Transcript of الفول | الدحيح

Since Foul disappeared from the world, {\an1}"Mohmaden, your average doorman" I've been okay. I bloat less now, and people truly changed. The Foul disappearance happened 5 years ago, {\an1}Dr. Mohamed Important doctor/researcher. The success rate in schools and universities is up to 100%. People try to fail but can't. Since I quit Foul, my life has changed. I stopped eavesdropping to the resident's lives, I became a women's rights advocate. I discovered there's women in general, I didn't know that. On the personal level, I stopped smoking, I started exercising... I went back to praying in the mosque, and now I can go out to have fun. {\an1}Mohamed mediocre lawyer I'm still working on it. Birth rates decreased, and production rates increased. People became much smarter, which made their care for something like an Air-fryer almost zero. I no longer have cases to work, no one fights or argues anymore, no one sues anymore, we want hatred back so we can work. Before I buy anything for any resident, I always ask him, \ 'Do you really need this carton of milk?' 'Or you need the happiness that you feel when you drink milk?' That's Freud Shawki's school you know, you have him here on the show too. Everyone has a PhD now. Even renewing the national ID requires a PhD! There's no crime anymore, there's no theft or murder. We win a lot of Nobel prizes, we win many Olympics competitions, we're working on getting the World Cup but I think we still have work to do. The problem of Europe immigrants is huge, I'm not racist but I can't wake up everyday and see some white people, Swedish and Danish, playing football in front of the building complex. It's not civilized. Published scientific research has proved with numbers that Foul was the reason we weren't blessed. So bye Foul and Hello blessing. "The Foul is gone?" "Nothing I could've done" Mohamed the Foul Guy 1970-2023 "Nothing that I could've done!" "Goodbye Foul pot!" Hello my dear viewers, welcome to a new episode of ElDaheeh. My dear, what makes you wake up in the morning with motivation and passion? 'Sports, Abo Hmeed!' It's a formal answer but not true. 'Then definitely work, Abo Hmeed.' My friend, to avoid getting lost in all the guesses, the one thing that gets us up from our beds is breakfast! Breakfast and morning equals Foul. Let me tell you that the best sight to see in the morning as you leave is Ashraf on his Foul cart, as if he's young Michael Jackson on stage doing show-off acrobat moves here pot, there pickles, there takes money, and there gives the change he's like an octopus! He knows how to make all Foul packets the same size! Want Foul? done, want tahina? done, Flax oil? you got it! Green salad, and pickled eggplant that you don't know how it's done. It's like standing in a local open buffet! an intercontinental breakfast! All that with 30 people starting their day with this amazing show that costs less than one dollar. The tale of Foul is magical and is way older than you'd think. As usual, the magical tales start from places you can never imagine. 'What? Marg metro station, Abo Hmeed?' Places you can't imagine not places you can't get to, my friend. That place, my friend, is the bathroom. 'What? doesn't that come after it?' Bathroom here means the local ones, called Hammam, that spread in the Arab world since the middle ages. Every Arab city had fixed facilities, the market, mosque (Imam's quarters), and a Hammam. People gathered in Hammams to shower together. 'Sorry Abo Hmeed, markets and mosques seem convenient for gatherings, but gathering in a Hammam?' You're probably my male dear viewer not female. My female dear viewer, you're all good. Arabs have been doing it for long. The idea here is that people did shower together, in those ages, privacy was luxury. It cost a lot to have my own bathroom/hammam in my own house. I can't afford to have my own. At that time, instead of saying 'I'll shower and go out with friends' they said, 'I'll go take a shower with my friends'! The price of a private Hammam that was made of marble and porcelain and decorated with colored glass and copper used to cost a 1000 gold pounds, in a time where a dime had a purchasing power. That's why in the countryside, men used to shower in canals, where they could've drowned or caught diseases. In cities, people used to go to these Hammams, which by time became a profitable investment! You'd see two or three investors partnered in "Friends Hammam", with memberships and member cards. They opened up Hammams that welcomes different social classes who pay an entry fee to shower. These Hammams didn't just attract the poor and mediocre families, they also attracted the rich and the governors who sometimes booked the entire Hammam to themselves a private day with servants, musicians, and expensive meals, it was like weekend on the beach. 