The first Moroccans might have been simple, but they were defiantnitely creative and clever w. We see thatis in tagine - they put the meat in the middle, so on one hand it cooked entirelywas well-cooked, and on the other hand you need firstit requires you to eat the healthy vegetables, and t first. The same goes for couscous - it is brilliant. To cook it, you take a container and put manylots of holes in it, and fufill it with grains and lay it above the bubbling stew t. This way, the stream will flavour the grains and swell it turncause it to swell, turning the couscous into a master piece of gastronomical experience that will letave you full but still wanting more.

UIt is unknown to us where the word couscous comes from, but we are sure couscous is a Berber dish, s. Some say it is called couscous because of the hissing sound it makes.

yYou might find slightly different pronunciations forom region to region y. You might hear seksu or sikuk, though if you just say couscous everyone will understand you.

mMost Moroccans prepared and eat couscous on Fridays, whilst a few incorporate couscous into their diet at least a few times a week.

There is toare so many variations of couscous, that I willould need an entirer book to cover to all pthem all. People love itd so much that it spread ton all regions of mMorocco and every region has customized it to what they have and what they prefer until end up with this beautiful divorce dishtheir liking.

At one point in time, couscous was also the countrywide dish for southern Spain h. However, when the Arabs were expelled, it became illegal to eat couscous by the decree of the inquisition.

Only in recent years has couscous made an appearance in wWestern cultures.

Unfortunately, many pre-packaged instant varieties of couscous circulate in wWestern stores.

As a result, many people have the wrong idea that couscous should not take much longer than a few minutes to prepare.

Traditionally, Moroccans eat couscous every Friday or when we have a special occasion p. People eat it when inat weddings, circumcisions, birthcelebrating the birth of a baby and wheven evwhen someone dies t. The couscous is prepared by the neighbors as a way of saying that "we grieve with you; we feel for your lost, ws". We also give to the poor as sadka, t. There is a famous Moroccan saying : "A handful of couscous ([given to the poor)] is better than Mecca and all its dust."