Camel Lunch

In Casablanca our guide took us to the oldest, still operating camel market. I was expecting to see camels being traded and paraded around to show off their personality. But, no! It was a market for camel meat!!

Not only that, but our guide bought ground camel from this lady butcher. She is the first, maybe the only female butcher in Morocco. She is a celebrity and has worked with many top chefs in the country and on TV.

We took the camel meat around to this open air cafe. The owner grilled it up for our lunch. He made camel wedges about 2 x 3 inches each. The well done meat pieces are served with ground green cumin, chili powder and salt. That gets sprinkled on the cooked meat.

Then you take a piece of bread and scoop up some grilled onions and meat, and eat. It was actually quite tasty.