Talk:Bourekas
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[edit] Kashrut
"The laws of kashrut require avoiding eating dairy pastries together with ones containing meat, so conventional, distinctive shapes are used to indicate different types of fillings."
I doubt this is true or even relevant. Bourekas could easily contain trace amounts of dairy or even butter, and thus be forbidden from eating with meat, regardless of their shape. The only real way to distinguish a boureaka as dairy or non dairy is by verifying this with the individual bakery.Some bakeries in differet parts of the country also use different shapes, so there is no real "conventional, distinctive shape."
[edit] The Bourekas' Origin
I'm not sure that the Bourekas is Bulgarian in origin. My father told me it originated from Bulgaria, because it was once only available in a neighbourhood dominated by Bulgarian immigrants, but he could be mistaken. Can anyone verify it?
--Shlomif 19:59, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
- it's from the balkan, yes. there's a page called burek but we should have our own... Amoruso 05:19, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
- The suffix of "-as" comes from the Yiddish plural form. I'm pretty sure of this, but I can't find a citation. It's not in the Hebrew wiktionary, alas. LeaHazel : talk : contribs 17:33, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merging with burek
What does "we should have our own" mean? There are certainly national, regional, and even personal variations on the general theme of burek, but what is the value of having separate articles on Bosnian, Greek, Moldovan, Israeli, etc. borek? In the case of "theme and variations" like this, doesn't it make more sense to have them all together, especially since many of the variations cut across national/regional lines? --Macrakis 19:43, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
- IMO, You're confusing two seperate issues. There's no problem to have this article mentioned in the Burek article. But it also is a significant enough subject which merits its own article. that's why the
- tag exists. This way this article can be expanded to the fullest depth of burekas specfics, culture and meanings without giving it undue weight on the burek article. Amoruso 12:32, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
