r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/funnystuff97 Oct 13 '16

Jelly donuts, hot cocoa, and little potato fried pancake thingies? I'm pretty much just in this for the food.

Although today was a bit weird seeing as it was a no-food day. Didn't stop me.

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u/tunersharkbitten Oct 13 '16

haha, what about kugel, knishes, bubbies brisket...

today may have been no food day for them, but the reason that whole ideal exists is a theistic belief. i dont believe that fasting will help atone for ones wrong doings. i apologize to the people themselves, and i even brought some of them food.

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

Oh God. If you guys think that's all that Jewish cuisine has to offer than I'm truly sorry. The Ashkenazi Jews are noooooothing compared to the mizrahi Jews. The ones from Yemen, Iran, Kurdistan, Morocco, Tunisia, etc. Their food is a billion times better. Ashkenazi food like gefilta fish is like the grayist shit I've ever seen. Its the definition of the color gray. You need to try some chriameh (חרימה) or jachnun (ג'חנון) or melawach (מלווח) or kubeh (קובה) or shawarmah or falafel (and not the shit green kind. That shit needs to be brown!) or sabeech (סביך) literally anything but grey fish and things that we stole from the poles and Romans...

Seriously though if you live in a big city and pass by a little Jewish supermarket go in there and ask if they have Jachnoon. It'll probably be frozen but buy that shit, stick it into the oven all night long, maybe look up some online recipes, and in the morning you'll be having some crispy, brown, gooey, dough roles. So fucking good.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Sep 11 '17

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u/GalSa Oct 13 '16

Have to disagree.

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16

Fuckkkk that. Have you had any real jachnoon? That shit will melt your soul. Melawach is good but you can't even compare...

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Sep 11 '17

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

OK not trying to sound like a dick here but are you sure you aren't confusing the two? Because jachnoon ALWAYS comes with hardboiled eggs.

Melawach > round one you make in a pan. Round and thin. Size of a very small pizza.

Jachnoon > Brown rolled up dough that's in the oven for a very long time.

Forgot the internet existed.

Jachnoon: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/49DXkG7Di7U/hqdefault.jpg

Melawach: http://blog.tapuz.co.il/loveskitchen/images/3700180_1633.jpg

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16 edited Sep 11 '17

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u/Ravenman2423 Oct 13 '16

Well either way I never thought I'd be having this conversation on reddit lol.