Wad Ifrane Home Stay

Home-Stay Host Family

Wad Ifrane Home Stay - Day 1

This weekend I am staying in a village in Wad Ifrane with a Moroccan family. Upon arrival, we had a delicious afternoon snack of msemen, a type of flat-bread fried to be crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Msemen is one of my favorite foods here in Morocco and the homemade version was absolutely delicious. Per usual, the bread is served with an assortment of jams, butters, olive oils, olives, and cheese spread. Drinks are coffee (mostly milk, with some coffee) and the traditional mint tea served sweet. The mint tea is absolutely delicious and I am thankful for the Moroccan hospitality that never lets my cup of tea go dry.  Also, Moroccan hospitality never lets your plate get empty either! You have to eat slow - and even then, more and more food will be pushed in front of you. The afternoon tea was delicious and after we settled into our room and visited the Peace Corps volunteer in the village.
Dinner in Morocco is very late. We sat down for dinner around 9:30PM. We had a chicken tajine that was to die for. Tajine is served, like may meals here in Morocco, on a large central plate with bread used as the utensil. You eat from the wedge in front of you using the bread to pick up the food. Tajine consists of vegetables, potatoes, and meat roasted together. As a visitor, the best chunks of meat always find their way into your wedge even if they weren't there to begin with. As a visitor in a Moroccan home, you don't have to worry about being hungry - you have to worry about having room for the next thing being offered to you! Which in the case of dinner, as delicious fresh pomegranate. I have a new love of pomegranate after dinner tonight - they truly are the Skittles of the natural world.