bamia

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noun A fish of the family Siluridæ, taken in the Red Sea. In a dried state it is much used as food by sailors.

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There were gigantic prawns called bamia, with accompanying fresh sea urchins.

From This Beloved Hour Lambert, Willa 1982
Historians are saying that back at the beginning of Whopper-bamia, people did not know they were eating a Whopper until many weeks or months later — then they found out.

The Land of the Whopper - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState 2009
Riverbend and I used to correspond regularly — one time she even passed along her recipe for bamia a meat, okra and tomato stew, which I make often now.

Firedoglake » Green Zone Talk 2006
Hi pentacular, yeah, we had that a few times, only A called it bamia.

At My Table 2006
Food & Drink Soup and Bread at Home Mike Sula on Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at marak bamia.

Chicago Reader 2009
It's a super summer crop and grows best where it's sultry -- Africa, India (where it's known as bindi, or lady fingers), the Middle East, Turkey and Greece (where they all call it bamia) the Caribbean, South America -- and in the American South.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Okra and Other Native Americans 2010
It's a super summer crop and grows best where it's sultry -- Africa, India (where it's known as bindi, or lady fingers), the Middle East, Turkey and Greece (where they all call it bamia) the Caribbean, South America -- and in the American South.

Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Okra and Other Native Americans 2010