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AnarchoNinaWrites
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Okay so the thing with tabbouleh that's important to understand is that the critical balance between the very flavorful vegetables, (like you may not think of onion and parsley as flavorful, but compare that to a leaf of lettuce and you'll see) with the oil and lemon juice. The store bought stuff doesn't use fresh parsley, uses way too much oil, and doesn't use enough lemon juice. Furthermore, they often sub the bulgar wheat for other grains, which sucks, or don't soak the bulgar wheat enough.

AnarchoNinaWrites
@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse

Therefore - you cannot just "have tabbouleh." The first time I ever tried it was in a Lebanese restaurant in Detroit. I'd had things CALLED tabbouleh before, but they weren't tabbouleh. No substitute ingredients can make good tabbouleh.