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‖ burg(h)ul|ˈburgul| Also bourg(h)ol, burgle, etc. [Pers. burghul ‘blé mondé, gruau’. Zenker. Cf. bulgur, burgoo.] In the Middle East: wheat which has been cooked, dried, and then crushed; cracked wheat.
1764Harmer Observ. vii. iv. 147 Burgle is wheat boiled, then bruised by a mill, so as to take the husk off, then dryed and kept for use. 1822J. L. Burckhardt Travels in Syria & Holy Land 24 The host gives the traveller a supper, consisting of milk, bread, and Borgul, and if rich and liberal, feeds his mule or mare also. Ibid. 638 Their usual fare is Burgoul; this dish is made of wheat boiled, and afterwards dried in the sun in sufficient quantity for a year's consumption: the grain is re-boiled with butter or oil, and affords a very palateable nourishment; it is a favourite dish all over Syria. 1920Handbk. Syria 278 Burghul is wheat which is boiled before being milled. 1923G. Bell Let. 7 Nov. (1927) II. xxiii. 674 Ragout, sour curds and burghul, a sort of crushed wheat. 1934in Webster. 1954M. Waldo Compl. Round-World Cookbk. 198 Lamb and cracked wheat... 4 pounds lamb, 2 pounds bourghol (cracked wheat), [etc.]. 1955P. Smouka Middle Eastern Cooking 14 Bourgol, with which kebaebas are made, are the husks of wheat. 1960Khayat & Keating Lebanon vii. 90 All burghul used to be crushed at home by a miller who brought his rotary cracking machine to the house. 1984Hussaini & Sakr Islamic Dietary Laws & Practices (ed. 2) 149 Bulgur (or Burgul) can be found in all stores that handle Greek, Indian and Arab foods. |