'Shall we go shower, friends? who's in?' Although fatwas were issued in the Mamluk era that forbid women from going to the public Hammams, specific days and shifts were made for women only. In short, the Hammam became a social club, an irresistible entity. An outing that everyone went on, man or woman, rich or poor. Even if one had a Hammam in his house, because it wasn't just for cleaning up, it was an integrated institute that can now be represented by 5 or 6 places. The Hammam was a hospital where people got remedies with local medicine or cupping therapy, it was a pharmacy that had creams to treat scabies and albinism, and weight problems and casts. It was also a spa! 'What is it, Abo Hmeed?' It's something that if you knew about, you won't know me again. And if I had the money for it, I won't make episodes. Hammam was for massages, sauna, and steam rooms. It was also the beauty salon that bride and groom got ready in known as 'The Hammam Celebration', the matchmaker usually had picked the bride from Hammam in the first place! That's like, 'How did you first meet?' 'In the bathrooms, through someone else' Even in crimes like rape, the judge used the help of the Hammam's manager to examine the victims and confirm the assault. While for traders and governors, the Hammam was a private and secret club to strike deals and talk about politics without fear of spies. In these meeting, there's a kind of... translucency, no one hides anything, cats out of the bag, there's was a state of transparency. The public Hammam isn't an Arab invention, its origins date back to the Roman civilization where it was called Thermae, and according to a letter reported by al-Suyuti from Amr ibn al-Aas, it said that Alexandria alone had 4000 Hammams when Arabs entered Egypt. The number could be an exaggeration, but it indicates that the Roman bathrooms at that time in Egypt was everywhere. But like I said, Arabs diversified its usage, which made them start designing them and they excelled in their designs to the point where the French traveler, Claude-Etienne Savary praised the vast areas of Egyptian Hammams. compared to the bathrooms of France. The famous book "Description of Egypt" records the splendor of Egyptian baths, with its fountains and marble floor. They also changed the Roman design of water basins and canals to be more suitable for the conditions of purity and ablution among Muslims. Here the water must be running, not stagnant. This is part of the provisions of Islamic fiqh. Therefore, we will find the most famous hammams located close to mosques. Like the "Al-Muayyad Hammam" next to the "Al-Muayyad Mosque" at Bab Zuwailah, And "Hammam Al-Saada" is next to the "Saeed Al-Saada" Khanqah in "Al-Jamaliyya". Not only that, sometimes they took out a portion of the profits from the Hammam as endowment or donation to a specific charitable facility. At a time when the Hammam was transformed from a place of hygiene, to a place for people to sit, relax, and socialize. Hammams were built with narrow entrances, especially in cities like Alexandria. This is because as our guest sits naked, these narrow passages can create an air flow that would get him a cold. Especially since his stay is long. In short, what I want to say is Hammams were cared for in functions and designs, in order to transform it from a facility with purpose of hygiene, to a public place, the heart of the city, the City Center, The center where all residents of all classes meet. One says, "Abo Hmeed, sorry, the story of the Hammams is nice, and we learned a lot, What does this have to do with Foul?!" I will tell you, my dear. I will go out and come back again. As we said, my dear, the Hammam is the center of the city, That's why he always had to be working all the time. Of course, in that era, there was no electricity generator or solar energy, or geothermal energy, not even a battery! Rather, they used fire to heat the water. The fire must remain lit up 24 hours a day. The fire always had to be ready. From here, we came up with a term called "fireplace" or "hearth." It was a place next to the Hammam where the fire burnt. At first, it relied on burning cotton, sesame, and firewood sticks. But this, of course, was very expensive, so the price of Hammam was a lot for the poor. Clients started complaining, prices became expensive. Take care, my dear, this is the main audience. Here, the Hammam owners resorted to a clever idea: Turning Trash into Cash! Burning rubbish! They brought trash and burnt it. From them, they created heat that warms our water. "By God, Abo Hmeed! This is a genius idea!" These countries are definitely the ones (Barbanur)!" Hasty! -'What?' -Hasty! My dear, I'm saying a place for bathing and cleanliness, You want to bring me garbage and burn it?! I told you, they were near mosques and important gathering