Over a shared meal at Mayrig restaurant in Beirut, we sit down with Aline Kamakian, the restaurant’s creator, to discuss and get a …
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It seems like there's a bit of a discussion about the traditional cuisine of Aleppo, particularly concerning the use of fat and specific dishes like Kebab Karaz???
Full respect to Alien,
but I disagree how she describe the cuisine of Aleepo about fat and we using only ghee from Hamma city seriously.
By the way my grandmother Armenian and most of Arminian Aleppian they don’t like kebab Karaz because cherry kebab is not part of Armenian cuisine and no one cook it even at home.
Regarding the Cherry Kebab, it's interesting to note that while some might think of it as sweet, the dish is actually about balancing flavors—combining sweet, sour, and savory elements to create a harmonious taste. This complexity is a hallmark of Aleppian cuisine not Aleppo cuisine about using fat and ghee from Hamaa
I agree, same ingredients but different ways of preparing it, Thats why the Middle East region version is totally different from the Armenian version. Moreover, the Arabic spices are different from Armenian spices. The only way you know that the food is authentic Armenian dish is from its spices, the vegetables , and the way they prepare it. The Armenian dishes have more than one version of the same dish. Like mantee, there is more than one version of this dish, there is one version of this dish only the Armenians from Urfa province “Urfa is the name that was given by the Turks”. know the reciepe. When I write my cook book, I will patten it to protect this very old recipe from getting copied by others. Furthermore, the fasting dishes have no meat, and most of the original Armenian dishes made from bulgur “ crack wheat” the bulgur is the Armenian rice and most of their cuisine is made with bulgur. I like to add that a lot of Atmenian recipes was shared with other regions who the Armenians traveled to for business or took refuge because of the genocide. or taken by force due to unlawful invasion. 🙂
WOW! Great presentation! Now I want to take my mom to Mayrig in Yerevan! Thank you!
Georgian food tends to be spicy in contrast to the Armenian
So during all of the podcast Aline mentions how the region where you live in defines your cuisin. How eastern and western cuisins are different because of the availability of ingredients and how some cultures affected the Armenian cuisin,. Yet some morons come here claiming that she is speaking nonsense, that dishes are not Armenian. Kids didn't you learn in school that you should listen to a podcast before you comment on it? I mean duh of course many cultures made pepper paste because guess what many cultures grew pepper and it makes a delicious spice. Jeez grow up people!
Check this Youtube by @abdallahsabra coring Armenian food in Yerevan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd-i3VN1Sa8
He clearly stats that the present Armenian food is in fact mainly from Aleppo (Syria) Lebanon Jordan and Persia.
No such dishes are known , for example Manti or Su Bureg and other recipes are mot prepared by native Armenians in present Armenia.
It is a must see video with English translation for non Arabic speakers.
Please do reflect on "Culinary Appropriation". Armenian don't do that>
Remember
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSOACeEqFKM
Wow, what a battle in the comments. It's quite funny!
What a wonderful woman, what a great episode
The purpose of my original post is to highlight the issue of "Culinary Appropriation" whereby Private and public figures and entities state misleading appellations for famous dishes as their own either as personal creations or cultural and historic heritage or for personal ego or monetary value or simply ignorance.
Aline Kamakian of Mayrig, who is a stand up lady, fell in the cracks.
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So interesting! It’s fascinating watching as an Eastern Armenian from Iran, with mostly Persian influence in our cooking. For us the dish that we compare mostly is dolma.
Auguste Escoffier, the man who popularized French cuisine, was the author of many culinary books. You can find in those books lots of dishes reffered to as a la turque, a la russe and so on, but you cannot find a one referred to as a la armenienne. "Armenian cuisine" didn't exist
A anyone explain to me. Why is so-called armenian cuisine very different from place to place where armenians live and it is similar to cuisine of the countries they live in.
Отрывок из открытого ответа Таира Амирасланова на книгу Т.А.Хатрановой "Армянская кухня"
Подробнее читайте более летально по ссылке ниже.
«… Примечательны, работы французского кулинара Огюста Эскофье, классика, человека, который создал моду на французскую кухню. Так вот, в его книге много блюд «по-русски» (а ля русс), по-татарски, по-тюркски, по-китайски, по-польски, по-немецки, по-итальянски и т.д. Но среди ни них нет ни одного блюда по-армянски. Мог ли Король поваров и Повар королей, как его называли, Огюст Эскофье, специалист такого высокого ранга, единственное гражданское лицо, которому была присуждена высшая военная награда Франции, Орден Почетного Легиона за покорение мира посредством французской кухни, не заметить «армянскую кулинарию», если таковое было. Ведь много армян жили тогда и в самой Франции. Не заметил, так как такой кухни не было, ее придумали в XX веке.
