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Cucumber is a very common and very important ingredient in tabbouleh... especially in Lebanon. This needs to be added to the list of ingredients.
I removed an external link to "
Kosher Tabouli recipe at
chabad.org", with the edit comment "unnecessary external (spam?) link".
User:PinchasC restored it with the comment "why is it unnecessary?". First of all, queries like this should, I think, be asked on the Talk page rather than to a revert presuming an unsatisfactory answer. But here is my answer:
There is already a recipe for tabouli in the article. Unless the linked-to recipe has some claim to being a particularly good recipe, I am not sure what its value is. The link calls it a "Kosher" tabouli recipe, but tabouli is inherently kosher since it is vegetarian, so there is no added value here. The linked-to site is not a specialty site on cooking in general, or Lebanese cooking in particular, but in fact a site promoting a particular religious position. If the reader just wants some tabouli recipe without any specific qualities, it is easy enough to search for it on the Web. So I don't see the value of linking it. -- Macrakis 21:46, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Article is currently under 'tabouli'. I believe it should be moved to 'tabbouleh'. Tabbouleh is more common (300k vs. 200k hits on Google) and also is more faithful to the original Arabic. Comments? -- Macrakis 23:33, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Where I live, markets sell it as Tabouli & it's always made with quinoa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.167.21 ( talk) 06:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Since this is almost a recipe, i.e. there are ingredients listed, I think that it should be considered as such and relocated to the Wikimedia Cookbook at Wikibooks.-- 203.184.26.176 23:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Tabouli in its source, the Middle East, is mint not parsley. Two sources, basic cookbooks by indigenous cooks, one from Lebanon and one from Syria, restrict the greens to mint. Living in Lebanon I con confirm that parsley was NOT an ingredient in the homes of any of my Lebanese friends or in the restaurants I visited. In other places, particularly in the U.S., parsley is common, but in most cases maybe up to half of the total greens, except in 'modern' salad listings where parsley may be 3/4 of the greens. -- Dumarest 19:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
By the way, mint is not the only ingredent in Tabouli, parsley is used. I am Syrian, but I am supprsied that mint might be listed as the only ingredent. 173.69.212.161 ( talk) 14:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Should we be calling Tabbouleh "Levantine", "Arabic", or "Middle Eastern Arabic"? I see no discussion of this above, despite what our anon friends are saying in their reverts. I am not sure what "Middle Eastern Arabic" as opposed to "Arabic" is supposed to mean-- is this meant to exclude North Africa? In addition to North Africa, I believe that tabbouleh is also not a traditional food of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. Of course it can be found there, just as hamburgers can, and just as tabbouleh can be found in Chicago, but I hope we agree that hamburgers shouldn't be called Arabic and tabbouleh shouldn't be called Chicagoan! I will try to find some more solid sources. In the meantime I will not revert the anon's changes. -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:00, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Tabouleh IS a dish native to Middle Eastern nations including Iraq (which is not part of the Levant). Further more, the term "Levant" itself is nothing more than a term that attempts to divide people. --
24.56.137.185 (
talk) 02:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
The term Levantine itself is another creation of the west that attempts to divide the people of the Arab world. It is an offensive word in a sense that at one time wasn't as offensive, such as referring to an African-American as a Negro. -- 67.80.185.250 ( talk) 04:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
The term Levant is obsolete and offensive, what do you not understand? Does one still refer to Asians as Orientals? -- 24.56.137.185 ( talk) 14:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Iraq, in addition to being topographically integral with, is historically, culturally and ethnically closer to the levant states of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel than anywhere else and there are hundreds of thousands of people from the Mashriq who want our Sykes-Picot imposed countries united, see Greater Syria. Iraq's border lies within 200 miles of the Lebanese coast. It was Ottoman then Franco-British imperial strategy to divide the semitic Mashriq into small states, the same strategy then sees Iraq versus Kuwait, Lebanon versus Syria and the West Bank versus Gaza. Archetypal divide and conquer. 90.196.221.87 ( talk) 03:51, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Tabouli is a Mediterranean dish from Lebanon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.123.70 ( talk) 11:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Tabouli has been a signature product and dish of Oklahoma for several generations now. It is traditionally served as an hor d'oeuvre or starter at steakhouses; usually with smoked meat. In fact, it is so popular that Bristow, Oklahoma has an annual Tabouli Fest celebrating its place in Oklahoma. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakeledg ( talk • contribs) 06:27, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Israel has nothing to do with this dish. WikiProject Israel must be removed. They are stealing Arab foods and claiming it as theirs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.133.89 ( talk) 17:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
