Every day we venture out from the resort for a more affordable meal and local experience in El Jadida. This has been great because we're slowly infiltrating the ant hill.
A couple nights ago I noticed that on the outskirts of town men step into the road and jingle their keys. Boy does that get your attention - but not enough for me to want to give them the good samaritan ride they're looking for. (Me thinks my room keycard won't have the same effect)
UPDATE: I have been set straight. The reason they're jingling their keys is because they have a house or apartment to rent out. Now that's some advertising!
On to the food.
There's the Moroccan tea I've already mentioned:
Then tanjine and cous cous, umm bread. Flat or puffy 'pain'. Actually, we are YET to see any cous cous.
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Very fresh, very 'delicieux'. It's really fantastic how newly prepared everything tastes.
Tanjine is pretty much any meat (other than pork) stew, prepared and served in a clay pot (tanjine). Sometimes there's vegetables galore but usually not.
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One of my most favorites drinks, introduced to me by our waiter seen above, is 'jus au lait'. When offered milk with my apple juice I politely declined but he INSISTED! So hospitably Moroccan. Now we all love fresh apple pulp with milk. Really!
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Mmm, Harira Soup!
A chef at our resort was kind enough to prepare this gluten-free Moroccan staple for Bug Boy. We both LOVE this. It's traditionally Berber but eaten widely during Ramadan. It's tomato-based with lentils, chickpeas, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, vegetables and whatever else you can hide in there. We happily discovered it at the breakfast buffet.
Before DH wants his laptop back, I'll insert a few more pics from around town.
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A couple nights ago I noticed that on the outskirts of town men step into the road and jingle their keys. Boy does that get your attention - but not enough for me to want to give them the good samaritan ride they're looking for. (Me thinks my room keycard won't have the same effect)
UPDATE: I have been set straight. The reason they're jingling their keys is because they have a house or apartment to rent out. Now that's some advertising!
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| Mr. BoJingles |
On to the food.
There's the Moroccan tea I've already mentioned:
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| Show-off! |
Very fresh, very 'delicieux'. It's really fantastic how newly prepared everything tastes.
Tanjine is pretty much any meat (other than pork) stew, prepared and served in a clay pot (tanjine). Sometimes there's vegetables galore but usually not.
One of my most favorites drinks, introduced to me by our waiter seen above, is 'jus au lait'. When offered milk with my apple juice I politely declined but he INSISTED! So hospitably Moroccan. Now we all love fresh apple pulp with milk. Really!
Mmm, Harira Soup!
A chef at our resort was kind enough to prepare this gluten-free Moroccan staple for Bug Boy. We both LOVE this. It's traditionally Berber but eaten widely during Ramadan. It's tomato-based with lentils, chickpeas, ginger, cinnamon, pepper, vegetables and whatever else you can hide in there. We happily discovered it at the breakfast buffet.
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| Harira |
Before DH wants his laptop back, I'll insert a few more pics from around town.
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| El Jadida |
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| Impressive 5 minute car wash, while you eat lunch, with about a Gallon of water. Price: $3 |
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| "I think I just breaked for a camel on the zebra crossing." |
Can't wait to visit! #2 and #3 look ecstatic. How does it feel to be back living in Africa? Albeit the opposite end?
ReplyDeleteI am loving the updates!!! Tell the boys I said hi and I can't wait to see some of the bugs Thomas finds. I hope all is well!!!
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Thanks for all the encouraging comments. It's nice to know I'm not boring everyone to death.
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