Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Ode to Morocco Food

We have been provided with four meals (other than the croissant at breakfast) and the food is amazing. I was expecting amazing clementines since I knew the ones we got in America were from Morocco, but I wasn't expecting the delicious oranges and fresh orange juice. i don't know if I'll ever be happy with American oranges/clementines again.
The center provides us with a buffet for every meal. Surprisingly, we only had couscous at one of them. The vegetarian selection is huge,during four meals, we have had pumpkin, green beans, white beans, turnips, beets, and all cooked in ways I'd never had them before. I am surprised that they don't use pita here, but the white bread they cook is perfect and always in large supply. The food is actually very different than the usual middle eastern food, although the predominance of beans and lamb is similar to the Egyptian and Lebanese food I've had. Not only is the food delicious, it's really healthy, we don't eat hardly any boring carbs other than a little bread, rice, or couscous and so many vegetables. For dessert there is always fresh fruit, I don't know that I've had hardly any sweets since I was here. I have yet to see how my host mother will cook, but I am very, very excited. I only wish that BU food were half as good...

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