George Al-Shami recently reverted my edit based on his source, which I'd like to explain. The source cited states that "Tabbouleh is a Lebanese dish, considered by many as the 'national salad'... In Syria and in Lebanon, where the dish originated, it is often eaten by scooping it up in Romaine lettuce leaves." I believe George Al-Shami is misinterpreting this statement - the "where the dish originated" is referring to Lebanon, not both Syria and Lebanon - the part about eating Tabbouleh with lettuce leaves is referring to both. The author would not have written it this way if they had intended mention of the origin to refer to both. Some examples:
The second word "in" in the first statement makes the separation clear. Hope that clarifies this. ← George [ talk 23:13, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
An editor recently removed mention of tabbouleh's origin in Lebanon, correctly pointing out that the sources were cooking blogs. I've been going through the books to see what supports this claim. Here's what I have so far:
Thoughts? ← George [ talk 06:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Izzedine has removed a number of references to Arab cuisine and Arab salad in the article. These were all supported by references, and so I restored them. Now he is repeatedly removing a wikilink to Arab salad, using shifting and unspecified rationales. Could others please discuss whether linking to Arab salad in the external links section here is appropriate or inappropriate? Thanks. Tiamut talk 13:23, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
I reverted 66.65.184.28 edit claiming it was lebanese instead of Levantine. Sources at the page also mention Palestine and Syria and the IPs edit did not have an explanation to the change or any new sources. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 19:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Guys this is really pathetic. I don't know why you keep vandalizing these pages to say that the dishes originate from Lebanon. These are eastern Mediterranean dishes, not Lebanese. The world is much larger than Lebanon if you ever noticed. I just feel sorry for you; you must be really miserable to keep having fights over a salad. I sympathize with you and I am not going to change it, but the reader should have no doubt that this is wrong. HD86 ( talk) 12:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The article says under "Regional variations:"
This is a very weird (actually it is stupid) statment to make. I opened the provided reference but I couldn't find where it says so. It is not there. This is why I always say that Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information— even if it is refenced. HD86 ( talk) 16:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The source "The Middle Eastern Kitchen" says its from Syria, not mountain dish from Lebanon. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 11:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Jadraad, I reverted your edit since you removed sourced information about its origin without explanation. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 16:26, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
80.81.159.21, the source says that its traditionally from Syria, not Lebanon. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 10:25, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
27.32.42.246, the source says that its traditionally from Syria, not Lebanon, you also changed the language of the pronunciation without explanation. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 21:39, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
This page, which I assume is an official Guinness page though that needs checking, says that the tabbouleh record is held by Shefa Amr with a date later than the Beirut date. Zero talk 23:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Please a quotation from either of the two sources used after the text "In the Arab world, particularly Syria, Lebanon, and among Palestinian Arabs, it is usually served as part of a meze...." This is being requested in order to verify that the source refers to "Palestinian Arabs" and doesn't use different terminology. (Pages 252–254 of Clifford Wright's book don't load for me.)— Biosketch ( talk) 12:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Basically a curiosity. What is the intended use of the link to the ISBN given in the references section? As it exists, I get an error, not recognized. Is it intended to give a source to obtain the book? or a text section that describes the book? or what?? ( Dumarest ( talk) 19:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC))
The lead currently includes the statement:
WP:LEAD says: "The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources." The vast majority of reliable sources about tabbouleh (as listed in this articles footnotes) say nothing about Guinness records for large bowls of tabbouleh, not to mention that it is patently silly. I have previously argued that these records aren't even encyclopedic, but consensus has been that they are. OK, fine. But that does not mean that they belong in the lead. User:Biosketch, in his edit comment when he restored this material to the lead, says "it has the consensus of editors on both "sides," so best would be to leave it as is". I see no discussion about having this material in the lead, nor do I see any de facto consensus based on the edit history; though I do see consensus on the wording. And what are "both" sides? The pro-Guinness and the anti-Guinness sides ☺ ? -- Macrakis ( talk) 15:01, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
The 'world record' is just a transient news grab of the largest pile of ingredients combined together. There is nothing noteworthy about this, seriously how can anyone call this a 'ongoing cultural contest between Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinians'. It is not culture - it is just how many skips of parsley can be put in one big pile. Mtpaley ( talk) 01:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
I know I know, but I can get bored and then angry at the modification of this topic with Israel/Palestine deletions and "corrections"!! ( Dumarest ( talk) 18:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)).
