A Taste of Egypt: A Recipe for Rice Pudding

This overview of Egypt was prepared by Jamie Zimmer while a Management student in the College of Business at Southeastern Louisiana University.



Introduction

Egypt is one of the world’s oldest civilizations which emerged around 3,100 B.C, almost six thousand years ago. Egypt is best known for its pyramids and Ancient Civilizations. Egypt has more to offer then just that though. Egypt is a great vacation spot and is one of the oldest vacation spots. People have been traveling there for a very long time dating back to the Romans visiting. The name Egypt is derived from Greek work Acgyptus, which was taken from the ancient Egyptian term Hik up tuh which means house of spirit. Egyptian culture has thousands of years of recorded history.

Country Information

· Geographic Facts
o Egypt borders on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. The Nile River, one of the world’s longest rivers, flows through Egypt leading to the Mediterranean Sea.
o Most of the major cities in Egypt live along the Nile River. This was used as a mode of transportation for goods and services.
o Most of Western Egypt is desert. The winds in the desert can create sand dunes up to hundreds of feet high.

· Serious Facts
o Egypt has a population of around 78 million people.
o There official language is Arabic. They also speak English and French which is understood by most educated classes in Egypt.
o Egypt’s religion is 94% Muslim. The other 6% is Coptic Christian and some other form of religion.

· Fun Facts
o The official name of Egypt is “Arab Republic of Egypt”. The local language of saying there country is “Misr” or Masr”.
o A large number of household objects were invented or used by ancient Egyptians such as wigs, deodorant, makeup, toothbrush and toothpaste.
o Egyptians were among the very first people to invent writing along with paper and ink.

· A “Potpourri” Item
o Here is an unusual fact about Egypt:
§ The biggest blocks used to build the Great Pyramid each weigh more then two African bull elephants.
§ Egyptians also tattooed their bodies.

Food Information

o Recipe



§ Notes
· This is a popular dessert in Egypt.Variation can include adding raisins, shredded coconuts, various nuts, or even a scoop of ice cream on top.

Preparation Time - 0.75 hours

Ingredients
3 tablespoons rice
2 cups milk
6 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Cinnamon & nuts

Cooking Instructions
Mix rice with little of milk.
Mix the rest of milk with sugar, then cook until it boils.
Pour rice mixture on top and stir often.
Cook on minimum till rice is done (approx 10 min).
Add vanilla.
Pour into serving dishes and decorate with nuts and cinnamon.
Refrigerate until serving.

· My Kitchen Story

o When making my rice pudding I followed the recipe as it said. It is an actual quick dessert to make. I mixed all the ingredients boiled rice mixed vanilla just as it said in the recipe. This recipe is a very popular dessert in Egypt. I have never had rice pudding before and when done making it I was nervous to have my family sample it. My family loved it. They all thought that it was very sweet and really good. I hope everyone enjoys the dessert. At first the name can make some people think twice about it but it is like pudding but sweeter I think.


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To contact the Author of “A Taste of Egypt: A Recipe for Rice Pudding,” please email Jamie.zimmer@selu.edu.


BIOGRAPHY

David C. Wyld (dwyld.kwu@gmail.com) is the Robert Maurin Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, and executive educator. His blog, Wyld About Business, can be viewed at http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/. He also maintains compilations of his student’s publications regarding management concepts (http://toptenmanagement.blogspot.com/), book reviews (http://wyld-about-books.blogspot.com/), international foods (http://wyld-about-food.blogspot.com/).


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