Kibbeh (1875); Tabbouleh (1928)

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:49 PM -0400 6/25/01, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>--------------------------------------------------------
>DAMASCUS AND ITS PEOPLE:
>SKETCHES OF MODERN LIFE IN SYRIA
>by Mrs. Mackintosh
>Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London
>1883
>
>Pg. 192:
>    "Dibs," or molasses, is made by boiling down the juice of the
>grape to about one-third, or one-half, of its original quantity, so
>that it becomes as thick as honey.
>
Gives a whole new color to "having dibs on" something...

larry