New French film with an ironic title: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_la_France_(film,_2013) Plot: Fictional country of Tabboulistan "actually invented Tabbouleh, but the French colonialists then gave it to Lebanon". Now the country is reclaiming their cultural inheritage "for benefit glorious nation Tabboulistan", by launching a mission of "advertising terrorism" aimed at 9/11-ing the Eiffel tower. I wonder if the film's writers know about this here article's sensitive issues? P.S.: I'm Lebanese, and I find these "cultural wars" via Wikipedia utterly embarrassing. Specific Israeli culture objectively dates back to 1946 (unless we're talking biblical era and pre-Diaspora culture!), and obviously includes many things jewish and/or regional. The only real issue is who's currently holding the size record. Which I expect to see challenged regularly in the future. My crystal ball? Argumentum ad Wikipedia. ;-) Issar El-Aksab ( talk) 21:57, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
The lead says "(sometimes considered a salad)". Does it make sense? Are there sources that state it is not a salad, to counter the very many sources that call it a salad without hesitation? Zero talk 00:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Mishmosh hindi, there are sources showing that the origin of tabbouleh is Syria: p 172: https://books.google.se/books?id=ptZgNoobsyUC&pg=PA172&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Why do you keep removing it? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 06:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Because it's not Syrian! It's the traditional lebanese salad! In syria may prepare it, but it does not means that the Salad is Syrian! It is the Lebanese traditional salad! You can mention syria but not in the (origen).. That's why... Mishmosh hindi ( talk) 12:48, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
WP:COMMONNAME in English for the same dish Spudlace ( talk) 01:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
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I don't know how to use wikipedia so sorry in advance.
But, shouldn't the salad be described in the introduction as "Vegan" instead of "Vegetarian"? 129.194.0.172 ( talk) 18:57, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
The detail: "...tabbouleh has become a popular food in the United States."
is quite a bit too U.S.A.-centric, don't you think? Is there any info about the popularity of tabbouleh in any of the other 200 countries?
Maybe editors from the U.S.A do not see this bias in their own thoughts? What do other people think? It seems pretty glaring to me, a non-USA citizen. JEmKay ( talk) 11:24, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
I propose we remove reference to Turkish kisir or Armenian eetch, they are not similar to tabbouleh. The recognized similar Levantine Lebanese and Syrian food to eetch and kisir is “kibbet banadoura”. Just because eetch and kisir use burghol and parsley doesn’t make them tabbouli. We also have safsouf in Lebanon, and we still won’t call that tabbouleh.
Point: kisir and eetch are not similar to tabbouleh. Too many varieties of burghol added dishes in Lebanon and Syria that are more similar to kisir and eetch. One of those dishes is kibbet banadoura. This dish is the sister of those dishes. And we don’t consider it similar to tabbouleh. If we are going to include kisir and eetch were are also going to have to talk about kibbet banadoura on the tabbouleh page. And that doesn’t make sense. This isn’t a blanket article about dishes that includes burghol.
Lebanesebebe123 ( talk) 23:17, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
When tabbouleh has more burghol and less parsley that is not tabbouleh. Dish has entirely different name Lebanesebebe123 ( talk) 20:21, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
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Cucumber is a very common and very important ingredient in tabbouleh... especially in Lebanon. This needs to be added to the list of ingredients.
I removed an external link to "
Kosher Tabouli recipe at
chabad.org", with the edit comment "unnecessary external (spam?) link".
