Tuesday, February 28, 2012

This is what a Moroccan couscous meal looks like

Everyone eats out of the same dish. You either eat with a spoon or with bread (using the bread to grab the food) or both. Some people eat couscous by rolling it up into a little ball but I've never seen that happen and I think it's considered uncouth or rural or those are kind of the same thing. You eat meat with your hands, or if you're using a spoon, you sort of hold down with the spoon and tear off a chunk with your hands.

The best couscous meal I've had is still the only one our host mom in Fes made. I wish I knew exactly how she did it. I will never be able to replicate that deliciousness. I am pretty sure that one of the keys was adding raisins (which I think had been cooked with cinnamon) but I am also sure she had other keys.

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