Orzo

So that rice you get with kebabs in Mediterranean cooking (orzo in Italian, κριθαράκι in Greek; arpa şehriye in Turkish and and لسان العصفور in Arabic) isn't rice at all, but is tiny bits of pasta.

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Some organic compounds with hydrogen and oxygen in a 2:1 ratio, yesterday.

Some grainy stuff that is not rice, yesterday

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Interesting: the traditional Israeli פתיתים‎, is similar, but not the same, being typically spheroid rather than grain-shaped.

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