US special forces to be taught how to cook for Afghan tribal elders - Telegraph

Afghan menu:

Kabuli Pulao – steamed rice cooked with lamb, carrots and raisins.

Vegetables – spinach and okra

Salad – Tomato, onion and cucumber

Bread

Yogurt

Fruit – melon and watermelon
Dern, that sounds mighty tasty!

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It's not hard. Kill a sheep and boil it's head. Serve it on a big platter and you'll have some happy Afghans. Boiled sheep's head is considered a delicacy in the ME and especially when you get into more tribal areas. The Silence of the Lambs - 365 and a Wakeup

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well I know many southerners used to like hog head cheese or souse meat. i never cared for the taste, but this pulao sounds strangely like our minorcan pilau which is meat (usually pork) cut up and browned with added tomato roux then veggies of choice (celery, bell pepper, onion, spices) and rice. no raisins though.

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How to make headcheese | Carl Tashian

I've had both and have helped my dad strip down hog's heads to make the headcheese. But that's a long ways from slapping a whole boiled sheep's head on the table and digging in with both hands.

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Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

I read the article title and thought "The Onion"?

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yeah but it is a pretty smart attempt at bonding. Food and culture nare very interdependent.

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never ate a sheep's head; never ate a pigs foot. I'm kinda choosy.

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Ah, c'mon salty, you've put your foot in your mouth on more than one occasion, you can't be that choosy.

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..and it's really nothing new. Making cultural connections with your allies/people you want to be your allies has been done for ages.

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Leftists and very small children don't seem to be able to understand that the Government isn't there to "fix" the economy, anymore than a tick is there to fix your dog.~Oftencold

Can't someone with power just fire these social engineers from the military and put the special forces people back to learning how to kill the bad guys?