Couscous Friday

Friday is a holy day in the Islam religion and we were all invited to couscous Friday, a tradition of Karim's family. Normally it is a small affair, Karim's family, 9 brothers and sisters and couscous prepared by his mother and sister. This time it was all the family and wedding guests. They prepared to huge plates of couscous, so much left over with the amazing abundance of food. We had a surprise in meeting Karim's father who normally works on Friday. Eating couscous is not an elegant affair, no plates or knives and forks. We had to learn the technique of rolling balls of couscous in our hands by Karim's father and then popping them into our mouths. We were covered in couscous, especially Bruce who had it dripping from his beard. A very delicious experience, and so wonderful to be caught up in more Moroccan traditions.




Bruce and Gayle, meeting Karim's parents.


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