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Подробнее: https://erevangala500.com/page/135.html
Ара, в древности армяне своих дочерей отдавали в храм Анаита для прокачки иностранцам. Через несколько лет прокачанные армянки становились анаитками👌самыми желанными невестами для армян. Ара, все армяне потомки прокачанных анаиток. Ара, поэтому армяне в мире самые умные и красивые👺
Ара🇦🇲армянское название долмы – это «толма» и имеет прямое отношение к слову «толимис», где «толи» по🇦🇲армянский – это лоза, а «мис» по🇦🇲армянский – это мясо. Ара, "толму" заворачивают в листья винограда или капусты, фаршировать можно также кабачки, баклажаны, перцы и помидоры. Ара, спращивается тут причем толи(толи-армянская🇦🇲лоза) и кабачки, баклажаны, перцы и помидоры⁉️Ара, "толимис" – это род армянских🇦🇲стре'коз среднего размера из семейства Libellulidae. Виды толимиса тропические, активны в основном на рассвете и в сумерках. Ара, в древности древние🦧армяне наполняли кабачки, баклажаны, перцы и помидоры мясом армянской🇦🇲стре'козы толимис🦟
Ара, «Исламская Республика Иран считает Зангезурский маршрут вредным для армении, а хаш, лаваш и бозбаш вредным для👌армян и твердо придерживается этой позиции». Высший руководитель Ирана аятолла Али👳♂️Хайменеи🤣😂
АРА ДРЕВНИЕ🦧АРМЯНЕ ВПЕРВЫЕ НАСТОЯЩИЙ АРМЯНСКИЙ🥞ЛАВАШ ПЕКЛИ НА КУСКАХ АСФАЛЬТА ЕЩЁ ДО НАШЕЙ ЭРЫ‼️
Ара🥪лазанья🇦🇲традиционное блюдо армянской🇦🇲кухни. Ара☝первыми лазанью начали печь древние🦧армяне из армянского🫓лаваша в армянском🇦🇲тонире при дворе армянской🇦🇲королевской👑династии🤴Лазанянов на острове Сан-Ладзаро-дельи-Армени в Венеции, но впоследствии это блюдо приобрело известность и стало популярным не только в Италии, но и во всем мире☝🥸👌💯🇦🇲
Or in the Eastern Armenian (For Bon Appetite): Anush Lini. Meaning, 'Let It Be Sweet / Pleasant'.
Her story-telling skills are as good as her cooking, apparently. Fascinating stories told by a fascinating woman. I enjoyed every minute of it.
I tried food in Mayrig restaurant in Yerevan, one of the best 👏🏼
Loved the Video and all the family stories. Would love to try the food.
I’m originally from Iran but have been living in the US for the past 50 years. I went to an Armenian kindergarten, elementary and high school. It’s almost like being raised by Armenians. They are truly lovely people. Many of my childhood friends were Armenian. My introduction to Armenian food was thru my Syrian Armenian friend. Her food is as you explained Western Armenian cuisine. I have tried some of her recipes and they are all very good. Best of luck to you in whatever endeavor you undertake.
Love, respect, and appreciate you, dear Aline Kamakian! God bless you!
Yogurt, pastırma, su börek, çiğ köfte, sarma… you are not just steal our food but also our language at least use armenian names
Thank you for sharing, I really enjoyed it. All the best 😊
Every person has a right to be proud of his/her cultural heritage but the year is 2024 and I think Armenians are mature enough to admit (if even by whispering) that gastronomy was never a strong point for Armenians.
The first Armenians hailed from North Eastern Iran (modern day Razavi Khorasan in Iran).
The area is home to over 50 dialects and tribes – one of them were the Armenians.
As the Parthian language was a lingua franca many Sanskrit words found their way into Armenian which perhaps explains why Aline is confused and thinks there were intense cultural and trade ties between Armenians and India (there were not. It was mainly with Byzantines, Persians, Kartvelians, Khazar Turks and Avars).
The myth of an Armenian Empire controlling three seas is just that – a myth.
