A lot of young people's relationships with falafel are akin to that of smoking: they only do it when drunk. How sad.
Why should one enjoy falafel only when obliterated? Or worse yet, why should this nutritious delicacy receive the same treatment as a known carcinogenic consuetude?
The answer is: they shouldn't. While everyone has their favorite vendor after they've had a couple too many, homemade falafel can far exceed the quality and freshness of stale precooked patties one encounters all too often. Additionally, they're easy to make and cheap!