"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "ViLco" > wrote in message
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>>> Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>>> they just never appeal to me. It's like an Indian Hush Puppy. But I
>>>>> can at least make hush puppies taste good. But not falafel.
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>>>> I have seen the mixes but they just don't set well with me. I have
>>>> tried mixes for other things and didn't like them. One was for
>>>> tabouli. The end result just wasn't right.
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>>> A moroccan friend used to make falafel from canned chickpeas and she
>>> sais that she added a little flour (A-P) to keep them from falling
>>> apart. I wasn't interested in food at the time so I don't know the other
>>> ingredients, but it could be a starting point. Probably, that pinch of
>>> flour in falafel is like the pinch of flour in gnocchi: a shortcut, kind
>>> of a trick for when you don't have old enough taters. But if it helps...
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>> Maybe but these had a just awful flavor to them. Like too much of some
>> kind of seasoning was put in them. I just don't know what it was.
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> Made right falafel is quite spicey with tons of garlic, cumin, coriander
> and parsely. If you don't like strongly flavored foods you won't like any
> falafel recipe. Without the spices it's just ground up beans.

This didn't taste spicy at all. Just sort of old or dead or something.
Maybe it wasn't fresh? I just don't know. I love cumin. It's one of my
favorite flavors.