Friday, March 21, 2008

Cause we all knew all I really wanted was a food blog

So I decided that the next logical step after making bagels was donuts, and here they are:


My host brother Karim having a go at frying





Completed Pumpkin Maple Donuts



Also I got a Tunisian haircut (well a normal haircut with lots of gel)


Yesterday I went to shul for Purim. Around 30 people showed up, no women, except for one young girl. All the kids under 10 were wearing costumes, but no one older. The service and Megilla reading was pretty average, but afterwards they sang this song about all of the characters in the story which was pretty cool. We finished mincha earlier than expected so the person who I assume was the rabbi gave a short drash about mishloach manot, or at least I think that was what it was about. It was hard to understand the sermon since it was in a mix of Arabic, French and Hebrew. What I found interesting though was that everyone in the congregation felt comfortable interrupting him to ask questions or make comment, which happened pretty frequently.

I was surprised to see that the Jewish community was active enough that it attracted people of all ages. I was expecting a bunch of old men. On the other hand, I could see that there was a fear of antisemitism as we were leaving, and everyone removed their kippot. Or at least I assume that this is why they removed them, I didn't ask anyone.

Yesterday was also the prophets birthday, which meant that most places were closed that and that families get together to have a special meal. Unfortunately all of mine besides my host brother were in Italy, but my maid made me a bowl of one of the traditional puddings since she knew I was disappointed. They also were selling prepared Zgougou, the main traditional pudding for the holiday, at the supermarket so I got some there. Pretty delicious.

Tomorrow we head out on our second excursion, this time to the north.


Here is a fun game I learned called "The Libyan"
One person sits or stands with their eyes closed, and someone else hits them. The person with their eyes closed then has to guess who it was. I'm not sure if the hitter or the hittee is supposed to be the Libyan.

1 comment:

Lauren Rothman said...

I've been wanting to make homemade donuts for a while. Yours looks delicious. Where's the recipe from?