More on Eating in Narnia

Eating -- it is such a social event, and in Narnia -- oh yes, truly an event. "Tea" is also an event -- a ritual. Three small glasses of mint flavored tea that are sweet, sweeter, sweetest. One never leaves until all three glasses of tea have been finished. The ritual can take up to an hour....




I've already described our fish dinner (complete with fish eyes). We also had beef and chicken (both excellent), a lunch of scrambled egg sandwich makings, pizza (at a restaurant)-- note the fried egg on top:



and a tajine (which Tim declined to tell us about until we were half way through the meal).

"It's camel."

CAMEL?

It was very good. I thought it was beef.

"In America, we don't eat camels. We look at camels."

Maybe we are missing out on something.