Pita bread is used for picking up meat, vegetables, and salads and serves as a scoop for sauces, dips, yogurt, and other semi-liquids. One of the greatest advantages of this type of bread means that you can take pita bread and dip it in olive oil, yogurt spreads, hummus, and tahini no need for a knife or a spoon. Pita bread, like all types of Middle Eastern breads, is usually soft and pliable perfect for the Arab way of eating. Called Khubz Arabee among the Arabs in that part of the world and once called flatbread or Syrian bread in the United States that is before Syria became the “bad boy” of the Middle East it is now widely known as pita bread a Greek name. Without question, the mother of all these Middle Eastern breads is pita by far, the most popularly found in the Middle East. Arab bread comes in many textures, sizes, and shapes. The Arabs claim that they cannot taste other foods without bread and the bread types they have to choose from are numerous and varied. In Spain, when a piece of bread falls on the floor, in the Arab fashion they will say: “Es pan de Dios” (in Arabic, ‘aysh Allah means God’s bread). The Spanish picked up this habit from the Arabs during their long stay in the Iberian Peninsula. I used to see this happen at home when my mother dropped a piece of bread on the floor, not allowing it to be thrown away with the garbage. The Egyptians call bread ‘aysh which means “life itself.” In the Arab world, if a piece of bread falls on the floor, a person will pick it up and kiss it, then eat it. In tradition and in daily life, bread is held to be a divine gift from God. Arabs, the majority people in the Middle East, eat bread with every meal.
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