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The idea here is to TRAVEL THE WORLD regardless of time or budget. It dawned on me one day that even if I had unlimited time and money (which I definitley do not), I still couldn't see everything in the world that I'd like to see--I'm simply not going to live long enough to do it.

But I had a bit of brain wave and soon after the travel envelope was born. This is an actual physical envelope. I typed the name of every country in the world, plus every state in the US on little slips of paper which I then put into the envelope. In the beginning we (myself, my husband, Dave and daugher Catherine) would draw out a slip at random at the beginning of the month and that's where we would go---at least in our minds. We grab some books about the country from the library and put them in our bathroom to look at. We also check out some videos about the country if any. We check it out on googleearth, listen to the music, try the food, maybe even attempt to learn a dance or celebrate a festival.

After the first two years we discovered that even virtual traveling can be tiring, so we travel now whenever I happen to be in the mood.

It's great fun. I especially love it when people I meet have been to the place I'm "visiting" in real life, or get excited and have some virtual adventures of their own. I hope that anyone who comes across this blog will feel welcome to come with us on the trip!



You have a standing reservation to see it all!

Oct 26, 2010

Food

Ah---my favorite part of traveling--the food. Morocco is a great place to travel if you like good food. Also a good place if you like adventurous food.  Being the myopic Americans that we are we opted to pass on the lamb brains and had instead Beef Kefta which is basically ground beef with spices.


The beef had some spices we don't ordinarly put together in the US.  Cinnamon and chili powder for example.  There was also cilantro and cumin in the meat--very tasty.  To go with it we had couscous of course, and sweet potatoes and raisins also with cinnamon, chili powder and cumin--also garlic--VERY good. And some beans that should have been fava beans but oh well.  Again the cinnamon and chili powder.  The Moroccan desserts can get pretty elaborate with nut fillings and fillo dough.  For once we went simple and made a sauce with the juice from one orange with a little sugar and cinnamon with is cooked until thick and then served over orange slices with a little powdered sugar and mint.  Elegant looking.
It's easy to find Moroccan recipies online.  These happened to come from a book called Taste of Morocco.
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