Couscous for Dinner?

Had cous cous for lunch today with:

spring onions
chickpeas
pine nuts
pomegranate seeds
apricots
Coriander

Topped with chicken and a blob of tzatziki.

Very tasty, but haven't had any stirrings yet.

I get the impression that most people here just mean the cracked wheat when they refer to couscous and not the North African dish called couscous. If I had couscous grain all by itself, I would just throw it in the garbage.

In the rubbish bin?

It is sold as couscous, how is it marketed in France?

couscous
noun
1. A pasta of North African origin made of crushed and steamed semolina.
2. A North African dish consisting of pasta steamed with a meat and vegetable stew.
(French, from Arabic kuskus, from kaskasa, to pulverize)

People do try it unflavoured and bland and wonder why they don't like it.

I prefer bulghur wheat for texture. This said, I believe the only cous cous I can find - even in Asian grocers (which I accept are hardly African) - is pre-cooked and so not the real stuff.

Same with me -- I buy bulghur when I want wheat. Couscous is only for use in the stew.

Oh, and also some rice pudding type North African desserts....

Nicksun, sorry to have overlooked your question. The grain is sold as "semoule" in France.

LoL I had some more cous-cous today for lunch - and didn´t make me horny... It might´ve been that bloody office... LoL

After I went out and bought couscous in anticipation...