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*WARNING THIS POST IS MAINLY ABOUT FOOD. IT MAY CAUSE HUNGER*
Now this is probably only in the United States but that is what makes the U.S.A. amazing. We celebrate popcorn!! And my love and admiration for popcorn has grown exponentially since moving to Morocco. I hope that it doesn’t turn into hardcore resentment by the end of my service. But right now, it’s like my new best friend. Let me tell you why:
1. Cheap
2. Easy to cook and quick
3. Versatility in flavor combinations
4. GREAT party snack or personal snack
So since moving to Morocco I’ve developed these interesting snacking habits. It may be because I want to limit the amount of wrappers from cookies and chips I have but also money. Don’t get me wrong, given some basic money management skills, no volunteer should go hungry. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to have some money stashed away for a rainy day. Either way, I splurge mainly when I’m with other volunteers, usually Colin and Joe and we have our dinner get-togethers.
Back to snacking habits: right now because of the season, Tangerines!! OMG they are SOOOO delicious here. I do not know what it is but Morocco does citrus right! Thank goodness. So I go through about 3 kilos/week (6lbs) lol. Why? Good price and delicious. I mix it in with bananas. Always gotta have my bananas. Peanuts because I’m either looking to try to make another batch of peanut butter or I just want to eat them straights. Either way, delicious! Popcorn!!!!! and of course, one of my favs. I eat popcorn almost everyday and when I’m not, I’m eating peanuts and tangerines. Heck sometimes I just eat them all together and have myself a little fun snack-time with a giant bottle of water! Haha.
So hmm….what else do I eat….not just snacks of course. But I will say, I do love snack time. Even at a Moroccan’s house. Snack time is EPIC! It’s usually a spread of tea (and maybe coffee), peanuts, bread, olive oil, fruit, butter etc. You have to be careful and try to not fill-up on snacks before dinner or you’re screwed! They will tell you to “Kuli, kuli kuli!!” or “Eat, eat, eat!!”. And listen, I’m a good eater, ask my Mom but even I get SUPER full and it’s very difficult to say “no” to a Moroccan when they are feeding you.
My other meals include: soups, chilies, egg sandwiches, Peace Corps Mac n’ Cheese (Laughing cow over some macaroni), homemade pizza, burgers (no cheese *epic sad face*), spaghetti, rice (and if I make soup and it’s too spicy I just put the soup over the rice to act as a curry of some-sort) and of course Moroccan food. But truthfully, I don’t eat Moroccan food that often anymore. Not that I don’t like it because I do and some I even love but I LOVE cooking. Ask any of my friends from Merced, I love it! It gives me something to do, it’s fun, it’s therapeutic, creative and delicious (well sometimes….).
Anywho, the real point to this blog post was to celebrate National Popcorn Day and to give a birthday shout-out to the Queen of Southern Cooking and one of my all-time Food Network favs, MRS. PAULA DEAN!!!!! If you don’t know who she is then shame on you because you should. She is funny (if you’ve met my mom, Paula Dean and her are sort of alike), she makes bomb food and is not afraid to use butter and in fact LOVES butter. So happy birthday Paula Dean!!!!
