Another day of classes. The most exciting thing about my school day was lunch. First, because I ate around 2 pm after breakfast at 6:30 am and secondly because it was only 1 JD! I had a huge bowl of green beans and lamb in some sort of sauce, a pita and hummus, a salad, and an amazing lemon and mint drink that made my tastebuds sing Ode an die Freude (“Freude, schone Gotterfunken…..” And to continue my divergence, is not “Gotterfunken” one of the best words ever?! Right up there with “sesquipedalian” and “quoits.”).
After arriving at my host home, I had maqloub, which is better translated as “turned over” rather than the “Up side down” that is often used. It’s chicken, aubergine, and then rice cooked together; once done, it’s turned over onto a flat pan so the chicken comes out on top. It was “zaki” – delicious.
I then watched my host brother play with sparklers. This was followed by our playing a round of soccer indoors. Finally, we got out his plastic swords and guns and had a pitched battle.
Don’t worry - I let him think he won.
I don't know if I can be friends with you anymore, if you persist in tantalizing us with these food descriptions. Do you know, I have to walk past a Lebanese restaurant every single day. It's pure torture. I am glad you're enjoying the food, though.
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