User:PinchasC restored it with the comment "why is it unnecessary?". First of all, queries like this should, I think, be asked on the Talk page rather than to a revert presuming an unsatisfactory answer. But here is my answer:
There is already a recipe for tabouli in the article. Unless the linked-to recipe has some claim to being a particularly good recipe, I am not sure what its value is. The link calls it a "Kosher" tabouli recipe, but tabouli is inherently kosher since it is vegetarian, so there is no added value here. The linked-to site is not a specialty site on cooking in general, or Lebanese cooking in particular, but in fact a site promoting a particular religious position. If the reader just wants some tabouli recipe without any specific qualities, it is easy enough to search for it on the Web. So I don't see the value of linking it. -- Macrakis 21:46, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Article is currently under 'tabouli'. I believe it should be moved to 'tabbouleh'. Tabbouleh is more common (300k vs. 200k hits on Google) and also is more faithful to the original Arabic. Comments? -- Macrakis 23:33, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Where I live, markets sell it as Tabouli & it's always made with quinoa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.135.167.21 ( talk) 06:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
Since this is almost a recipe, i.e. there are ingredients listed, I think that it should be considered as such and relocated to the Wikimedia Cookbook at Wikibooks.-- 203.184.26.176 23:01, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Tabouli in its source, the Middle East, is mint not parsley. Two sources, basic cookbooks by indigenous cooks, one from Lebanon and one from Syria, restrict the greens to mint. Living in Lebanon I con confirm that parsley was NOT an ingredient in the homes of any of my Lebanese friends or in the restaurants I visited. In other places, particularly in the U.S., parsley is common, but in most cases maybe up to half of the total greens, except in 'modern' salad listings where parsley may be 3/4 of the greens. -- Dumarest 19:17, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
By the way, mint is not the only ingredent in Tabouli, parsley is used. I am Syrian, but I am supprsied that mint might be listed as the only ingredent. 173.69.212.161 ( talk) 14:45, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Should we be calling Tabbouleh "Levantine", "Arabic", or "Middle Eastern Arabic"? I see no discussion of this above, despite what our anon friends are saying in their reverts. I am not sure what "Middle Eastern Arabic" as opposed to "Arabic" is supposed to mean-- is this meant to exclude North Africa? In addition to North Africa, I believe that tabbouleh is also not a traditional food of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. Of course it can be found there, just as hamburgers can, and just as tabbouleh can be found in Chicago, but I hope we agree that hamburgers shouldn't be called Arabic and tabbouleh shouldn't be called Chicagoan! I will try to find some more solid sources. In the meantime I will not revert the anon's changes. -- Macrakis ( talk) 22:00, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Tabouleh IS a dish native to Middle Eastern nations including Iraq (which is not part of the Levant). Further more, the term "Levant" itself is nothing more than a term that attempts to divide people. --
24.56.137.185 (
talk) 02:38, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
The term Levantine itself is another creation of the west that attempts to divide the people of the Arab world. It is an offensive word in a sense that at one time wasn't as offensive, such as referring to an African-American as a Negro. -- 67.80.185.250 ( talk) 04:19, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
The term Levant is obsolete and offensive, what do you not understand? Does one still refer to Asians as Orientals? -- 24.56.137.185 ( talk) 14:57, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Iraq, in addition to being topographically integral with, is historically, culturally and ethnically closer to the levant states of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel than anywhere else and there are hundreds of thousands of people from the Mashriq who want our Sykes-Picot imposed countries united, see Greater Syria. Iraq's border lies within 200 miles of the Lebanese coast. It was Ottoman then Franco-British imperial strategy to divide the semitic Mashriq into small states, the same strategy then sees Iraq versus Kuwait, Lebanon versus Syria and the West Bank versus Gaza. Archetypal divide and conquer. 90.196.221.87 ( talk) 03:51, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
Tabouli is a Mediterranean dish from Lebanon —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.208.123.70 ( talk) 11:38, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Tabouli has been a signature product and dish of Oklahoma for several generations now. It is traditionally served as an hor d'oeuvre or starter at steakhouses; usually with smoked meat. In fact, it is so popular that Bristow, Oklahoma has an annual Tabouli Fest celebrating its place in Oklahoma. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jakeledg ( talk • contribs) 06:27, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Israel has nothing to do with this dish. WikiProject Israel must be removed. They are stealing Arab foods and claiming it as theirs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.133.89 ( talk) 17:44, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
