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  • The meal did not disappoint: plump tomato slices and seasoned cucumbers, rich olives, a basket full of warm flat bread and baguettes, three salty cheeses - one fried, and tiny ramekins of pekmez (grape molasses) and tahin (lightly roasted sesame paste), which is the more flavorful cousin of peanut butter and jelly.

    Anne Peterson: Eat Your Way Through Istanbul (PHOTOS) Anne Peterson 2011

  • We do not refry,we mash the hot(fool)in a deep dish using a fork or a spoon then add some oil(flax or olive or sunflower oil),one fresh lime juice,salt,and may be one mashed boiled egg and tahin(optional but recommended) and eat that with whole grain pita..enjoy.

    Recipe for Pressure Cooker Refried Beans with Onion, Garlic, and Green Chiles Kalyn Denny 2009

  • He allus had what he called some gret scheme, but deh nevah seemed to come to nuffin, an 'once when he got de folks to put some money in somep'n' dat broke up, dey come put 'nigh tahin' an 'featherin' him.

    The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889

  • Chupam huna chic vae, xavi tanti tahin labal ruma Castilan vinak xutuloba chi can Chij xot, haok ki xla [t] abex Bulbuxya ruma Castilan vinak, vave chupam huna ki xyaloh vi labal xmani vi xyao patan ruma ronohel huyu.

    The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

  • The meal did not disappoint: plump tomato slices and seasoned cucumbers, rich olives, a basket full of warm flat bread and baguettes, three salty cheeses - one fried, and tiny ramekins of pekmez (grape molasses) and tahin (lightly roasted sesame paste), which is the more flavorful cousin of peanut butter and jelly.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Anne Peterson 2011

  • [c] a tahin ok tiqui hunamah ruvach qui [c] ha, qui pocob, xqui kaçax

    The Annals of the Cakchiquels Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

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