Taboon bread

Taboon bread
Taboon bread, main component of musakhan
TypeFlatbread wrap
Place of originMiddle East

Taboon bread (Arabic: خبز طابون, romanized: khubz ṭābūn) is Levantine flatbread baked in a taboon or tannur 'tandoor' clay oven, similar to the various tandoor breads found in many parts of Asia. It is used as a base or wrap in many cuisines, and eaten with different accompaniments.[1]

Variations

Traditional tabun with lid, from Palestine

Taboon bread is an important part of Palestinian cuisine,[2][3][4] traditionally baked on a bed of small hot stones in the taboon oven.[5] It is the base of musakhan, often considered the national dish of Palestine. Gustaf Dalman, a German orientalist, documented its making in Palestine in the early 20th-century, among other types of breads.[6] In Palestine, folded flat-bread was often filled with a spinach and onion mixture, or with cheese curds and onion mixture, or with raisins and pine nuts.[6] The ordinary taboon-bread was slightly smaller in size than the ordinary tannur-bread.[7] Over the centuries, bread-making in communal taboons played an important social role for women in Palestinian villages.[5]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Albala, K. (2011). Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. Greenwood. pp. 28–29. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  3. ^ Whittemore, William Meynell (1874). Sunshine, conducted by W.M. Whittemore [and others]. p. 6 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Albala, K. (2016). At the Table: Food and Family around the World: Food and Family around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-61069-738-5. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  5. ^ a b "e-turathuna-Tabun - Bethlehem University". www.bethlehem.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  6. ^ a b Dalman, Gustaf (1964). Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (in German). Vol. 4 (Bread, oil and wine). Hildesheim. pp. 114–115. OCLC 312676221.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (reprinted from 1935 edition)
  7. ^ Dalman, Gustaf (1964). Arbeit und Sitte in Palästina (in German). Vol. 4 (Bread, oil and wine). Hildesheim. OCLC 312676221.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) (reprinted from 1935 edition), Diagram 30