Super Size it for a Shekel Ninety?

 Right now I'm sitting in the restaurant that I work in and my stomach has started grumbling.  This morning when I got up' I had a typical Israeli breakfast: some cheese and a nice salad.  That's what you see under "Israeli Breakfast" on a menu in a coffee shop.

Maybe that's why fast food places don't long here.  KFC never made it very long, along with Dunkin' Donuts.  There is not a McDonald's or Burger King around every corner.  Even the Israeli fast food hamburger joint is going bankrupt!

This country was built on good old, mother in the kitchen, home made food.  Almost every child here was raised on home cooked meals, if not everyday, then at least every Friday (Shabbat). 

It has to be something in the air.  I have known my Mother for at least 26 years, and for the first 12 of those years, I was sure she couldn't cook.  My Dad was the one that made dinner every night- Ala' Warady.  Once we moved here though, we found out that my Mom can cook- she's even really good at it!  Everything that I make for my friends, I learned from her.  Not only can she cook, but apparently she can also bake!

It's not that we don't have fatty, fried, not very healthy fast food.  We do, it just comes in a pita.  Falafel (a round vegetable mix ball) is deep fried and then served with French fries, hummus and salad all stuffed in a pita.  We also have wonderful fatty lamb meat, served like the Falafel.

Maybe it's just that Israelis like their meat looking like it came from a cow (instead of a round shaped machine.).

Did I mention that I was hungry??