George Al-Shami recently reverted my edit based on his source, which I'd like to explain. The source cited states that "Tabbouleh is a Lebanese dish, considered by many as the 'national salad'... In Syria and in Lebanon, where the dish originated, it is often eaten by scooping it up in Romaine lettuce leaves." I believe George Al-Shami is misinterpreting this statement - the "where the dish originated" is referring to Lebanon, not both Syria and Lebanon - the part about eating Tabbouleh with lettuce leaves is referring to both. The author would not have written it this way if they had intended mention of the origin to refer to both. Some examples:
The second word "in" in the first statement makes the separation clear. Hope that clarifies this. ← George [ talk 23:13, 17 September 2009 (UTC)
An editor recently removed mention of tabbouleh's origin in Lebanon, correctly pointing out that the sources were cooking blogs. I've been going through the books to see what supports this claim. Here's what I have so far:
Thoughts? ← George [ talk 06:40, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Izzedine has removed a number of references to Arab cuisine and Arab salad in the article. These were all supported by references, and so I restored them. Now he is repeatedly removing a wikilink to Arab salad, using shifting and unspecified rationales. Could others please discuss whether linking to Arab salad in the external links section here is appropriate or inappropriate? Thanks. Tiamut talk 13:23, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
I reverted 66.65.184.28 edit claiming it was lebanese instead of Levantine. Sources at the page also mention Palestine and Syria and the IPs edit did not have an explanation to the change or any new sources. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 19:55, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
Guys this is really pathetic. I don't know why you keep vandalizing these pages to say that the dishes originate from Lebanon. These are eastern Mediterranean dishes, not Lebanese. The world is much larger than Lebanon if you ever noticed. I just feel sorry for you; you must be really miserable to keep having fights over a salad. I sympathize with you and I am not going to change it, but the reader should have no doubt that this is wrong. HD86 ( talk) 12:46, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The article says under "Regional variations:"
This is a very weird (actually it is stupid) statment to make. I opened the provided reference but I couldn't find where it says so. It is not there. This is why I always say that Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information— even if it is refenced. HD86 ( talk) 16:35, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
The source "The Middle Eastern Kitchen" says its from Syria, not mountain dish from Lebanon. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 11:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Jadraad, I reverted your edit since you removed sourced information about its origin without explanation. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 16:26, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
80.81.159.21, the source says that its traditionally from Syria, not Lebanon. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 10:25, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
27.32.42.246, the source says that its traditionally from Syria, not Lebanon, you also changed the language of the pronunciation without explanation. -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 21:39, 27 November 2010 (UTC)
This page, which I assume is an official Guinness page though that needs checking, says that the tabbouleh record is held by Shefa Amr with a date later than the Beirut date. Zero talk 23:39, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
Please a quotation from either of the two sources used after the text "In the Arab world, particularly Syria, Lebanon, and among Palestinian Arabs, it is usually served as part of a meze...." This is being requested in order to verify that the source refers to "Palestinian Arabs" and doesn't use different terminology. (Pages 252–254 of Clifford Wright's book don't load for me.)— Biosketch ( talk) 12:27, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
Basically a curiosity. What is the intended use of the link to the ISBN given in the references section? As it exists, I get an error, not recognized. Is it intended to give a source to obtain the book? or a text section that describes the book? or what?? ( Dumarest ( talk) 19:04, 11 January 2012 (UTC))
The lead currently includes the statement:
WP:LEAD says: "The emphasis given to material in the lead should roughly reflect its importance to the topic, according to reliable, published sources." The vast majority of reliable sources about tabbouleh (as listed in this articles footnotes) say nothing about Guinness records for large bowls of tabbouleh, not to mention that it is patently silly. I have previously argued that these records aren't even encyclopedic, but consensus has been that they are. OK, fine. But that does not mean that they belong in the lead. User:Biosketch, in his edit comment when he restored this material to the lead, says "it has the consensus of editors on both "sides," so best would be to leave it as is". I see no discussion about having this material in the lead, nor do I see any de facto consensus based on the edit history; though I do see consensus on the wording. And what are "both" sides? The pro-Guinness and the anti-Guinness sides ☺ ? -- Macrakis ( talk) 15:01, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
The 'world record' is just a transient news grab of the largest pile of ingredients combined together. There is nothing noteworthy about this, seriously how can anyone call this a 'ongoing cultural contest between Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinians'. It is not culture - it is just how many skips of parsley can be put in one big pile. Mtpaley ( talk) 01:25, 17 July 2015 (UTC)
I know I know, but I can get bored and then angry at the modification of this topic with Israel/Palestine deletions and "corrections"!! ( Dumarest ( talk) 18:23, 14 March 2012 (UTC)).
