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Lebanese Food Festival Served Spectacular Dishes
Our Lady of Victory, a Maronite Catholic Church, greeted guests to their parish for their annual Lebanese Food Festival, featuring festival favorites such as Tabouli, Falafel and Spinach and Feta pies.
Every year, the Our lady of Victory Maronite Catholic Church in Scott holds a Lebanese Food Festival, and the Tabouli, lamb kabobs, baked Kibbee, grape leaves and Falafels are the star attractions at the annual event.
The church, located on the Lindsay Road, is doling out lots of Lebanese food for occasion. The Mediterranean dishes are delicious, if not completely familiar to most American palettes.
Kibbee, sometimes spelled Kibbeh, is a dish made with meat, bulgur rice, mint, and spices that is shaped into a ball and cooked, coming from the Arabic word Kubbah, which means ball. The meat dish is sometimes served raw.
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Grape leaves at the Our Lady of Victory are prepared the Lebanese way, with meat and rice filling.
Hoomus, sometimes spelled hummus, is a spread made with chick peas, tahini, garlic and olive oil, great for dipping your pita bread.
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The Lebanese version of Spanakopita is a closer cousin to the Italian calzone, with a pocket of bread surrounding the spinach and feta.
Lubia is a dish made with green beans, garlic and crushed tomato sauce. There was also Lamb Kabobs and grilled chicken on the menu.
There was also a variety of homemade desserts, some Baklava, nuts, honey and phyllo dough, but there was also several kinds of traditional American desserts such as red velvet cupcakes, and M & M cookies.
In addition to generous portions of Lebanese cuisine, Our Lady of Victory is selling raffle tickets, providing games, music and other entertainment.
Grab your handkerchiefs and learn how to dabke, a traditional Lebanese folk dance performed at weddings, parties and other festive ceremonies. The Lebanese line dance is popular in other arab countries, such as Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
The Lebanese Food Festival runs from September 16th through September 18th at Our Lady of Victory, Maronite Catholic Church, 1000 Lindsay Road, Scott Township. The church is offering plenty of free parking. Food can be ordered there, or on the website.
For additional details visit their website at www.pghlebanesefestival.com.