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I grew up in a Lebanese Neighborhood in Boston. I LOVE Kibbe! There is another dish I love, called “Kusa Meshi”, stuffed Zucchini Squash. It is stuffed with lamb and rice and simmered in a tomato/mint sauce. Sounds simple, but the spices are very complex.

The food was great, but we also had the bomb squad at our Jr. High School every Friday. This was in the sixties, and bomb threats were as frequent as fire drills in our inner city public school. There was a civil war in Lebanon at the time, and we got to share a little of it right in Boston. Several churches were burned down during that period as well. Of course, the perps were never apprehended.

Ah..the old days!

[jaycee]

I have not heard of Kusa Meshi but if its Lebanese, I bet my friend Sadie, knows it! I think the real Kibbe uses ground lamb maybe, but Sadie used ground beef, bulgar wheat, pine nuts and Lord knows what else. I'd give my arm for some Kibbe now. I spelled it Kibby....never knew the real word actually. I do know she uses a small amount of mint in her mixture and I have forgotten the other spices, etc.

Bet I would love all the dishes you've mentioned and I love trying new things. Its a small world, isn't it? Could you get me a good recipe for Kibbe? I guess I should do a search for it on the net!! Remember the Lebanese man who ran for President a couple of times (can't think of his name) his mom wrote a Lebanese cookbook and I think I have it here somewhere. Mine was a paperback...maybe the only kind published. (Ralph?? Nader's mom.)