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   SENT: 91-09-18  16:39
   FROM: MULLINS_CHERI @AUSTIN
Cheri's Tabouli

Ingredients:
Measurements vary according to taste. The resulting tabouli
(wheat garden salad) should be primarily green with chunks
of red tomatoes and white onions thoroughly interspersed
with the wheat.

dried coarse bulgher wheat
fresh parsley
green onions
ripe tomatoes
mint (optional, but try it!)
lemon
olive oil
salt
pepper

1. Put 2 handsful of the wheat into a large bowl and add
    warm water to  1 inch above wheat. Soak until soft
    (something like the consistency of al dente pasta); the
    wheat expands by several times.
2. Wash and trim off big stems from parsley (about 2 bunches
    per handful of wheat). Don't dry it.
3. By hand or food processor, chop parsley into small pieces
   (leaf-sized), culling stems when possible. Put parsley
   into a large bowl.
4. By hand, cut onions (1 bunch per 2 bunches parsley) and
   tomatoes (I use 3 large Roma per bunch per bunch of
   parsley) into small, but recognizable chunks. Dump into
   the bowl.
5. Chop a few sprigs of fresh mint and throw it in. When
   using dried mint (available at middle eastern stores, but
   be sure that's what you're getting, it's usually not
   labeled), put the mint between your palms and rub them
   back and forth to "grind" the mint into the parsley
   mixture, leaving the stems in your hands. Do this over
   the bowl.
6. Squeeze excess water from wheat (not all) and add to
   bowl.
7. Add fresh or bottled (generic brands are best--Real Lemon
   tastes like furniture polish!) lemon to taste. I use 2
   big lemons for a large bowlful.
8. Add olive oil (in proportion to the lemon for a salad
   dressing), salt, and pepper.
9. Mix everything together. (If you used dried mint, let sit
   for 10 mins before serving.)

Serve tabouli with romaine lettuce, cabbage, and pita bread
triangles for scooping up the salad. This keeps for a couple
of days, but not at my house--we usually gorge ourselves on
the leftovers before the end of the night.
Copied By: LEHEY_GREG @ESSG (Greg Lehey)
   SENT: 91-09-18  17:09
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SUBJECT: COSIG: tabouli recipe
Forward of: 91-09-18  16:39  FROM MULLINS_CHERI @AUSTIN : COSIG: tabouli recipe

Hi folks,
  Promised this tabouli recipe to a couple of folks, but lost the attachment
when it went out originally. Enjoy...


BTW Paul, IMHO is an abbreviation for "in my humble opinion," (which, IMHO, is
the net of equivalent of saying "I'm right. I'm never wrong. You couldn't
possibly begin to comprehend right from wrong in this situation, so don't
even think about questioning my point of view." Well, maybe not exactly that,
but close...just ask John Haugh at IBM if you don't believe me. :-)

(Just kidding folks...)