On Sun, 6 May 2012 18:04:06 -0700, gtr > wrote:

> Got a box of mix, company, Casbah. I'll see what I can do.
>
> It didn't occur to me that I don't use powdered mixes like that for a
> reason; they're usually overloaded to the far end of the salt spectrum.
> Oh well, maybe I'll be lucky.
>
> As a point of reference I talked to two workers in the store, both from
> India (Gujarati, I believe). Neither had ever heard of falafel. They
> found somebody else and they took me to the one and only brand that was
> in the store.
>
> This proves nothing on its own, but I don't think Indians eat falafel
> or anything like it. They do have a falafel-like unit that is made
> from lentil flour though.

Have you ever heard of the Middle East and North Africa?

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