A series of anecdotes with or without any connection to the running of a restaurant.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Under a Moroccan spell...



















There is a café in downtown Marrakesh
Where semen comes really fresh
You can use it to coat your meat
Before you turn on the heat.

It is often as thick as butter
You may even need a cheese cutter
To slap it on a piece of toast
With a drop of honey or a slice of roast.

Some like its salty taste
And it’s not bad on the waist
But let me reassure everyone
This is just a bit of fun.

To those with a dirty mind
It’s only butter that’s been refined
Indian cooks call it Ghee
But semen is funnier, you’ll agree…

I couldn't resist taking a photo of this café window.
I have always known clarified butter as "S'men" but I am sure that with this spelling, a simple Café will easily be mistaken for a Bank...
A sperm bank!

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17 Comments:

Blogger zoe said...

i don't think that i'll be spreading that on my toast in the near future - too much vitamin E, so they say.

11/8/07 8:48 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Il fallait surtout pas nous en priver !!
Et puis ça ne mange pas de pain ,comme on dit chez nous !
Pensez vous vraiment Zoé Que la vitamine E résiste a la chaleur ??

Car le beurre clatifié supporte mieux les températures plus élevées !

Chaud devant !!!

11/8/07 11:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Une question qui me vient à l'esprit , et sans rapport avec le sujet ?!?! ou alors involontaire de ma part ? existe-t-il de la gelée Royale au Royaume d'Angleterre ??

12/8/07 12:10 AM  
Blogger Akelamalu said...

LOL you're naughty!

12/8/07 10:31 AM  
Blogger Cream said...

I agree, Z. And it can be very fattening too, especially if one of the little buggers slips through.

Dip-dop, vous avez raison, ma mère faisait toujours sa cuisine avec du S'men parcequ'il supportait des températures élevées.
Pour ce qui est de la gelée royale, il y en dans toutes les salles de bains du Royaume d'Angleterre. Après tout, "An Englishman's home is his castle!"

Just a bit of fun, Akela.

12/8/07 11:01 AM  
Blogger zoe said...

cream - you always have a (clever) answer, don't you ?!

12/8/07 11:42 AM  
Blogger la bellina mammina said...

LOL! do they have lots of female customers? I'd go with Zoe! ha ha!

12/8/07 3:23 PM  
Blogger Cream said...

Thanks, Z.

Bella, no females but lots of males making deposits.
But I'm sure they'd make an exception if you say you're looking for an attractive seaman...

12/8/07 5:18 PM  
Blogger Romeo Morningwood said...

HAHAHA!
Sperm Banks have a much higher interest rate for male depositors.
Those new bank machines can be a real pain. It is so embarrasing trying to do your business in the middle of a mall..especially with a huge lineup behind you.

Why the Banks decided to get rid of Tellers is a mystery. It was always more enjoyable to see a friendly, smiling, face and receive a firm handshake before you made a transaction.

12/8/07 6:29 PM  
Blogger valerie walsh said...

yer so funny! I guess i have a dirty mind... :P

12/8/07 7:22 PM  
Blogger Hayden said...

first - I've visited your blog several times since you posted this, but alas - this is the first time I've seen it?!! what the?

I love the mischieviousness of translations like this! Too much fun!

12/8/07 8:19 PM  
Blogger Merisi said...

Ghee! Now I get it! :-)
Austrians call this butterschmalz, and I remember having a hard time with it, after all I was used to eat food prepared with olive oil. I remember one of my relatives who loved to add a little "extra" to all sorts of dishes, lovingly. I see her there, knife in hand, almost like a ballerina on tiptoe, adding that last loving touch to her exquisite meals.

I sure hope you will frame that great photo of the café window (I see it in a simple black wooden frame, with a large ghee-coloured passepartout and a smaller lighter coloured one).

13/8/07 11:07 AM  
Blogger la bellina mammina said...

EWWW! lol!

13/8/07 11:30 AM  
Blogger Anthony said...

Hehehehe! am among the few who were thinking dirty!!

13/8/07 5:09 PM  
Blogger Mary said...

With you Cream I new there'd be some clever little twist.

13/8/07 7:43 PM  
Blogger neena maiya (guyana gyal) said...

Yeeee heeee I can't wait to tell folks here what 'ghee' REALLY is hahahaha...

13/8/07 7:44 PM  
Blogger Cream said...

Yes, HE, that would be embarrassing.

Val, you a dirty mind? I don’t think so.

That’s your mischievous mind, Hayden…

Great frame, Merisi. Butterschmalz? Great word!

I guess you like Seamen, Bella…

Antoine, welcome!

Mary, you know me so well!

Gigi, I think they’ll be horrified!

14/8/07 9:33 AM  

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