Tuesday, February 21, 2012

pita



I ate a pita for lunch today at a Lebanese restaurant.
There are a number of Lebanese immigrants in Canada because of civil wars in Lebanon.

'pita' is a Lebanese word for a flat piece of unleavened bread.
It is similar to 'naan' in Indian cuisine.

'unleaved' is an adjective meaning: bread that does not contain yeast (bread that does not rise when it is baked).

I think that Italians put tomato paste on pita and called it 'pizza'.

Lebanon is on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea, and boats used to go across from North Africa to Europe in the olden days.