Cocina de Mama

So glad you enjoyed the recipes Janetta - it'...

2012-01-07T10:31:01.301+11:00

So glad you enjoyed the recipes Janetta - it's so lovely to hear! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
Cocinar, Comer y ser feliz!
Leticia

I enjoyed reading the recipes you posted for the t...

2012-01-07T03:57:05.734+11:00

I enjoyed reading the recipes you posted for the ten days of Christmas. I shall be trying out a few of them in preparation for next Christmas. I'm so glad I have discovered your blog - it's such a joy.

Ooh! You'll have to share the recipe with us! ...

2011-12-07T12:47:03.502+11:00

Ooh! You'll have to share the recipe with us! Aren't Mums just wonderful :)

Delicious! Mum made me a Christmas cake recently a...

2011-12-07T12:13:31.999+11:00

Delicious! Mum made me a Christmas cake recently and i'm loving slowly getting through it. It's super dooper yummy, xxx

What a great recipe, love Granny Smith apples - th...

2011-11-15T01:57:47.423+11:00

What a great recipe, love Granny Smith apples - they are so great for cooking. Actually came across this post by accident but glad I did!

Chris
A Windsor Tours Guide who loves to travel.

That looks like a beautiful cake to serve! :)

2011-10-19T23:37:43.894+11:00

That looks like a beautiful cake to serve! :)

This may mean things get dangerous :)

2011-10-13T11:47:50.163+11:00

This may mean things get dangerous :)

Oh my goodness you are naughty! These look amazing...

2011-09-19T21:41:50.054+10:00

Oh my goodness you are naughty! These look amazing. Glad to see you blogging :) xxx

I'm so excited to be able to follow along on v...

2011-08-06T21:46:50.395+10:00

I'm so excited to be able to follow along on video! Love your blog and can't wait to see more on YouTube. xx

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful memory -...

2011-06-15T09:06:16.024+10:00

Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful memory - easy indeed!! Your grandma sounds fantastic - I would have loved to have tasted her Kibbeh! The next time I make this I am going to add the extra layer of 'hush-we'...

Cocinar, comer y ser feliz!
Leticia

Mmmm, even my now-vegetarian self loves the look o...

2011-06-14T13:12:32.030+10:00

Mmmm, even my now-vegetarian self loves the look of this :)

My grandma used to make this, and she would laugh to hear you describe it as easy.... In the days before you could buy your own minced meat (and even when Grandma didn't trust shop-bought minced meat - too much fat in it, she'd say), she would spend most of the day delicately cutting fat off lamb, and then running all the lamb through her own mincer for hours. By the mid-afternoon, she would set to make the kibbeh, dipping her hands in a big bowl of water filled with ice while she kneading it, to keep the meat cold.

She would make her kibbeh with three layers: the bottom and top layer are the same as you describe here (minus the onion), and the middle layer was always my favourite. It's called 'hush-we' which I think translates to 'filling' - it was made from more minced lamb, spices, pine nuts and onion and it was so tasty. If I was lucky, and there was a bit leftover, Grandma would cook up some 'red vegetable' (mashed potato and pumpkin with a tiny bit of salt) and feed it to me with some hot hush-we by itself. I can smell it now...

Thanks for the walk down memory lane, Teesh!

Thanks for the recipe!!! Love it btw, bird nest i...

2011-01-26T15:37:16.816+11:00

Thanks for the recipe!!! Love it

btw, bird nest is made up of about 58% soluable proteins...the highest amoung all food and even synetic protein powders

it greatly increase tissue regeneration
sources taken from the internet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_nest_soup
hongkong-bird-nest.50webs.com/index_e.htm
http://www.euyansang.com/

I've always wanted to try making this but a li...

2010-10-30T11:24:27.015+11:00

I've always wanted to try making this but a little scared about the stories I heard of it exploding.Thanks for the tips on keeping the cans under boiling water.if you won't mind I'd love to guide Foodista readers to this post.Just add the Dulce de Leche widget at the end of this post and it's all set, Thanks!

Your recipes are delicious, I cant even begin to t...

2010-10-30T11:13:48.440+11:00

Your recipes are delicious, I cant even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed reading your posts.I really look forward to following your posts and recipes.

Hello, We bumped into your blog and we really li...

2010-10-28T08:15:15.574+11:00

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Thanks so much Rebecca! I am so glad you are enjoy...

2010-10-26T06:47:06.398+11:00

Thanks so much Rebecca! I am so glad you are enjoying the blog! If you have any recipes you would like to share please feel free to send them along to leticia@cocina-de-mama.com
Take care.
Cocinar, comer and ser feliz!
Leticia x

Just had the good fortune of finding your blog! I...

2010-10-26T05:54:42.889+11:00

Just had the good fortune of finding your blog! It is wonderful, thank you!!

I too have been lucky enough to have had Marj (or ...

2010-05-24T10:21:58.977+10:00

I too have been lucky enough to have had Marj (or 'Auntie Marj' as she is to me) make me her classic sponge, it was for my 21st birthday and it was mine, all mine! best gift I received. All us cousins fight over Marj's sponge... mmmm

'Niece' Louise O'Malley:)

390 is far too hot for these at the bottom of the ...

2010-03-07T06:24:16.716+11:00

390 is far too hot for these at the bottom of the oven. Mine were burned halfway through the first baking cycle. Next time I'll try it up higher and closer to 350.

I bought a dozen peppers this afternoon. Looks lik...

2010-02-01T12:44:56.437+11:00

I bought a dozen peppers this afternoon. Looks like I know what I am making for lunch tomorrow.

Should not have looked at this before lunch. HUNGR...

2010-01-20T11:16:16.491+11:00

Should not have looked at this before lunch. HUNGRY!!

Mum made me one last night when i went over :) Del...

2010-01-18T09:25:52.382+11:00

Mum made me one last night when i went over :) Delish!

Yummm. I think I'm going to make this on Aust...

2010-01-18T09:06:08.975+11:00

Yummm. I think I'm going to make this on Australia day too. Love it!

How awesome!

2010-01-14T12:18:34.592+11:00

How awesome!

yummmmmmmmm

2010-01-14T08:28:29.371+11:00

yummmmmmmmm