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@al-Hasani
I wasn't talking about the spices but about the ingredients like veggies etc. In the desert these are not found. But which species do Arabs use which we dont????
But those ingredients are not used in Turkish cous cous.We don't use it anyway. Who uses Banana or coconut in their cous cous? And for your information cous cous was not invented in the FERTILE crescent but in North Africa. The Arabs who lived in the desert. They didn't have veggies. They only cooked the cous cous rice and that is it. It is actually berber food anyway.Which deserts are you talking about when nearly all Tunisians live in the coastal and fertile areas of Tunisia that have a Mediterranean climate and fertile lands?
Which fruits and vegetables do you have that we do not have? I could quickly mention the tropical fruits that we have and which grow in our lands such as banana, coconuts, dates, tea, coffee (first cultivated in Yemen) etc. Hence the name Coffea ARABICA. You don't have that in Turkey. Neither rice production from what I know about.
In general Arabic cuisine is obviously much more diverse for obvious reasons and in general uses more species due to historical and geographical reasons. Yemeni cuisine for instance is considering ME standards spicy.
Which foods did the Turks on the cold steppes of Central Asia have? Many of the areas of today's Arab world are one of the most fertile. Hence the name FERTILE CRESCENT. Maybe you have heard about that. Or the main rivers of the ME (Nile, Euprhates, Tigris) or the tropical areas. Or large areas of Yemen and KSA.
Cous cous is not even that old. And you make your usual racist remarks again. What does central-asia have to do with it? I was talking about the origins of Cous cous which is north africa, not fertile cresent in levant. First learn the basic facts instead of doing you usual barking and insulting.Anyway find another thread to troll and show your ignorance in. Nobody cares. Find another thread to make ignorant remarks in. We know what you are up to.
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@Truth Seeking Missile
There is not much to discuss about. I know Turkish cuisine very well. I have eaten at Turkish restaurants a few times here in Copenhagen and elsewhere. Only a fool would claim it to be more spicy than the entire Arab cuisine or more diverse. In fact just the cuisine of a few main Arab countries are more diverse. Let alone all of the Arab world, LOL. That's hardly a surprise for anybody.
We have every vegetables imaginable native to our region. Banana, coconut, rice, coffee, tea and other "exotic" foods that simply do not grow in Turkey nor are native to it.
The people of the ME obviously controlled trade routes for millenniums and more importantly had direct contact with the populations of South Asia who had a lot of species. For instance the Arabian Peninsula has had a 5000 year old connection with South Asia (India and Pakistan mainly) who again themselves had contacts to South East Asia the homeland of many of the species.
I never denied that you guys didn't have access to all the fruits and vegetables in the world im not intereseted in creating an argument out of nothing but to say that we Turks didn't have access to the same ingredients you had is wrong.
Notice the examples I gave of tropical fruits, vegetables etc. who are not growing in Turkey or native there. Notice all the historically famous fertile areas that lie in the Arab world. Notice which countries of today make up most of the Fertile Crescent. Look at the main rivers. The areas with a tropical climate. I mean it is a no brainer.
I am not saying that Turkish cuisine is not using spices but your compatriot is clearly ignorant on this topic and is making attempts of trolling. We don't want to see that here. He can do it in his own thread or somewhere else.