The Armenian Zoroastrian high priest Tigran the Great through his missionarising efforts recieved a lot of support from the Zoroastrian state in Iran to spread the religion of Ahura Mazda.
This is why ancient Armenian names are those of Zoroastrian spirit angels and deities (Anahit, Vahagn, Ashot etc.) and why Armenians jump over fire at the end of winter, throw water at each other on a day in July (the feast to the fertility Goddess Anahita when rose water was thrown to recieve her blessing) and dozens more customs.
Anyone that joined the Zoroastrian religion between 120 BCE and the late 3rd century CE automatically became an Armenian.
In the early 4th Century CE Armenians who by this time were a firm majority in Eastern Anatolia and minorities everywhere else abandoned Zoroastrianism.
By the mid 4th century CE the Armenians were Christianised but the precise christological doctrine was still debated and the canon not completed.
It is in the 6th Century CE when (probably as a result of a presence of Armenian clergy in religious seminars in the ancient city of Edessa via the infuence of Jacob Baradeus) that Armenians adopted the Syriac branch of Oriental Christianity.
Q : How does this have anything to do with the topic of this video?
A : The Armenians are not a homogenous race or nation but are a mix of many races and peoples.
For 400 years ex-manicheans and ex-animist worshippers that converted to Zoroastrianism became a part of the Armenian Nation.
Then for around 600 years those who disagreed with the Byzantine Catholic (Orthodox) Church joined Miaphysite Christianity and became Armenians.
In the late 11th century the Armenians lost their majority status in Eastern Anatolia because of the influx of Kurds Turkmen Oguz and Seljuk Turks and were declining as a percentage of the population of Eastern Anatolia until they reached a low of around 30% in 1915.
This is why dishes that are common for Armenians and Kurds have Turkic names such as Dolma (from "Doldur" which means to fill an empty space with something).
It is hence a childish and toxic practice to claim that this food belongs to this people and not that people and create illusions in an attempt to deal with insecurities and promote a sense of eternal victimhood.
Instead we must realise that history is complex and that there is a big world out there with lots of yummy and healthy ingredients to explore (this is not achieved by writing heavy books).
Thanks! Շնորհակալություն❤️💙🧡
Armenian cuisine??????? You must be joking !!!!!! Come to Armenia and you will see that there is no such thing as Armenian cuisine!!!! Armenians have gathered different dishes from their neighbor countries and stamped them as Armenian !!!! They don't know what SPICE is !!!! I am very curious to see this 2 kilo cookbook!!! most certainly Syrian, Lebanese, Turkish, Georgian & Iranian dishes !!!! By the way, I am Armenian myself and I live in Yerevan !
@ Ele_ne55 Since you won't allow me to answer your comment, I'll answer it here. What are you sooo scared of, the truth about the turkic hordes which invaded all of Armenia & then committed the Armenian Genocide?! HAHAHAHA you'll be in FEAR & SHAME for the rest of your life.
Nothing belongs to Turkey originally. You came in tribal hordes from the Altai, Asiatic Steppes, Mongolia & occupied the whole of the Byzantine lands. From the Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians & many more smaller communities. You coppied & stole their culture, traditions & their cuisines. You have also coppied a lot from the Persians, Arabs, the Balkans, Lebanese & the Mediterraneans. DON'T DENY your true ancestral heritage, because then you become a Peoples with everything falsified & no truth to your existence. That is definitely VERY BAD KARMA!
all similar to turkish dishes))) even names are the same)))
What a remarkable woman! Thank you 🙏
@taboulefattouch4744 No his business is definitely a commercial enterprise, it's only because of the 2020 war, he completely stopped his business, he didn’t have the heart nor the determination to work because his country & himself, were in mourning. He has resumed with his business now. Also with the olive oil production of Iran;
Source Wiki:
"Today, with more than 103,530 hectares devoted to olive growing – 62,118 of which are dedicated to olive oil production – and 10,500 tonnes of olive oil produced in the last crop year (2021/22), Iran is one of the world's leading olive-growing countries.4 Aug 2023"
But getting back to the point which you insist that in Yerevan there are no products of good quality extra virgin olive oil, is ludicrous. I forgot to mention before that there are top Italian restaurants in Yerevan, with Italian chefs, which I've dined at & are pricey dining. Now to think that these Italian restaurants wouldn't use products imported from Italy, is just absurd. You obviously haven't dined in these restaurants & of course you also haven't found specialty gourmet stores which stock a lot of products from all over the world.
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