Coastal View & Moor News Issue 17


Wayfarer’s Travels Morocco


Meknes T


he best time to visit Morocco is late March/early April or October when its still nice and warm but the temperature rarely exceeds 30C. The most popular destination for tourists is of course Marrakesh but to get a flavour for the real Morocco its best to visit the likes of Meknes , Fez and Rabat with their beautiful city entrances, their ornate mosques and their colourful medinas & souks. The old city of Meknes provides a good base from which to visit the impressive Roman ruins at Volubilis . Its also convenient for a trip down to Fez – notable for far more than its Tommy Cooper hats ! Within the medina is a large & colourful souk selling everything from exotic foods to chickens and silks,etc.. You can also visit the pottery with its ancient Heath Robinson treadles, etc. & its rows of craftsman patiently fashioning huge mosaics from tiny individual pieces.


Then there`s the amazing tannery which covers an area the size of a football pitch and houses hundreds of dye vats side by side. If you can stand the stench its an incredible sight. There`s no machinery – even the water supply is gravity fed – and so many different shades and hues of


The Tannery at Fez


dyes. The leathers are trampled in the vats by locals who unsurprisingly have multi coloured legs. You will also see multi coloured donkeys striped by the dyes that have trickled down from the huge loads of freshly dyed leathers they carry. From Fez, on the way to Rabat, you can visit the town of Ifrane high in the mountains where the wealthy Moroccans live. At Rabat the magnificent mausoleum of Mohammed V is worth a visit before returning to Europe via Tangier. A word of warning here, however. Be very cautious in Tangiers as there are many dodgy characters about, desperate to get out of Africa to reach mainland Europe and desperate for money. We were held up at knife point and we also witnessed several Africans climbing into the undersides of vehicles stopped at traffic lights.


Wayfarer


(wayfarer@ntlworld.com) In the next issue we will go a little further afield and visit Japan.


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Sweet Potato Bhajis


If you are one of the growing number of families going meat free once a week this is a great side dish to serve with a vegetarian curry. They can be prepared in advance and re-heated in a microwave.


1 lb sweet potatoes (peeled 1 inch dice) 1/2 lb Maris Piper (peeled 1 inch dice) 2 large onions finely sliced 6oz self raising flour 2tsp curry powder Flour for dusting 3 tsp veg oil


Utensils Frying pan Large veg pan Baking tray Wooden spoon


Fry onions in a pan until very brown, add curry powder and cool in a large bowl. In a large pan of water, boil Maris Piper after 3mins add sweet pots (this should allow them both to be cooked at same time.) Mash drained potatoes and add to onion mix. Season with black pepper and sea salt. When mix is cool stir in the flour. Shape into 12 balls and flatten. Place on floured sheet. Heat a little oil in a large non stick frying pan. Fry bhajis turning when brown. After browning, finish in med oven for 20 mins


simples!!!!!!!!!!


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