Mealtime
Syrians food is either very sweet or very sour. Basic foods include lamb, chicken, chickpeas, eggplant, olives, yogurt, rice, and
burghul (cracked wheat). Stuffed grape leaves are a common dish. Other common dishes include
hummus (a ground chickpea paste)
falafel (fried ground chickpeas) and
shish kebab (lamb chunks on skewers). Most food is eaten by hand or scooped up with flatbread. Many meals usually last two or three hours.