It's an open secret. If you have an "Israeli breakfast", you don't need to have lunch. Maybe you don't even need to have dinner. Especially if you take a bag to collect the leftover food from the hearty buffet breakfast in Israeli hotels and many restaurants.
Because breakfast in Israel is famous for its abundance. First of all, we will introduce you to five special Israeli breakfast foods, and then we will introduce you to Israeli breakfast culture:
First, tomato paste:
Eggplant has been in the Middle East for a long time. An old Arabic proverb says, "If she doesn't know how to cook eggplant in 5 ways, don't marry her!" Eggplant is respected in this part of the world. In addition to the familiar slender types, there are short-handled eggplant and small eggplant used for pickling.
Roast, fry, stir-fry, roast, marinate or marinate-Israelis eat eggplant in many forms.
Secondly, a hodgepodge called Shakshouka:
Shakshouka is one of my favorite foods. Breakfast for Israeli workers is simple: eggs are cooked in stewed tomato sauce, with plenty of garlic and spices. And eat with a piece of bread.
You will find the same concept all over the world, such as vegetable stew in Morocco.
Third, a sandwich called Bourekas:
These delicious cakes were introduced to Israel through the Balkans. They can have all kinds of cheese and vegetables between them. They have many shapes: rectangle, helix and crescent.
Fourth, fresh vegetable salad:
Salad is the core of Israeli breakfast. A large bowl of freshly diced vegetables: cucumber, tomato, onion and sweet pepper. It can simplify breakfast.
Fifth, hummus:
It is much more than a bowl of cereal. A bowl of hummus usually appears on breakfast in Israel. The production process is to soak dried chickpeas overnight, then cook them and mix them with lemon juice, garlic and sesame sauce.
Breakfast culture in Israel:
Breakfast in Israel is a culture in itself. The usual items of hodgepodge are several styles of eggs, various vegetable salads, smoked fish, hard and soft cheese, fresh bread, yogurt, fruit, granola, pancakes, vegetable crisp, pancakes or waffles. Coffee, tea and fresh juice are complementary to this meal, and dessert is also essential-if someone has enough room in his stomach.
The reason why breakfast in Israel is so rich is that people have long believed that if you have a long day's physical labor, you need a good breakfast.
Most hotels in Israel have a Jewish kitchen. Meat can't be on the breakfast menu because the diet forbids mixing meat with milk.
Today, some non-Jewish restaurants in Israel have put meat back on the breakfast menu without sacrificing any traditional food. A typical example is Benedict in Tel Aviv, where you can serve your eggs with ham.
The breakfast of a country and its people should have its own characteristics of food culture, and the rich and varied breakfast is an excellent taste of blending East and West in Israel. But let me just give you an example. Sharon, a former Israeli prime minister, has a very simple breakfast. Sharon loves beef pancakes. His breakfast is milk, eggs and pancakes. Sharon has a large appetite and has a special liking for pancakes. However, Sharon's body is three highs and should not eat too many high-calorie pancakes, so Sharon's wife limits her appetite. However, after Sharon eats breakfast, she secretly takes a pancake wrapped in paper and takes it to the office to enjoy,,, and.
I was deeply impressed by the breakfast in Israel! In addition to the tomato paste and hummus, there are a lot of dairy products (cheese, dairy salad dressing and a variety of yogurt) and chopped fresh vegetable salad, olive oil and so on! But there is almost no meat! I guess there are differences in Mediterranean food styles besides religious reasons, so that when the Israeli guy sitting next to me on the return plane asked me what problems he would encounter during his trip to Hong Kong, I replied: Food! He asked me why. I said you will encounter too much overcooked meat and vegetables, no dairy products! Later, he emailed me back and said that he had a disastrous diet problem in Hong Kong!
There is a comparison between Israeli breakfast and Mongolian breakfast in Inner Mongolia!
it seems that you, a gourmet, want to eat all over the world? If it were me, I would look for Chinese food wherever I go. Because after all, I am used to the eating habits of my hometown, including living in Japan for many years, and I will make my own favorite things.
I haven't been to Israel, and I can't answer about this country's food culture, but the Japanese countries still understand it. For example, Japanese people like to eat sushi, sashimi, grilled chicken kebabs, and special varieties of stinky natto. However, I still care about "raw" things and don't like eating them very much. However, Japanese Lamian Noodles is really delicious, light and fragrant, especially Lamian Noodles, a vegetable, which is my great love.
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