.. in addition to seeing children chase run-away donkeys, I see two little kids climbing up an argan tree to avoid the sheep which they’ve angered by throwing rocks.
January 14, 2011
December 8, 2010
Beet Greens
It's been a while since last updating... so much, yet so little, has happened since I left you with that curious photo of a camel in my backyard. Just like I did a couple of months ago, I'm recommitting myself to more frequent updates.
- Excellent in-service training with stagemates in Marrakech.
- Hot minute trip to Fez with great people. It's a lovely city. The culture up yonder is so different than down here in the south. And the bisara (fava been soup-ish) is soo sooooo good.
- Even hotter minute trip to America for family reasons.
- Diversity training and VAC meeting in Rabatville.
- Thanksgiving retreat at province-mate's rustic and falling apart mansion house in the middle-of-nowhere. I made the most delicious stuffing I've ever eaten... mmmm mmmmm good. Despite the heavy rain, absent electricity, and absent running water, the good company kept things fabulous.
- Watched my little village flood. Watched the water seep into the baked earth. Watched people trudge through muddy-swamp village. Watched mud turn back into baked earth. As I write, it's raining again... baked earth turning into mud... the cycle begins again.
- SIDA event at local souk with province-mates. Beautiful weather, beautiful work.
- Gorged on too much cauliflower and beet greens. Definitely not an unhealthy thing, but made the bathroom run an interesting experience. Nonetheless, I am grateful for the beet-man at my weekly market who gave me a heaping bunch of beet greens for free.
And can someone please identify this unidentified vegetable thing that looks sort of like celery, but isn't. And I have no idea what to do with it. EDIT: A friend identified this beast as cardoons! So happy to have figured that out. Check this out: http://honest-food.net/2009/04/10/contemplating-cardoons/
SIDA table at Had Dra health clinic.
October 28, 2010
Food for Thought
It's odd how sometimes I just don't have enough time to get anything done, but at the same time, I feel like I have nothing to do. It is an odd, odd paradox.
October 18, 2010
Oh Heyyyyyy
This quirky creature was standing 2 feet from my front door when I returned home yesterday, mowing my grass and chewing my vegetable scraps in that lopsided and comical way that camels chew.
On the Menu...
...
- Potato Samosas
- Mint Chutney
- Apple/Onion Chutney
- Whole-Wheat Chipatis
- Morocco's Finest Channa Masala
Some of this deliciousness was missing some key spices (specifically cardamom, caraway, and nutmeg), but we gobbled it all up anyway and later rolled around on the floor like bloated roly-polys. Basmati rice would've been nice, but I'm not willing to cough up 75MAD for a half-kilo.
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