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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Spam in a burnoose? #78034 08/10/02 02:26 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie OP Carpal Tunnel OP Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Tonight we ate dinner at an Iraqi restaurant. It has a small market attached, and we like to wander through to see the exotic articles of apparel (few) and food items (a lot). They had some canned meat, and judging by the picture, the quality was somewhat dubious. The label did nothing to reassure, either: Al-Haloub Cow. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78035 08/10/02 02:43 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Hal or Al-Hal or Halal... depending on the language, is a word somewhat similar in meaning to kosher (or kasrut). it means the meat has been prepared according to islamic law, and is "clean". (which is what kosher means). i eat kosher chicken from the deli, and Hal al meat from the falafal guy... so is suspect the Al-Haloub cow just is a way of saying "Kosher Beef"-- islamic style! how was the food.. i can't say i have specifically eaten iraqi food (i have an iranian friend and have eaten iranian, and i don't think there is much different.. what did you have.. (and no, i am not turning this into a food thread!) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78036 08/10/02 12:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York (and no, i am not turning this into a food thread!) Heaven forfend! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78037 08/10/02 01:35 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass excuse me, but didn't this start as a food thread? (I'm sure if we put our minds to it we can turn it into something entirely else..) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78038 08/10/02 02:25 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... (I'm sure if we put our minds to it we can turn it into something entirely else..) Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun burnoose 1 sense of burnoose Sense 1 burnous, burnoose, burnouse -- (a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors) cloak -- (a loose outer garment) caftan, kaftan -- (a (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant) cape, mantle -- (a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter) capote, hooded cloak -- (a long hooded cloak) capuchin -- (a hooded cloak for women) dolman -- (a woman's cloak with dolman sleeves) domino -- (a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume) jellaba -- (a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa) opera cloak, opera hood -- (a large cloak worn over evening clothes) pallium -- (cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome) poncho -- (a blanket-like cloak with a hole in the center for the head) shawl -- (cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders) toga -- (a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome) tunic -- (any of a variety of loose fitting cloaks extending to the hips or knees) wrap, wrapper -- (cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person) End of WordNet output for burnoose. http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn&word=burnoose 'Course, all this brings to mind some good ol' camel haggis! mmmmmmmm! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Camel Haggis #78039 08/10/02 04:59 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York This grosses me out *almost as much as Wordwind's description of mountain oysters over in Miscellany did. Food thread, schmood thread. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Camel Haggis #78040 08/10/02 05:23 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... *almost I'll try harder next time! How 'bout raw camel haggis...kinda like camel haggis sushi? You wanna know the recipe for the dip? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78041 08/10/02 09:37 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 excuse me, but didn't this start as a food thread? Al-Haloub Word up. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78042 08/10/02 10:05 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass They had some canned meat, and judging by the picture, the quality was somewhat dubious. The label did nothing to reassure, either: Al-Haloub Cow. a picture is worth a thousand words. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Spam in a burnoose? #78043 08/11/02 01:28 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park if you are going to include poncho, why not serape? (Connie, i think there should be an accent mark on the last e, since it is said ser rap ee) but i don't know spanish. what do you say?) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 2 1 2 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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