Mother's Day Tribute and Cultural Learnings

I finally got my tuksheta back from the tailor! He's still working on the pants but TA-DAH! I'll have to get some better pics so you can see the embroidery but he did a really great job.


Two Types of Couscous


I went to a friends house on Friday for couscous and they made both kinds. I very discretely hinted that I wanted the tafaya kind to my friend, actually I flat out asked her mom to make it!!! This kind is made with caramelized onions and raisins and is sweet. I LOVE this kind and I ate until I thought I would surely throw up. But then they brought out tea and desert, and don't worry I ate some more :)

This is traditional couscous made with 7 different types of vegetables.

You can eat couscous with a spoon but if you want to be a true North African you must eat with the hands. See the trail from me the dish to me? That means I am doing a good job. A true professional can make couscous balls and flick them into their mouth or their neighbors. I haven't got there yet! The glass next to me is not milk its room temperature buttermilk, mmmmm.....

I have been to this friends house many times but today was the first time I got to sit in the nice salon (living room). There is a Koran on the left and this is the room where they usually pray. They keep it spotless in case a guest decides to stop by unannounced...which is always in this culture.

MUST have mint tea at every home visit...luckily I LOVE it and could drink it by the gallon.

Homemade Demotivator of the Day
So Cody didn't have any pictures this week so I decided to make my own demotivator about him. This is in honor of him trying to grow out a mustache and it just looks like an eighth grader growing in spider legs for the first time.