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1. 1. Fonzy | October 7th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

   it has no name…. its like hommos…. in english.. it is also called hommos…. a friend of mine took some with her in the states and the airport secutiry didnt even know what it was, they wrote it down as “seeds”.

2. 2. M. J. Kout | October 7th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

   Then it remains banak until further notice..

3. 3. gilly | October 7th, 2007 at 1:54 pm

   omg one of the things i miss about kuwait, i love banak, such a mysterious snack sold on all jabriya roundabouts…i have no clue what they’re called in english, just like i have no clue what “thermos” is called, you know those yellow thingies that are sold with banak….

4. 4. K.TheKuwaiti | October 7th, 2007 at 2:06 pm

   Hommous is a dish made from chickpeas ..

5. 5. vampire | October 7th, 2007 at 2:12 pm

   great post mark,, lol

6. 6. Mark | October 7th, 2007 at 2:13 pm

   the yellow thingies are Termos

7. 7. anas | October 7th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   Banak is Banak in Engish.. it’s a type of sea weed that the get from the persain/arabian gulf .. its found in Kuwait and Bahrain and i think in Iran as well ..
   It’s really REALLY BAD FOR THE TEEETH !!!

8. 8. anas | October 7th, 2007 at 2:38 pm

   some people say it comes from trees (im guessing so people don’t get discusted from it being sea weed ) all i know …is that they boil and clean it before they sell it .. and in the old days, they would step on it with their feet coz it was just easier to clean that way :P
   if you guys really want to know, i’ll o ask my grandparents :P theyshould know the facts ..
   oh and did i mention that THEY ARE REALLY BAD FOR THE TEETH!! And have 0 nutritional value!! (at least thats what my mother use to say)

9. 9. TwaiF | October 7th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

   there is banak Bolghari and Irani , Bolghari = Bulgaria

10. 10. Eddy | October 7th, 2007 at 2:46 pm

    sunflower seeds..,maybe???

11. 11. Thamer | October 7th, 2007 at 3:45 pm

    You know, just asking a banak seller after you buy some banak from him is a good start.

12. 12. Marzouq | October 7th, 2007 at 3:50 pm

    All I remember is that it was associated with teeth!

13. 13. dandoon | October 7th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

    i posted about this last year and the bloggers either thought it comes from seaweed or it grows on trees. i asked my dad and he said it grows on trees.

    i’m not entirely convinced though. i’ll need to see a banak tree to believe that!

14. 14. mee | October 7th, 2007 at 4:06 pm

    banak is a sea weed and not a plant as many people say ….mark do u like banak ?
    and yes its bad for ur teeth . and as soon as u finish the bag u will find all the crust or the “shells”..on the floor and on the coach :dhehe

15. 15. Ansam | October 7th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    Try and look for sapindus! I am not sure but thats the closest I was able to get to.. maybe soap nuts too?

    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://esutras.com/images/soap%2520nuts%2520l.jpg&imgrefurl=http://esutras.com/product_info.php%3Fproducts_id%3D6800&h=403&w=548&sz=113&hl=en&start=13&um=1&tbnid=72Affmv7uyQjwM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=133&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dreetha%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

16. 16. SWOS | October 7th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    it grows on trees , in some places like Iran and Turkey. sizes and colors vary , some are light brown and some are dark. the Irani ones are usually the smallest, then the Bulgari (bulgarian) although the Bulgarian ones are bigger they are softer to crack, then comes the Turkish ones they are usually the hardest and biggest ones and mostly darker than the previous two.

    They also make pickles from them when they remove their shell (or whatever it is called) specially in Iran..

17. 17. Sheep | October 7th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    i believe the seaweed thing.. cuz they are very salty.. and it does feel like they have seawater in them lol *shrugs*

18. 18. MEANBOY | October 7th, 2007 at 6:04 pm

    umm.. I dunno, Nuts?

19. 19. SWOS | October 7th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

    they r salty coz they are kept in plastic cases/boxes for like days in water (w/ salt) . then they are put into large plastic bags or cases to be sold.

