strange food in Morocco?

I had the cow's foot with chickpeas, full of gelatin. It's a favorite there. My favorite kebabs in the whole world are boulfaf - very fresh lamb liver coated in spices, covered with the sheep's caul and barbequed. Yum! The weirdest thing I had probably was a tagine of braided lamb intestines. It was quite a production which required lots of cleaning but it turned out very well. Dafina, the Moroccan Jewish Sabbath meal is also interesting. Most of these would not be found in food stalls but at family meals.

My husband LOVES boulfaf! You can get it at the butcher near our house, already spiced and brochette-ready!

Another reason not to visit Meknes, then.

I had the worst food I've ever had in my like while in Meknes. (all of the other food was fabulous in Morocco, BTW) It was a kind of pickled lemon, which had a horrible ammonia smell, something reminiscent of a toiet bowl cleaner smell. Does anyone know the name for that?

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Living in the south, I have never heared of people eating horse!! do you know any specefic place where people eat horse?

Lemon preserves are used all over Morocco. Tasty with green olives and chicken in a tagine. Don't remember there being an ammonia smell though.

Another treat is spiced air-dried lamb meat preserved in fat, or khlii. When they get to the bottom of the jar there is just tiny bits of meat with these great spices and used to make the fried bread called raif bi khlii. Yum.

I only had it that one time, and I did a fair bit of travel around the country. This was definitely beyond fermentation! The tagines were excellent, though...

What on earth do you all have against Meknes? Have any of you actually spent more than a few days there?

I hate preserved lemons too, actually - they just gross me out on principle.

Khili is another one that grosses me out - we have a tub of it in our cupboard that just sits there. What really freaks me out is that it doesn't require refrigeration!

I have nothing against Meknes, but I did find the town a bit underwhelming. Was planning on spending 3 days there, cut it short to 2. The mosque was amazing, as was the sprawling market. The crappy lemon had no bearing on my friend & I deciding to cut our trip short in Meknes...

I meant to say mausoleum, not mosque.