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What do you do when you're out of injera (lemmy.ml)

submitted 17 hours ago by gray@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When eating Ethiopian food, you get some kind of stew served on top of a large flat injera bread. You're supposed to scoop the stew and eat it with the bread. But what do you do when you are out of bread and have more stew left? Just eat it with your hand?

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[–] OmnipotentEntity@beehaw.org 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Ask for more injera. It's cheap, they have a lot of it, and they'll probably be happy to provide you with more gratis.

That being said, sure you can just eat it with your hands if it isn't too hot.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

Not really relevant to restaurant, but a friend in Ethiopia once mentioned that injera is a bit ritzy for them, they consider it to be a middle class food.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

"Give a man injera and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to make injera and you feed him for a lifetime."

This was my solution with naan/roti at least. I wish I had African food available near me.

[–] raicon@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

order more!

[–] DrFunkenstein@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Genuinely this -- most Ethiopian restaurants will just give you more for free

[–] idealotus@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

But what if you're out of stew then? Eat plain injera?

[–] HeroHelck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Then you have to order more Wat obviously.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

~~Hot dogs~~ Wat comes in packages of ten, while ~~hot fog buns~~ injera comes in packages of eight. You've got to buy 40 each of the damn things to use them up evenly. It's a conspiracy, I tell ya!

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Normally you get extra bread rolled up and served with it too, in my experience. I suppose you can ask for more, or just use a spoon.

[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Four naan, Jeremy?

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Four naans!? Four? That's insane!

[–] gray@lemmy.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

I did not get extra bread or cutlery, but next time I'll ask, thanks