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Food and nutrition profile: The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 2011

Year of publication 2002

Pages 38 p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In Jordan, the staple foods are wheat and rice. Khobez, a leavened flat bread (pita bread) is consumed daily with most meals and often used to scoop other foods. Vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, bell peppers, green beans, okra, cauliflower, eggplants, spinach and summer squash occupy an important place in the diet; they are cooked with rice or as stew or are consumed raw as a salad. Yogurt is used in some dishes. Consumption of fruit (apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, figs, water melons, apricots and peaches) varies according to season.

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