# Falafel: the gateway food to terrorism **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981 "2013-08-23T17:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/21 "2013-08-23T19:28:12Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > There could be something to it. When I was a kid I remember going to a Chinese restaurant and today practically everything is made in China. Coincidence? Let’s not be naive. > > Schools should only serve food from areas we want to support, like Scotland. Haggis, the original Mystery Meat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/22 "2013-08-23T19:42:22Z")
> [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > And before you think I’m being cheeky or satirical with the thread title, she really did say that. Don’t you now wish you could rephrase your claim? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/23 "2013-08-23T19:53:38Z")
I’ll bet she never gave old Marcus a hummus. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/24 "2013-08-23T20:57:17Z")
Don’t listen to those rumors. Michelle isn’t into chickpeas. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/25 "2013-08-23T21:02:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Michelle isn’t into chickpeas. I thought that was her husband. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/26 "2013-08-23T22:42:48Z")
Hilarious thread. It was so believable too. The über-Palin. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/27 "2013-08-24T00:08:53Z")
Helen: Hmm, Pita. Well, I don’t know about food from the Middle East. Isn’t that whole area a little iffy? Hostess: [laughs] Hey, I’m no geographer. You and I – why don’t we call it pocket bread, huh? Maude: [reading the ingredients list] Umm, what’s tahini? Hostess: Flavor sauce. Edna: And falafel? Hostess: Crunch patties. Helen: So, we’d be selling foreign… Hostess: Specialty foods. Here, try a Ben Franklin. If this were true, that’s be one thing I agree with her about. Falafel is nasty. More shawarma is always good, though. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/28 "2013-08-24T00:33:11Z")
> [@](#): > > “Chris, falafel is a gateway food,” responded Bachmann, "It starts with falafel, then the kids move on to shawarma. After a while they say ‘hey this tastes good, I wonder what else comes from Arabia?’ Uh…The names of many astronomical bodies? Algebra? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/29 "2013-08-24T01:11:19Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Uh…The names of many astronomical bodies? > > Algebra? That’s why you home school. So you can give your child a solid education based strictly on the factual truth found in the Bible and avoid the religious indoctrination in subjects like math and science. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/30 "2013-08-24T01:26:49Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > That’s why you home school. So you can give your child a solid education based strictly on the factual truth found in the Bible and avoid the religious indoctrination in subjects like math and science. I get ya. Stick to the Bible and avoid any ideas coming out of the Mideast. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/31 "2013-08-24T01:30:24Z")
This was totally believable. So how am I supposed to know which batshit crazy things were really said by her? I hate politics. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/32 "2013-08-24T01:32:30Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > The Daily Currant is a satire site, like The Onion. > > Woops. Jesus, I was literally holding my breath until I saw the source. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/33 "2013-08-24T02:06:35Z")
Not believeable. No way Bachmann knows what shawarma is, and I’m dubious of her knowledge of falafel. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/34 "2013-08-24T03:33:23Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I get ya. Stick to the Bible and avoid any ideas coming out of the Mideast. Deb: Yes, those damn Virginians. ---
**Author:** ![snuffleupagus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@snuffleupagus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snuffleupagus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/35 "2013-08-24T17:02:35Z")
File this thread [here](http://literallyunbelievable.org/). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/36 "2013-08-24T18:28:17Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > I get ya. Stick to the Bible and avoid any ideas coming out of the Mideast. Damn straight. And make sure you get the original Bible in English and not one of those Bibles that’s been translated into a foreign language like Greek or Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falafel-the-gateway-food-to-terrorism/666981/37 "2013-08-24T18:33:27Z")
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