places. We would leave all this beauty and all this spirituality, and sit to burn garbage bags?! Of course, my dear, it was not good either to have place like this is next to rubbish. One by one, they thought that they would begin to depend on dry rubbish. Such as paper, straw, cages, leather, and shoe workshop waste. With the advent of this hearth, it had secondary uses. Like using its ashes to prepare mortar for building, Which is wet cement. The second use of these hearths was in the process of steaming a pot of fava beans. "Foul":Really? keep talking about Hammams, and I'll be outside. Let it feed you! Dear Foul, please don't be upset, I just wanted to start the episode clean! The bean sellers sent their pots at sunset, the hearth workers receive it from them. They closed it well, and placed it on the warm water pipes. Or they threw it in ashes and left it like that all night until dawn. That's because beans are one of the most difficult plants to cook. If you cook it over normal heat, the heart of the beans will cook faster than the skin which will remain dry and harsh. This will make it taste bad, difficult to chew, and difficult to digest. You won't know how to you open it! That's why, in the past, beans were stored in giant pits called "makkameer." These pits were dry, absorbing moisture from the bean. So, when the moisture is absorbed, the beans are easier to be cooked. After the humidity goes away, it was the turn of the copper pot, which was ideal for conducting heat. Of course, that's beside the fava beans themselves, the local Foul. The copper that receives the beautiful beans. Imagine a big country with Foul as its daily breakfast! You will definitely experiment and improve until the best and most delicious bean. Therefore, the hearth in the Hammams achieved perfect cooking of the beans at a very economical cost. Because there is so much fire in it that works for the water. So we used it for one more thing! Take advantage of the heat! And here, the beans are supposed to be thankful to the shower! Of course, I don't need to tell you that Hammams are no longer so widespread. Or, let us say, that the popular Hammams are no longer popular. Their number decreased over time, and each one still had his own bathroom. The Hammams didn't live long but the beans lived long. Perhaps what remains of the popular Hammams is the hearth. The hearth that gave us the most beautiful way to cook beans. One says, "Abo Hmeed, with all due respect, why do we bother with such a difficult bean? does it have to be Foul? why not Falafel?' - My dear, I have a surprise for you. - "What, Abo Hmeed?" - Falafel is made from fava beans. - "What?!" Falafel is made from fava beans. "So the place where I get breakfast is scamming me?!" If you focus on the story of Hammams, you will find that it developed for two reasons: A natural reason, which is our bodies’ need for hygiene. The second reason is cultural. Because it was a meeting place, bringing together more than one place in one place. Also, it is linked to purity and mosques which were, at that time, educational centers in the cities, in addition to being places of worship. Foul will also evolve from being a difficult food to cook to a basic and favorite meal of the Egyptian people. Likewise, there is a natural reason, and a cultural or social reason. The natural reason is survival. A person needs to diversify his diet to not die. If he got used to eating one thing that he can't grow or hunt, he will be in trouble! This is what happened when man discovered fire. He cooked plants that were poisonous or difficult to digest in their raw state, Like potatoes and beans, Even, my dear, the meat benefited from this heat, One made soup from it. He extracted fats, marrow, and sweets. Juices that were hidden in the raw state of the meat. This means that the heat caused the food to double with its accompaniments. It increased ingredients in the food. The heat also did not make the food more varied or in larger quantities. No, it also tasted better. For example, you have the reaction known as the Maillard reaction. You take a piece of raw meat and grill it on the grill Amino acids, or the building blocks of protein in meat's tissue will react with saccharids, these many chain reactions, will create a smell and a juicy taste that lingers in your mouth. The interaction is not limited to the meat. But vegetables, garlic, coffee beans, and anything that exposes it to heat. Fire began to fix problems it was not responsible for. Fire has become spices that we put on food, enhancing the taste of the food. Specifications of the ideal life partner: To be like fire! The first time he touches you, sugars, fats, spices, and marrow are supposed to come out and sweets, qatayef, and yum-yums! My dear, you are beautiful, but I still haven't found your grill! "Okay, Abo Hmeed, you