A world without sumac...

would be a sad world indeed!  The tabouli (was it just a coincidence that the Tabbouleh Song got stuck in my head a couple of hours before I went shopping? "First you take parsley from your sister / chop it up like hand of shoplifter...") tasted nice, but the balela positively enslaved my tastebuds. It seems that others also like it, and there's even been an attempt at recreating a recipe, which probably turned out pretty good, but I bet it could also use some sumac...