"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:10:35 GMT, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> Okay I am watching this ** movie about some gypsies. They stopped their
>> car
>> along the side of the road and began cooking lunch over a small fire.
>> The
>> guy peeled a couple of what appeared to be shallots or small onions, then
>> smashed them onto what looked like a cutting board with his bare hand.
>> They
>> split into a bunch of small pieces. He threw them into a pan along with
>> a
>> few tomatoes that he squeezed. It was cooked, then the three of them ate
>> this stuff out of the pan with forks. The older man referred to the
>> stuff
>> as salad and said he liked it hot. The scene was set in the winter.
>>
>> Anyway... My question is... Have you ever heard of doing this? I know
>> you
>> can smash garlic, but this sure didn't look like garlic.
>
> What was the movie? What country were they in?
>
> I'm guessing garlic. I don't know of any other fruit or veggie
> that would break into pieces like that.

It's called Transylvania and it's set in Romania. I suppose it might have
been elephant garlic but it didn't look like it to me.