know about food and all, why did we resort to plants while all this food existed, which not only needs heat, but needs a whole night to cook over a low fire!" Inside this fireplace! My dear, this is the point where we will move to the cultural reason. In his book "Plant Wealth among the Ancient Egyptians," William Nazir says that the word "muddammas" is an Arabic word in form, "muddammas." However, its origin is the word "tams", the Coptic word. And before that, the word "samata", the ancient Egyptian, The two meanings of burial or union with the earth. In reference to "packaging" beans in a hole in the ground. According to the historian Plutarch, The ancient Egyptians consumed beans and cooked them in the same way as they do now. But the priests avoided him because it gained them weight. They were careful to always remain fit from a perspective of asceticism and devoting oneself to knowledge. "Try squeezing L-Amun on the plate!" !Sorry, Grandpa But with the transition to the Coptic era, the Copts were fasting 200 days a year. Here, the bean turns from a tough plant to a Super Hero. Excellent option for economical plant protein for fasting for approximately two-thirds of the year. In short, the ancient Egyptians grew beans, stored them, and offered them as offerings. After them, the Copts began their long fast. They made it the number one popular dish in the country. Will Arab civilization remain silent? People put flax oil and laugh at them?! No, it comes with the Hammam and hearth system to make a breakthrough in the world of beans, transforming the process of cooking beans from a difficult and tiring process to an economical and sustainable process. This is history, my dear. Classes, stages, tribes, peoples, and eras in succession, and every day add to each other. That is why, in his book "Food for the Copt," Charles Akl says, This cultural sequence has transformed from necessity into pleasure. In fact, humans are amazing at adapting. Imagine if you ate the same food 200 days a year! Historically, the issue goes from something you have to do, to something you are trying to look at the pleasures in it, and diversify it as much as you can. This made the Egyptians invent new ways to make beans to not get bored. For example, if they made falafel, they grinded the beans into falafel to make you feel that, "A day we eat falafel, and a day we eat fava beans." No, darling... It's the same beans, but can we get some salt, some cumin and some black pepper with a squeeze of lemon and a little oil, they make it taste amazing! whether the oil is sweet or flax oil, The hot one is flax seed oil. If you are making it with olive oil, you must immediately remove the cumin. Because they both have strong or dominant flavours, they don't like competition. You can add tahini to it, it will give a little creaminess. Or take care of the extra salt you added! I saw you by the way! When tahini is introduced, its spiritual twin, garlic, enters with it. To break its thickness with its strong flavour. Above all, the bean's home is open to anyone. Any guest is welcomed with open arms. Green salad? sure. Ghee? never say no. Butter, sweeter and sweeter! Eggs; boiled, fried, omelet, anything! Hummus, now, my dear, they put it with Kiri cheese! There are still "Kiri" beans in it! Or the sausage, come on, it won't say no! Saad Al-Harami's uncle makes fava beans with cream! The beans are sweet and sour! Even meat is in! So, you make a vegetable protein and add an animal protein to it? welcome! Beans with sausage, pastrami, and hotdog. If I finish this game with you, I will complete 4 episodes with you! It is possible that there is a restaurant that only serves beans, with other things. Take care, my dear, we have not yet elaborated on falafel or Al-Basara. They are made with grinded fava beans, not cooked. What I want to tell you, my dear Almost every Egyptian home has its own way of making fava beans. Every Foul cart has its own way of making beans. Even if they cook and bury beans in the same place, In the end, you will never take the same product! Every person who makes beans has his own signature! Until here, we are faced with a happy story. It turned a difficult and stubborn plant into a beautiful and tasty edible one. Culture preserved, the heat of the hearth cooked it over a low flame. Its price is easy on customers' pockets. But all this will change. "How, Abo Hmeed?!" Understood? With the progress of time, and to our good fortune, Hammams entered homes. Private ones, this time. Consequently, the public Hammam lost its basic function, And the secondary functions it included exited the entity; Hospital, club, hairdresser, With the disappearance of them, it is natural hearths also disappear. Even copper pots were expensive, and people will have to replace them with aluminium. This is followed by the famous "folklore" song, "Oh world, oh world, they sold the copper and brought me aluminum!" "Oh my God, Abo Hmeed! I mean, are we going back to the Makamir pits?!" The truth is, it won't be very useful. Because you have, for example, the village of Burham in Menoufia. It was one of the most famous villages who preserved takmeer, as a recipe from ancient times, it will be forced by natural changes, such as a rise in groundwater levels to have the crop of beans and pines destroyed! The hole is dug deep, and groundwater from high depth, depth in depth, they meet! The elements transforming beans from a hard plant to a popular food disappeared. Here, it was expected that this food would disappear. Because it spread parasitic, it was dependent on Hammams, and on the heat produced by hearths. The hearths are gone, the Hammams are gone, Okay, go, beans, bye! But that didn't happen. People did not give up on beans just as they gave up on Hammams. Because beans have no other alternatives, Also, the human element will save the existence of this plant. The human element here is represented by hearth workers. Most of whom are destitute, Because they work in harsh conditions like miners. Your work here is in the oven! The workers here will begin to adapt to the new conditions and use their experience. The first experience they will use is to choose the appropriate bean from its texture to its temperature, Then, the fava bean mixture, The liquid that binds the beans together. Lentils, carrots, tomatoes and rice, They are what gives beans a creamy texture and distinct color and flavor. Use a gas flame that heats from underneath only. But they put a jug of hot water on top. to trap steam and keep it hot throughout the cooking period. To compensate for the lost steam. Sustainable popular experiences and solutions, that was able to preserve the taste of the beans we eat. Although all the methods of making it have changed. And here, my dear, we come to the most important question in the episode: Why was it easy for people to give up Hammams? but difficult for them to give up food? Or even downgrade it, and reduce its eating from folklore? Even if there was a time when it was the appropriate alternative to fasting, With the development and ease of arrival of crops from other countries, It was easy for other vegetarian dishes to do the job. How can an entire facility collapse easily? While a dish of beans with hot oil kept going? Let me tell you, my dear, that in 2018, in a study entitled, Food & Identity, it said that food is the product that transforms, over time, from survival necessity to a culture that expresses a particular group or people. Also, eating begins to turn into an almost implicit contract. Just like we make an agreement while having dinner, or the concept of "bread and salt." Which is present in almost all cultures of different countries, If we share or start a new journey together, we start by eating or drinking something together. Food, according to the study, leaks into our speech. For example in English, If we love someone, we call him Apple of My Eyes! If we describe someone as easy, we call them Easy as Pie. We have something like honey and sugar. The job is called "eating bread." Also, we can call food a human trait. Like the Freekeh that don't like this partner, Although he never explained his strategic theory! "Food not only nourishes us, but also redefines us to ourselves and to others." That's why, in all cultures, no matter how much time changes, food is what survives. Because it is part of the culture. And to assure you that this issue is global, Let me give you other examples other than beans. Rice, for example, transformed in Japan from a suited food to the nature of their land To something to distinguish them from the Chinese, The Japanese consider Short Grain Rice to what distinguishes them from the Chinese who eat long-grain rice. This is the opposite of the Chinese and the rest of Asia. The Japanese also use rice as a means of paying taxes. And evaluate the quality and price of each land. As Japan developed and cities expanded at the expense of the countryside, The researcher says that the Japanese not only saved rice, Rather, they turned it into a cultural slogan, with their openness to the West. They continued to call themselves Rice Eaters. No need to worry, what's wrong with rice eaters? A union that's easy to join! I just need a spoon and scoop! If you are in the Gulf, your hands are enough! In contrast to the Western ones, for example, which are Meat Eaters. Also, my dear, for us, it is not just beans that are important. The halo around the beans is important, especially the Foul beans cart. From the eye-catching form of cart, to the people standing around her, the show that the man selling beans was doing, other than its design and the sentences written on it, Which