fuck, no!
Stay away, retard.
Brayden Ross
Iiiiiiiiiiii'm cumin to getcha!!!!! Dufifjrjrishhssh
Landon Walker
>there are many no-name 6/10 actress stalkers across boards
Joseph Davis
because it's one of the like...6 things vegetarians can eat which actually taste like food
Jayden Roberts
>middle eastern food
>cheese out the ass
>mayo
>beans
>vegetables relegated to side dishes at best
my little user can't be this retarded
Angel Parker
Sugar and fat addicted murrican detected. Lemme guess, vegetables alone taste awful right. And fruits are boring.
William Parker
the only vegetable is iceberg lettuce and the only fruit is marshmallow salad
t. flyover
Easton Thompson
>middle eastern food doesn't have beans
Fucking moron
Kevin Adams
Longer than that, they date back to the Copts in Egypt in around the 3rd century AD.
en.wikipedia.org
With the right toppings they are really nice.
Benjamin Clark
Fly overs dont even eat beans besides disgusting canned baked shit
Alexander Hill
Not that guy but you are retarded. It doesn't have beans out the ass. I assume you think it does because hummus and falafel because of chickpeas?
How do you even function?
Sebastian Cook
I am sorry about your autism.
Ethan Reyes
>now
Jaxon Hughes
tbf fava beans factor in heavily to that region's cuisine.
Austin Reyes
>assblasted nu-male in denial that he's still eating basically the same thing that his parents made for him that he's spent his twenties running away from.
HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHA
Jose Reed
>Why is falafel a thing now?
I'm gonna say falafels peaked around 1990 in Miami, and probably the same in New York. In Miami, every mall and neighborhood had a source for them, as did my high school lunch cafeteria! Comparatively, only some were as good as the cart in front of the Coral Gables post office, what with the optional "spice" smear of hot green chilies (still craving that). Daily Bread bakery had the yummy pickled cabbage topping and the softest bread that was literally 10 minutes old out of the bakery. When I moved to D.C. there was more arab style kebab house choices, moving away from the fresher tahini, and more towards uhh dry overcooked meats and pitas and those kinds of joints who were imitating turkish/donair/kebab/inferior sweet-sauced pita sandwiches. Needless to say if the sauce was crap, then the falafels were also hard and kept lukewarm under a warming lamp, hours after making. Disgusting.
Bad cooks are bad cooks. Stuff that comes out of a fryer should have been made to order, duh.
Afghani restaurant in Arlington and Lebanese Taverna were my favorites in D.C.
If you are unsure if you've ever had a good falafel, you can probably make the mix and do a better job than most bad places. There's a creaminess inside that melts when it's made fresh. Protip: you don't need to use the whole box, use the falafel mix as shake n bake for your chicken tendies for a hit of flavor and great crunch.
Owen Brooks
It was mainstream across the USA for sure in 1997 when in the Simpsons marge's competition got a falafel/pita truck to beat her pretzel business.
Ayden Parker
>now
guaranteed replies
Brody King
That's some real nice projection, user.
Gavin Perez
I thought falafel was meat until I was 35.
Fuck those tricky falafel dealers.
Aiden Green
I could not understand until I got QUALITY tahini and oh my god. Oh my god
Brayden Torres
Hipsters have been trying to push these ethnic foods for years but like pho, shwarma, and quinoa they haven't really caught on outside of their demo. The most ethnic foods eaten are pizza, spaghetti, hotdogs, hamburgers, and tacos/burritos. Eggrolls and sushi are still exotic for most. They really are just chickpea hushpuppies but there isn't a single place here who sells them and I live in a suburb of NYC. Even regular hushpuppies I can only get at a Nathan's in the mall with a Arthur Treacher's seafood meal.
Parker Brooks
>he took the time to take a screenshot and post it
>implying it doesn't apply to both of you
>le projection meme means you never have to face reality
*deep breath* AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAHAAHAHAH
Landon Allen
that's a good land to be in
Wyatt Cook
It takes you a long time to take a screenshot?
Seriously bro, how do you function?