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Israeli Couscous

Israel contributed quite a few historic inventions that changed the world. In
culinary – not so much. (They) still argue today where did the falafel and

tahini, the hummus and shawarma, come from, but there’s no argument

regarding one development. The ‘ptitim’ came to the world during
austerity due to the lack of rice. “Ben Gurion said, let’s make some food

that (they) will eat and be full, and make it cheap. So he turned to Osem”.

Osem came back with shriveled dough that actually came from European
tradition. Surprisingly, after the rounded ‘ptitim’ version was made, the

world fell in love with the Israeli invention. Now you can find ‘ptitim’

under the name ‘Israeli couscous’ in different ways of cooking and serving
in quite a few high-end restaurants in the United States. And here by us,

still today ‘ptitim’ are considered as one of the foods kids love the most.

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