Beautiful Egypt !

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


Ahmed wow termes I cannt believe it, where did u eat this? dont tell me you have this in the US.


Kushary is excellent of course. The fatah u just forgot to say that u soak break in soup before topping the rice.


O mentioning bread, the bread pic Faris posted, nazek commented as calling it Arabic bread. Actually we call it baladi bread which best translated as local or domestic bread in order to differentiate between this kind and the french loaf or Shami which means syrian. The difference in this kind of bread is the amount of wheat flour used to bake. It is more brown than others. Very tasty and healthy as well.


Ahmed Mash aAllah carry on fill in here..

[Ahmed Abdullah]

Wa alikumus salaam wa rhamtuhallahi wa barakatuh,


Yes the dry bread soaked in soup. Termes, yes we can get it here at the Arabic grocery. How about this pic of a reed cage?





Another shop for meat





Egypt Cario Bizarre

[Muslimah]

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O Ahmed u and Faris are really something, where do u get all these pics from?


At least now shereen can see what a reed cage is.


Ahmed can u get a pic of a peasant woman, I m not sure if u r familiar with it. They are adept of carrying water containers made of pottery over their heads and walk with full stability.


Mash aAllah


And the pic looks like a working class crowded area (market), but i cannt tell where exactly. :)


wow this is very interesting :)

[Ahmed Abdullah]

Asalaamu alikum,


The Bizaree is الحسين





This the best i can do for the water for now.

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Ahmed I dont think the bazzar is Alhussain, it doesnt look like it. I know Hussain bazzar well enough. I will assume it is an area called Muski, I think.


As for the water, this is aluminum container. What i m talking about is a container made of pottery they carry it over their heads and Mash aAllah walk very stable without looking to the floor.


I m trying myself to find something


About the termes, do u buy it from the store already ready to be eaten or u have to prepare it?


I have no idea how people prepare it any way :blush:

[radiyah]

Bismillah


Alsalam 'alaykom all, I really enjoyed reading this post, and faris u really kept my smile on while reading this post :) :)


Salam

[Ahmed Abdullah]

Asalaamu alikum,


Yes you have to prepare the termes. Soak 1 day, then cook for 1 hour, change water very often and use salt once the bean starts getting tasty. Usually takes a couple of days before you can eat it.


Muski is a street(where all this starts) and end with Alhussain. The jewlery shop is in Hussain. Muski has clothes, bizarre stuff in Hussain.


Masha'Allah the woman has a container on her head and carrying one in each hand. Insha'Allah I will find one with potery.

[arclight]

The picture of the butchers,errrrrr, wow. Don't you get many cases of food poisoning over there? Meat used to be hung outside UK butchers years ago, but now everything has to be kept indoors, and chilled.


Faris, any pictures of Egyptian construction sites? I'd love to see how my Egyptian workmates do things :)


As for reed cages. Makes sense to me. Why go to the bother of digging metal out of the ground, melting it, pounding and welding, when reeds grow right up out of the ground :)

[Muslimah]

Bismillah


as salam alykom


Ahmed Mash a Allah Jazakum Allah khairan u ve been really helpful on this thread providing info including streets and all on my own country. Sobhan Allah.


I didnt notice at the beginning the woman in the back with a container on her head. Well to explain to everyone. Usually they carry this potery container on their head. This same potery container is also used to store Moulasses and home made cottage cheese which they turn into what they call old cheese. It is sooooo tasty and special, they add much salt and chilly to it.


What else Ahmed can we tell them about this ancient country, any speical questions?


arc, nowadays we dont build using the old methods of the pharoas which were of course remarkable. I mean I m not sure how they were capable of lifting up such huge rocks of the pyramids.


They are advanced now and use state of the art technology.


I will try to find u a pic of a construction site. :)

[Ahmed Abdullah]

Wa alikumus salaam wa rhamatuhallahi wa barkatuh,


I am just getting my info from a reliable source. The person I get this info from is from Egypt, and lived on Pyramid street. Also very familar with Al Hussain Bizarre. I know that you are familar with these places because you live there, I did not mean any disrespect at all. Please forgive me if I said anything wrong. Insha'Allah we will have to dig up some interesting facts of ancient Egypt as well.