All sounds greek to me!
- MinnaRaisanen
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There is sesame oil - you can get it also in many normal supermarkets. Problem is that it is nothing like tahini - definitly not in texture and I think the taste is also not exactly the same (I must be the only Israeli who doesn't like chumus and tahini so I am not that much of an expert about the taste, but I try it sometimes if I cook for guests).Samppa wrote:Is there such? I just read in other forum that one can use sesame seeds even (not oil), the seeds give almost exactly the same taste as oil.MinnaRaisanen wrote:Ah, so I should use Seasame Oil perhaps??
By the way - I have never been in this kosher shop in Helsinki you guys mentioned - does anyone know if they also sell BAMBA there?
Do not mention BAMBA's name in vain!!!miti wrote:BAMBA
(well, being honest, I hate bamba )
This kosher shop is not very big, 2 or 3 refrigirators and curly noisy Avi. (Haggle with him! He really enjoys it! And the prices can decline up to 20-30%). Mostly meat stuff, fish stuff, I found some pitas there, can't remember if I saw any hummus.
G.S.
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Samppa wrote:miti wrote:BAMBA
Do not mention BAMBA's name in vain!!!
BAMBA BAMBA BAMBA BAMBA
And this is not in vain - it is an honest wish coming from the bottom of my stomach!
I love bamba. Even though they have all over Europe things which look like bamba (in Finland as well) it is not even getting close to the real thing.
Only place abroad where I found bamba was in Murmansk you can imagine my shock - just looking at a window of a shop and thinking to myself 'this really looks like bamba'. And it was the oringinal osem one
miti wrote:
BAMBA BAMBA BAMBA BAMBA
And this is not in vain - it is an honest wish coming from the bottom of my stomach!
I love bamba. Even though they have all over Europe things which look like bamba (in Finland as well) it is not even getting close to the real thing.
Only place abroad where I found bamba was in Murmansk you can imagine my shock - just looking at a window of a shop and thinking to myself 'this really looks like bamba'. And it was the oringinal osem one
Murmansk is even more Fin-land than Finland itself
Why don't you move to Murmansk then? (and you must be really crazy. Who in his or her healthy mind would even suggest a thought of going there? Only looking at the map freezes me to death)
G.S.
Make war with love
Make war with love
Samppa wrote: (and you must be really crazy. Who in his or her healthy mind would even suggest a thought of going there? Only looking at the map freezes me to death)
The circumstances which brought me to Murmansk are not that strange. When I was studying in Finland they organized for us an excursion to North West Russia (the Kola Peninsula) so I got to see all those places you usually hear about only in the context of environmental desasters or some nuclear submarines accidents. It's not as bad as you might think - I was already informed about all the bad stuff so no surprises there, but therefore had lots of positive surprises (mostly due to nice people).
Still - I have no intention whatsoever of moving there. Even if they do sell there bamba.
sorry to interrupt the conspiracy theory but I was just looking in google for the production of tahini and here is what I found
Tahini is an oily paste that comes from the crusing of seedless toasted sesame without the addition of other nutrients.Tachini, is mainly used in the Middle Eastern countries in traditional dishes.In addition, tachini, is the basic ingredient of halva.
(http://www.afs.edu.gr/agroweb/agroweb_2 ... tahini.htm)
I think I will do some experiences myself when I have time and see what comes out of it. In case of success I will let you know. Now back to you, Sampaa
Tahini is an oily paste that comes from the crusing of seedless toasted sesame without the addition of other nutrients.Tachini, is mainly used in the Middle Eastern countries in traditional dishes.In addition, tachini, is the basic ingredient of halva.
(http://www.afs.edu.gr/agroweb/agroweb_2 ... tahini.htm)
I think I will do some experiences myself when I have time and see what comes out of it. In case of success I will let you know. Now back to you, Sampaa
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