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Tabbouleh

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “middle eastern vegetarian salad”. Today it says “levantine salad of finely chopped parsley”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Tabouli (or tabbouleh ) is a Middle Eastern vegetarian salad. Its primary ingredients are typically bulgur , lemon juice, tomato, mint, parsley and other herbs. It is served cold. Here is a typical recipe: 2 cups of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley ½ cup of finely chopped fresh mint 4 finely chopped scallions (with the green parts) 4 ripe, medium size tomatoes, chopped into small cubes 1 cup of medium burghul (cracked wheat): Prepare by pouring-in 4-cups boiling water and let stand 1-hour ½ tsp allspice ½ cup lemon juice ½ jalapeno or green pepper, de-seeded, chopped fine (optional) ½ cup cucumber (optional) 5 tblspns of olive oil salt and pepper to taste v t e1

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “middle eastern vegetarian salad”. Today it says “levantine salad of finely chopped parsley”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

middle eastern vegetarian salad

Now

levantine salad of finely chopped parsley

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