Comments on: Synia: a Palestinian Culinary Treasure

By: cassy

cassy — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:16:49 +0000

Its pronounced See-Nee-Yah
And its DELICIOUS…..

all you need is to fry it with a little bit of olive oil- its not deep frying and olive oil is good for you.

great recipe Yum yum,

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:27:23 +0000

You got a mention in the UK Telegraph today – no link but I “Googled” and found you.

Love what you’re blogging and good luck with the GBR Hummus attempt. Who are the tasters?

By: Niklas

Niklas — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:25:28 +0000

Well, this is delicious!!

I guess by pine cones he means pine nuts, not the entire cone

I believe the author’s first language is Hebrew rather than Arabic as he is an Israeli Jew. Nevertheless, the fact that both nations share recipes can be a good first step towards peace.

Thanks for the recipe!

By: Ranoosh

Ranoosh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:39:09 +0000

Rena, are you kidding me?? The guy was nice enough to share all these great recipes and he’s also very good at it. I love the fact that he’s including Palestinian foods.This blog is for food! It’s not an English TEST!! Got it? And by the way, I also was an ELL student. On my college entrance exam I got a 96 on my English test, much higher than others who claim they are “real” Americans. Omari, you make us all proud of you, and thank you for the wonderful dishes

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:47:45 +0000

I can’t wait to try this! I was wondering, a pine cone? A prickly,brown, pear shaped pod that houses pine nuts? I am from Oregon, U.S.A. This is the kind of pine cone I know.
Oh, and Rena….. I think that his/her English is probably better than your Arabic. I teach ELL in the elementary schools in the U.S. One of the biggest obstacles we run into is the “ignorance” of people who have only been exposed to one language their whole life. (NOT JUST AMERICANS) Poor Rena was probable one of those kids whose mother did not let her play with the kids who were “different”. When learning a new language, one makes mistakes at first. Don’t worry though! The very simple cure is to do what you are doing and learn and try another cultures foods. Next, you must visit other countries. You will be a different person who looks at the spices, not the spelling!!! I wish you all peace.

By: Rena

Rena — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:33:30 +0000

This looks like a good recipe for sinya, I’m going to try it.

And you really CAN’T spell! How to spell the name of a dish from a foreign language is not the point. While I was able to decode the recipe, it was full of spelling and grammatical errors. They were really funny, but maybe you should have someone check your writing before you put it on the web!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:19:24 +0000

just wondering ..where did u get the recipe from?..is it commonly eaten in palestine? im fairly familair with levantine cuisne and it reminds me of kafta with tahini..but this looks very well worth trying..could u please provide more info ..thank you sam