may be a popular proverb, a Quranic verse, a light-hearted sentence, a rhyme on a song, Like, "It never crossed your mind to have breakfast with me." Or "If the beans run out, I'm not responsible." Or the Arabic name itself remains "the bride." All of these things reflect a long history of beautifying food. To change from something that was imposed on our ancestors, to a variety of food that no one gets bored of. It accepts all types of additives, and is placed in all types of bread. Except for Al-Shami! By the way, my dear, I see poetry in the cart owner calling his cart "the bride." Because he considers it a source of livelihood, the most precious thing to him! And as Professor Shkukko said to Professor Laila Murad, In one of the most beautiful songs, Which was similar to the pitching process that the men used to do to "Laila Murad." Everyone tells her what he can offer, and she agrees. She is the one who chooses. He used to say, "My country, my country, my destiny, and I earn pounds." I made 4 buildings on fava beans and falafel." He says this to her to describe his social success. He rose in the social classes through the simplest popular dish in Egypt, fava beans. Why, my dear, do we have to go back in time? We won't go see "Saad Al-Harami" or "Bashandi Empire"! Social advancement achieved because of beans. Beans are also present in our heritage in popular proverbs. Like "every bean has a measure" Or, "Every rotten bean has a foolish measure." In one of the popular Egyptian restaurants in New York, You will find the design of the counter is the same as that of the fava bean cart. Even large Foul places that do not need a cart, place the bean cart with her popular design inside the store. Or the suhoor meal is served in Ramadan tents on popular bean carts. Although they can bring you the template for the "buffet" that opens this, Like a swallow cap! Indeed, some large companies that produce canned beans, made a special version called "cart Beans", Its box was decorated with the cart colors of beans, green, red and blue. To make you feel the same longing for sharing and gathering, Because whoever is eating, has had a very long history with beans. "That's it, Abo Hmeed. We're tired of fava beans! We don't eat them every day!" My dear, let me tell you not to get accustomed to grace, Do not take things for Granted so that it does not disappear! You know, my dear, that local bean production in Egypt is very low. Because of earth pests and weather conditions! Climate changes affect bean production in Egypt. Scientific research cannot be commercialized! The local need will already be met, we can successfully use imported beans but they're of less quality than the Egyptian. Egyptian scientists are trying in every way possible at ICARDA to create improved bean strains that are more resistant to pests. I mean, my dear, the difficulties are not over. But also, the solutions are not finished. In 2022, Nahla Imam ,Egypt's representative the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, announced Egyptian efforts to include the Egyptian fava dish within the intangible heritage that expresses the entire culture of the people. If you remember, my dear, the matter is simple, "What is difficult about this, Mrs. Nahla?" What does it mean to have a culture represented by a specific food as a symbol? Let me tell you that the year 2023, UNESCO has resolved one of the fiercest cultural quarrels. There is a popular dish in West Africa, called "jollof". "Oh, Abo Hmeed, this is definitely food... I broke my saliva! Tell me!" My dear, this is a very simple dish made of rice, vegetables and fish. She eats it on Friday and sleeps for two hours after that. This dish has its origins disputed by Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. Semi Final Nations of Africa! But, my dear, UNESCO settles this battle in favor of Senegal. In the end, my dear, after all these stories, Eating is not only a biological act, but it is also an anthropological act. And I love anthropology! A memory that preserves our culture and connects us to our past and our religious customs, such as fasting. and our common dispositions and preferences. As we consume the food, we also consume the way it is cooked. It means we learn mastery and patience, simplicity, variety, and lightness from beans. that with simple things can be eaten without getting bored. Each additive turns it into a completely different meal. Do you know, my dear, what else doesn't make you bored? and works a good start to the day, or the end of the day? also diverse and full of "tricks" and stuff? the old episodes, the new ones, look at the sources and subscribe if you're on YouTube. My friend, if you love beans, thank the Hammam! Once a bean seller took an exam. got 20, all 10 alone! That's all, my dear. Thank you so much. Nice meal, Bon Appétit!