20. 20. Abdullah | October 7th, 2007 at 7:31 pm

    and the mystery goes on…….!

21. 21. holla | October 7th, 2007 at 8:02 pm

    fuck banak. it’s a disguesting sandnigger only food.

22. 22. Maya | October 7th, 2007 at 9:14 pm

    Gooseberries?

    I initially thought of water chestnuts but I think its gooseberry!

23. 23. Maneena Manaana | October 7th, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    I really have no idea about banak, but the yellow thingies (turmis) is a kind of beans and called lupini beans…

24. 24. MishMisha | October 7th, 2007 at 10:59 pm

    i asked the same question last year i think on my old blog.. i’m still curious to know what it’s called in english.. maybe we should name it ourselves and we could introduce it in the u.s and we’d get alot of money for introducing (insert name here) to the world.. ok i’m rambling :D

25. 25. JoJo | October 8th, 2007 at 12:19 am

    It is a nut seed just like other nuts( almond,waulnut,etc ) except it is very small. The plant is a small bush.It is a land plant. It has a skin like all fresh nuts.The skin is removed by rubbing them agains each other ( previously with feet & sea water to make them salty ) now adays they are cooked to losen the skin (thus the water inside ) & then rubbed with sea salt for the salty taste (Ozmossis )
    No english name as they don’t have it. The one from Iran has better taste but deffinitly not good for your teath specially if not cooked well or dried up afer few day from buying

26. 26. stewart | October 8th, 2007 at 12:47 am

    i think those are water chestnuts.. u boil them and peel the skin off and just have them right? didnt know they were bad for the teeth

27. 27. Equalizer | October 8th, 2007 at 12:48 am

    OK, so far no has a goos answer because everything has a scientific name, once you find that you could easily find tons of information about it and its species. I hope a scientist sees this post!!

28. 28. anas | October 8th, 2007 at 1:55 am

    holla: WTF ? SANDNIGGER ? how racist is that!!! ?? and what the FU** is ‘disguesting’ ???
    – LOOOOOOOOSER !!!!! –

29. 29. Joud | October 8th, 2007 at 2:04 am

    oh the days of banak . . . and 3enchekak !

30. 30. SWOS | October 8th, 2007 at 4:01 am

    stewart , they have a hard shell thingy , u don’t peel them off u have to crack them open with ur teeth..

31. 31. Armani Exchanger | October 8th, 2007 at 8:49 am

    That’s what i called question with no answer :P … as vampire said great post mark ;)

32. 32. Fabio | October 8th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Sea Weed seeds, they come from the Arabian Gulf & Turkey. How about Angikak????(sp?) lol

33. 33. Abdullah | October 8th, 2007 at 11:29 am

    3enchekak or Angikak is salted apple seeds as far as I know

34. 34. holla | October 8th, 2007 at 11:43 am

    LOL i heard an anus speaking?

35. 35. Hamad | October 10th, 2007 at 8:23 am

    BANAK originate from the costal towns and cities of persia. The history behind it s that sailor use to stock pile them on ther ships because it does not rot that easy. and for the person who Wrote bulghari, it doesnt mean its bulgairian, its just the term for the bigger ones its a farsi word

36. 36. Equalizer | October 10th, 2007 at 12:41 pm

    And we still don’t know what it is, apart from where it comes from.

37. 37. Feras | October 10th, 2007 at 2:18 pm

    Donkey food… ask the older people, they’ll tell you thats what they fed donkies..

38. 38. Hamad | October 11th, 2007 at 4:15 am

    seaweed seeds, they step on it to get it out of the plant, ya step on it, with their bare feet. so ask whenever you buy banak if they used thier feet, or a machine

39. 39. pete | July 10th, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    man i miss banak, next time i visit that is all i am going to eat and shwerma and mushakal sandwiches

40. 40. mjkout | September 13th, 2008 at 12:44 am

    i’m still waiting for a name ever since i posted that Q on my blog.. any luck here ?

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