mangal

n. barbecue. Also mangel. Subjects: Israel, Food & Drink

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Citations: 1989 Michael Eilan Jerusalem Post (Apr. 28) “Kinneret Moves ‘Up-Market’” p. 11: Those beaches are expensive, and you can’t do mangal, so what’s the point? 1998 Usenet: soc.culture.israel (Feb. 21) “Re: yom ha’aztmaut”: Mangal (actually bbq, but in a public park). *2001 Flowers and Sympatya (Israel) (Apr. 19) “Israeli Independence Day”: The smoke of the “mangel” (barbecue) is everywhere. 2001 Daniel Rogov Daniel Rogov’s Israeli Wine and Dining (Israel) “Succoth 2001—The Relaxed Holiday”: Not so much a time of picnics or for use of the mangel (barbecue) as it is one for quiet meals celebrated with the family, and with no rigorous dietary proscriptions, it is a good time to play around a bit in the kitchen, preparing dishes that can comfortably be served out-of-doors. 2004 [David] Treppenwitz (Israel) (Apr. 28) “To ‘Mangle,’ or not to ‘Mangle’?”: After asking around I finally figured out that “mangle” is the slang word widely used to mean barbecuing. 2005 Google Groups: sigil (Apr. 21) “RE: game on Monday”: If you wish we can barbecue I have a gas mangal.

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Reader comments:

It’s “mangal”, not “mangel”, and one important aspect is that the equipment used is cheap and minimal, kind of the inverse of David Brooks’ Patio Man: wood is better than charcoal; blowing on the flames better than fanning them; and of course, materials such as liquid paraffin are strictly for the “partzifluchan” (weeny). That said, there’s no shame in prepping the food.

To mangal in a public park is a poor show; the more wild and Biblical the setting, the better - but don’t be seen with it or you’ll be considered more faux than the louts in the park. (Leave No Trace)

Not complete without Turkish coffee boiled in a “finjan” coffeepot.

by Adam Khan 23 Jun 05, 1051 GMT