Monday, March 19, 2012

What I Ate

   The other day I was in the kitchen house spending some time with the cooks. Soon enough their lunch time rolled around and they were all eating so they offered me some of their rice and curry. The curry that  was served to me was bright yellow and full of potatoes and chunks of meat. I gnawed the meat off of the bones and chewed and chewed and chewed the meat until my throat allowed me to swallow it. I asked them what kind of meat it was. They told me that it was "oot". During their process of explaining I heard them say something about it being big with a hump. Then it hit me "I just ate camel." I hoped and expected the camel curry experience to sort of be a once in a lifetime ordeal but I have been offered the dish three times in a matter of days and I am a bit of a people pleaser so this has not been a once in a lifetime experience.