Epicurian tidbits

Here are a few epicurian facts I've learned from my experience so far dining in Egypt, on Egyptian food with Egyptian people.

1. If you don't know what it is, try it first- you might like it. If you do like it, I still probably wouldn't ask what's 'in it'.

2. There is no '15 second rule' in Egypt.

3. Potato chips are a viable sidedish for roast lamb.

4. Many Egyptian foods have names that are fun to say: 'gibna' (cheese), 'chipsi' (potato chips), 'hawowshi' (ground beef sandwich), 'kofta' (lamb meatball) and 'bassbossa' (semolina cake) which makes me think of a vilanous Disney pirate each time I say it.

5. Egypt is not the place for dieters.

6. The best tasting watermelon in the world is grown in Egypt.

7. You haven't had fresh honey until it's served to you straight from a sleeve of comb, right out of the hive.

8. Everything tastes better roasted on a stick.

9. There is no such thing as too many carbs in Egypt.

10. "What is this thing called a 'napkin' of which you speak?"

11. If it came out of the Nile, DON'T EAT IT.