Tomato paste, an essential and healthy ‘mooneh’ item in Chuf

The Chuf area inhabitants are presently busy with preparation of tomato paste as an indispensable item of the traditional winter ‘mooneh’ in the mountainous region. Speaking to Al Mustaqbal newspaper, Abu Majdi Zeiniddine from the Upper Chuf area, boasted saying, “we have got the hang of making tomato paste the traditional style, because it has a natural, appetizing and free of additives taste that cannot be found anywhere in canned stuff.” He went on to say that going back to nature and to the old eating habits has become a need in the wake of the scandalous food industry corruption. Umm Majdi indicated for her part that the making of tomato paste often creates an opportunity for cooperative work and civility among neighbors. (Al Mustaqbal, October 12, 2015)