New French film with an ironic title: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_la_France_(film,_2013) Plot: Fictional country of Tabboulistan "actually invented Tabbouleh, but the French colonialists then gave it to Lebanon". Now the country is reclaiming their cultural inheritage "for benefit glorious nation Tabboulistan", by launching a mission of "advertising terrorism" aimed at 9/11-ing the Eiffel tower. I wonder if the film's writers know about this here article's sensitive issues? P.S.: I'm Lebanese, and I find these "cultural wars" via Wikipedia utterly embarrassing. Specific Israeli culture objectively dates back to 1946 (unless we're talking biblical era and pre-Diaspora culture!), and obviously includes many things jewish and/or regional. The only real issue is who's currently holding the size record. Which I expect to see challenged regularly in the future. My crystal ball? Argumentum ad Wikipedia. ;-) Issar El-Aksab ( talk) 21:57, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
The lead says "(sometimes considered a salad)". Does it make sense? Are there sources that state it is not a salad, to counter the very many sources that call it a salad without hesitation? Zero talk 00:27, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
Mishmosh hindi, there are sources showing that the origin of tabbouleh is Syria: p 172: https://books.google.se/books?id=ptZgNoobsyUC&pg=PA172&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Why do you keep removing it? -- Supreme Deliciousness ( talk) 06:33, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
Because it's not Syrian! It's the traditional lebanese salad! In syria may prepare it, but it does not means that the Salad is Syrian! It is the Lebanese traditional salad! You can mention syria but not in the (origen).. That's why... Mishmosh hindi ( talk) 12:48, 13 May 2020 (UTC)
WP:COMMONNAME in English for the same dish Spudlace ( talk) 01:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
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Change “Vegetarian salad” to “plant-based salad”, check the ingredients list 2003:F5:BF0E:465:1484:276E:2C02:CC75 ( talk) 18:36, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
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I don't know how to use wikipedia so sorry in advance.
But, shouldn't the salad be described in the introduction as "Vegan" instead of "Vegetarian"? 129.194.0.172 ( talk) 18:57, 6 June 2021 (UTC)
The detail: "...tabbouleh has become a popular food in the United States."
is quite a bit too U.S.A.-centric, don't you think? Is there any info about the popularity of tabbouleh in any of the other 200 countries?
Maybe editors from the U.S.A do not see this bias in their own thoughts? What do other people think? It seems pretty glaring to me, a non-USA citizen. JEmKay ( talk) 11:24, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
I propose we remove reference to Turkish kisir or Armenian eetch, they are not similar to tabbouleh. The recognized similar Levantine Lebanese and Syrian food to eetch and kisir is “kibbet banadoura”. Just because eetch and kisir use burghol and parsley doesn’t make them tabbouli. We also have safsouf in Lebanon, and we still won’t call that tabbouleh.
Point: kisir and eetch are not similar to tabbouleh. Too many varieties of burghol added dishes in Lebanon and Syria that are more similar to kisir and eetch. One of those dishes is kibbet banadoura. This dish is the sister of those dishes. And we don’t consider it similar to tabbouleh. If we are going to include kisir and eetch were are also going to have to talk about kibbet banadoura on the tabbouleh page. And that doesn’t make sense. This isn’t a blanket article about dishes that includes burghol.
Lebanesebebe123 ( talk) 23:17, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
When tabbouleh has more burghol and less parsley that is not tabbouleh. Dish has entirely different name Lebanesebebe123 ( talk) 20:21, 23 September 2023 (UTC)