Elidor Patisserie

Un grand merci, Elodie!

Dear Dana, My boys told me about the episode reported here. …Dear Dana, My boys told me about the episode reported here. When our Israeli couscous salad was offered to her, it was impossible not to notice the disappointment expressed by her curt response “I am Palestinian”. I would just like to ask you, if you would like to do so, to think about one thing: how can you harshly accuse us of serving Palestinian Maftoul if you have not, by your own admission, ordered and tasted our dish? The dish we serve is PTITÍM (also called "Israeli couscous" due to a similarity in shape), a special type of extruded pasta developed in the 1950s in Israel, to make up for the shortage of rice. It is basically a wheat pasta, subsequently toasted, sometimes mistakenly confused with the Maftoul you speak of (much older but also clearly different in taste and preparation). In fact, Maftoul is a product made from a very small part of wheat (fine bulgur) which is worked by expert hands and covered in flour after sprinkling a little water. By moving your fingers in a rotational direction you ensure that the semolina is covered in flour. At the end of this necessary technical clarification, I send you an affectionate message which I hope will be reconciling: I understand your disappointment at just hearing us mention the word "Israeli" but we would be grateful if you did not pass it off as our political/ideological choice, accusing us among other things of lack of respect towards the wonderful Palestinian culinary tradition and, more seriously again, of His People. If tomorrow we decided to serve our customers a delicious Pavlova, this would not deploy Elidor in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. I conclude by saying that cooking is one of the most joyful examples of contamination between peoples. Migrations have led, over the millennia, goods, ingredients, recipes and traditions to move with the people. Let's not let a table become a battlefield. Wishing you the best, I send you a warm greeting on behalf of myself and the entire Elidor Team. Silvia More