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Essay to movie night

I was reading A merging of head and heart by Judith Dancoff  and came across Barefoot in the Park.  I started watching the movie and not so soon the characters had knichi and pelminchki. They have to be  part of Albanian cuisine but are more fictional. May be ouzo is bozo. I have always liked the idea of making up food for pages. Knichi is supposed to be popped in and not nibbled. Do you know of foods that need to be had in certain ways to taste good?
As the movie progressed, my taste buds recalled the Bhelpuri in the kitchen.

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