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Baba ghanoush


I have been told that “Baba ghanoush” (the eggplant mayo salad) is Russian for eggplant caviar – so which is the eggplant and which is the caviar. And if not in what language is “Baba ghanoush”?

 


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Baba ghanoush actually comes from Arabic. "Baba is the Arabic word for 'father' as well as a term of endearment; Ghanouj means 'indulged.'"  (RFJC:

Baba Ghanouj)  The Russian term is "baklazhannaya ikra," which apparently does mean "eggplant caviar."  (Wikipedia: Baba ghanoush)  I suppose that "caviar" is metaphorical in this context -- recipes for the Russian version do not contain caviar.  (See, for example, Ashbury's Aubergines: Baklazhannaya Ikra).
Posted 2007-05-02T06:50:14Z

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