Mexican food/Armenian food- commonalities

if you want to make Mexican food, first start by chopping some onions

if you want to make Armenian food, first start by chopping some onions

both cultures use cilantro, only the Armenians use the cilantro seed which is also called the spice coriander

both cultures use fideo-those little noodles, only Armenians call it another name that I only know how to pronounce but not spell, and put it in rice, it's basically a vermicelli noodle

both cultures use favas or habas or fava beans

both cultures use chick peas or ceci beans or garbanzo beans or as the local farmers who grow them here in Idaho refer to them - garbs

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