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<div>At 10:13 AM -0700 5/4/01, A. Maberry wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>On Fri, 4 May 2001 Bapopik@AOL.COM
wrote:<br>
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> BARF--A brand name for a detergent from Iran. Barf gets
things clean!<br>
<br>
barf = "snow" in Persian, pronounced more like
"baerf" or even "berf",</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>does not rhyme with scarf or English
barf.<br>
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<div>And then there's the always appealing sounding dessert offered
in Indian restaurant, BARFI. Here's one recipe from the web,
which offers many alternatives.</div>
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<div><font face="Geneva" color="#000000">Barfi<br>
<br>
200 gms vermicelli<br>
400 ml milk<br>
200gms sugar<br>
2 powdered cardamom<br>
4 chopped cashewnuts<br>
a handful sultanas<br>
3 tbsp ghee<br>
<br>
Crush the vermicelli into smaller pieces. Fry in ghee till a
rich<br>
golden brown.Add the milk & cook till soft, but not pasty.
Make a<br>
thick sugar syrup and add to cooked vermicelli. Return to
heat<br>
and keep stirring till it forms a solid mass. Add ghee and
cardamom.<br>
When mixture leaves the sides of the pan, remove and put onto
a<br>
greased plate. Cut into squares and decorate with nuts and
sultanas.</font></div>
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