Ptitim are so versatile too! I love using them in soups, in a casserole dish baked with chicken (I

Ptitim are so versatile too! I love using them in soups, in a casserole dish baked with chicken (I have a recipe going in my cookbook), as a cold salad with roasted veggies. #jewishfood #eatjewish #couscous #israelifood

It seems that it’s time again to talk about Israeli couscous, where it comes from, how it was invented, and yes, it was invented in Israel. I have a video from last year that’s getting a lot of attention again. And I want to explain to you what this is right here because it’s only called Israeli couscous outside of Israel. It’s actually called pity. That’s the Hebrew word for it. Here we call it Israeli couscous because it was invented in Israel. This is really important, okay? It’s not actually couscous. I don’t know who decided that it should be called Israeli couscous cuz that’s where it gets confusing. This is actually a pearl pasta and it was invented in the early 1950s by the Osam brand in Israel. The prime minister at the time, David Benorian, who the airport is actually named after, by the way, he had them invent a pearl pasta made from semolina because it was a time of rationing and they needed something cheaper than rice. It’s a toasted pasta and it’s little tiny balls of pasta. You see that? It’s not couscous from North Africa. I know people get offended every time they hear the word Israel, but there are some things, a lot of things that were invented by Israel, and Pity Team is one of them. Denying it doesn’t make history change. Just try to think of this not as couscous, but as pasta. Pretend the name doesn’t exist because it’s really just called pity