One of the neatest things about being in Egypt are all of the vendors that are out and about selling various tasty and interesting snacks at all hours of the day. Some of our favorites in Egypt have been popcorn (scooped into a plastic bag by hands that we don't even bother fooling ourselves into thinking are relatively clean), bags of boiled fava beans, bean paste in a pita, mango juice that you practically need a spoon to "drink", and prickly pears (the bizarre-looking fruit in the picture below).
We can get 12 pricklies, peeled by the vendor right in front of us, for about a dollar Canadian. They're extremely delicious but have a gallon of round, hard seeds in them that are impossible to spit out and have to be downed. At best, you kind of gum them up and swallow, but it's a great treat on a hot day!
Steve put a picture of Koshary on his Egypt entry, in case you were wondering what the weird-looking bowls of stuff were.
Anyway, stay tuned for Ethiopia!
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