Reflections : My Husband's New Martial Law - Jeeran Blogs

AT ebb time I wrote a few lines upon the shore..and gave them all my heart and all my soul..at tide time I returned to read what I had inscribed and found my ignorance upon the shore.."jubran khalil"

:: My Husband's New Martial Law

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

"There Shall be no Coriander bought in this household agian....EVER"

Coriander, aka cilantro, is not a common ingredient in my kitchen.I do use it as a flavoring in the rare times when I cook green fava beans with meat in a nice garlicy yoghurt sauce.(fool bi laban). I also use it for salsa and some mexican dishes,but it is definitely not an essential part of my culinary experience.However, being completely FORBIDDEN from buying it makes me uncomfortable. I'm freaking out that my already shrinking menu will lose yet another item,(because I find fool bi laban tasteless without it) and the dreadful question of what will I cook for tomorrow will become an even tougher decision.

I love cooking but I hate having to make up my mind on the meal that will please everyone.

If I leave it to Zaid, we'd be eating mlookhieh every single day. If one kid at the nursery is having mlookhieh for lunch, I can be sure that Zaid would be sharing his lunch,and that my cooking will come back in an unopened tupperware.

If I leave it to Raya, I'd be rolling vine leaves everyday, a luxury my time can't afford, but luckily my mom covers up for my deficiencies and cooks both meals for them.

My husband is pretty flexible with food, just as long as it's not yesterdays's leftovers, or not flavored with coriander.

"Flavoring, Salam, you said you needed it for flavoring.....but this thing tastes of nothing but coriander!"

Then he ate yesterday's leftover fettucini.

To be fair..the yoghurt did turn a little green after I chopped in all that coriander,so that's an official apology for yesterday's lunch Honey.

On December, 20, 2006 12:38 PM , Samer
from Jordan said:

You are a great cook Salam.. I love everything you cook but yesterdays Foul bi Laban did have more Coriander (which is supposed to be for flavouring)than Foul the main ingrdient).

On December, 20, 2006 3:13 PM , salam
from Jordan said:

Ya well,I'm thinking we've already crossed that on eoff the menu:)

On December, 20, 2006 8:23 PM , Mayoush
from Jordan said:

U r BOTH funny sous ;)
.. no wonder why samer is my fav. b-In law .. hopefully none of yr sisters reads this comment .. haha just kidding i love them all the same ;)

Cheers

On December, 21, 2006 12:35 AM , Moey
from Jordan said:

your husband rocks

On December, 21, 2006 12:54 AM , Qwaider قويدر said:

How are you going to cook Mlokhyyeh, or Lobya, or Bamyeh, Fasolyeh or anything with a "Ad7a" ...
Come on, it's a main ingredient in many of the "ta2lyyat"

Atwassatlek?

On December, 21, 2006 1:41 AM , Qwaider قويدر said:

By the way, Ma azkakom Samer and you. This is the NICEST blog entry and comments I've EVER read in my whole life :D LOL
May god bless you and your whole home, and Merry Christmas

On December, 21, 2006 10:33 AM , kinzi said:

He-he, this was cute. Did you mean "Maritial Law Within Martial Law"?

Hey, thanks for the tip on the Christmas trees, too!

On December, 21, 2006 11:36 AM , Salam
from Jordan said:

-mayoush,,I don't believe you and your brother anymore..he keeps telling samer that he took wij el sa77ara when I realized he says that to all his brothers in law!!you two are hypoccrits.
-Moey it seems you're another coriander hater ha?
-Qweider,all these foods are not on my regular list except lubiyeh which I don't add ta2lieh to!with olive oil and tomatoes,garlic and onions and some lemon juice..amazing.And hey,thanks a lot and Happy Eid to you too!
-Kinzi,clever pun!Why didn't I think of that?and next year hopefully we will arrange a trip to pick up all our trees from there.Merry Christams!
.

On December, 21, 2006 3:47 PM , PALFORCE
from United States said:

Salam and Samer,

Have a Merry Christmass abd a blessed holiday among family and friends.

On December, 21, 2006 8:29 PM , salam
from Jordan said:

Thanks Palforce,Happy Eid to you and the family too,though a bit early!

On December, 23, 2006 1:20 PM , Yakuza
from Jordan said:

Guys, come on... food is a matter of taste... If one household collectively (kindly underline collectively to re-inforce the idea of democracy within households) decide to ban a certain product or item from the house, I respect that decision..

I don't have a household of my own, but once I do, all can be sure that there will be this kind of behavior and bans on certain items, starting with bamyeh... to anyone who loves bamyeh, sorry..

but yet the list will continue... don't we love our liberties... heheh

On December, 23, 2006 3:48 PM , Randa N.
from Jordan said:

Salam and Samer, You ar both very cute.
As for May and Yousef, wait till I put my hands on you!!!!!!!

C ya

On December, 26, 2006 4:23 AM , Bo3Bo3
from United States said:

loool..I can relate to this. I have rules too. Chicken can only be cooked with mlookheyyeh or pottato tray. Everything else pretty much has to be lamb. Any meat mixed with rice, has to be lamb. magloobeh, mansaf, kabseh, beryani, you name it..has to be with lamb. Still, our son, zaid, has his own rules. He is only 5 now, but he sure impose rules on mama.

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