OXFORD, Miss. – Students and locals can sample authentic Jordanian
\ncuisine next week at the seventh civic dinner hosted by the Cook! Eat!
\nShare! organization.<\/p>\n
The “Jordan Table” dinner is set for 6-7:30
\np.m. Tuesday (Oct. 28) at Sarap Tea Room and Gift Shoppe, 14 County
\nRoad 307 in Oxford. The three-course meal includes an appetizer, main
\ncourse and dessert. Jordan’s national dish, mansaf, is being served as
\nthe main course. A seminar on Jordanian culture follows the meal.
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Tickets are $18 each and seating is limited, so tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. E-mail requests for reservations to Daphne Ingene at ceshare@olemiss.edu by Oct. 27. Ingene will reply with a confirmation number, which must be used to purchase tickets at the University Counseling Center.<\/p>\n
Ingene, a native of Hong Kong and graduate student in counseling education, is the dinner coordinator.<\/p>\n
“Jordan’s culture and food are not very well-known by many Americans,” Ingene said. “Through tasting Jordanian food, we want to learn more about its culture and history.”<\/p>\n
The most interesting dish that will be served at the dinner is none other than mansaf, the national dish of Jordan, Ingene said. Well-known and liked throughout the Middle East, mansaf is made of lamb, rice, yogurt, egg and Jordanian spices. Other foods to be served are tabbouleh, a mixed herb salad; and kolage, a dessert made with phyllo dough.<\/p>\n
Sufian Ahmad, a computer science major from Jordan, is to give a Power Point presentation on Jordanian culture after the meal.<\/p>\n
“I know that a lot of people either don’t know much about Jordan or they really have a distorted idea,” Ahmad said. “If they really want to know what Jordan is like, they should come to this dinner.”<\/p>\n
The Cook! Eat! Share! organization was created last fall by the UM Counseling Center. The multicultural organization has hosted six dinners – featuring the foods and culture of China, Thailand, Brazil and other countries – that were very well-received.<\/p>\n
“The turnout for last year’s dinners was fantastic,” Ingene said. “We always had a long waiting list. We have an increasing number of reservations already for this dinner.”<\/p>\n
Anyone with an interest in ethnic cuisine and culture should attend the event, she said.<\/p>\n
“If you are curious or are very adventurous about food – if you are curious and interested in learning about other cultures, this is a wonderful opportunity,” Ingene said. “There is no other place that offers this kind of opportunity.”<\/p>\n
Cook! Eat! Share! is planning its next dinner, which will feature either Korean or Italian cuisine, she said.<\/p>\n
For directions to Sarap Tea Room and Gift Shoppe, call 662-259-2622. For more information or for assistance related to a disability, contact Ingene at ceshare@olemiss.edu or 662-915-3784.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"