Iftar at work

[caybee 21]

Hubby is starting an evening shift job in a couple of weeks. He's always been at home (here or in Morocco) for Iftar during Ramadan. We're guessing he'll get a dinner break at around 8 pm, which will work, but I'm trying to put together some meal plans to help make it special since he won't be with his family or me. It's a fairly large company, so I hope he'll meet some other Muslims there. He likes sammiches, so that will be easy, as will walnut-stuffed dates and milk. Harira will be doable if we get a little thermos. My guess is he won't stuff himself at Iftar and will probably snack later on a break. He doesn't have much of a sweet tooth. Any other ideas for packable stuff?

[Jenn! 918]

When Wadi was working at the restaurant and couldn't be home for iftar I would make him a pack with the following:

paratha breads (i think it's indian bread, but wadi loves it and it's easy to make from frozen - just cook it in a pan http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/214806...3ebf8f.jpg?v=0)

hardboiled eggs with cumin

those spicy moroccan sausages (much better hot of course, but he'd eat them cold)

laughing cow cheeses

dates

a pastry

[doodlebugg 10]

When Wadi was working at the restaurant and couldn't be home for iftar I would make him a pack with the following:

paratha breads (i think it's indian bread, but wadi loves it and it's easy to make from frozen - just cook it in a pan http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/214806...3ebf8f.jpg?v=0)

hardboiled eggs with cumin

those spicy moroccan sausages (much better hot of course, but he'd eat them cold)

laughing cow cheeses

dates

a pastry

how do you get the cumin into the hard boiled egg?

[Jenn! 918]

When Wadi was working at the restaurant and couldn't be home for iftar I would make him a pack with the following:

paratha breads (i think it's indian bread, but wadi loves it and it's easy to make from frozen - just cook it in a pan http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/214806...3ebf8f.jpg?v=0)

hardboiled eggs with cumin

those spicy moroccan sausages (much better hot of course, but he'd eat them cold)

laughing cow cheeses

dates

a pastry

how do you get the cumin into the hard boiled egg?

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[~Jackie~ 30]

[Carolyn 1]

Jenn!,

where do you get your merguez (moroccan sausages)? Can you get them at a local butcher/Arabic shop, or do you order them somewhere?

Simo loves Merguez and we haven't found a source for them outside of visiting Queens, NY!

[Jenn! 918]

Jenn!,

where do you get your merguez (moroccan sausages)? Can you get them at a local butcher/Arabic shop, or do you order them somewhere?

Simo loves Merguez and we haven't found a source for them outside of visiting Queens, NY!

Yeah, we buy them from the arab stores locally - all of them seem to have them. That's too bad - let me know and I can send you sausages! LOL

[caybee 21]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

[Imua 0]

Jenn!,

where do you get your merguez (moroccan sausages)? Can you get them at a local butcher/Arabic shop, or do you order them somewhere?

Simo loves Merguez and we haven't found a source for them outside of visiting Queens, NY!

Queens rocks!!!

What can't you find here????

[RAKASA 0]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

Recipe, please... you know where!

[nunyab 0]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

Recipe, please... you know where!

and sorry but what's Iftar????

Rajaa

[Jenn! 918]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

Recipe, please... you know where!

and sorry but what's Iftar????

Rajaa

It's the meal to break fast during Ramadan.

[nunyab 0]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

Recipe, please... you know where!

and sorry but what's Iftar????

Rajaa

It's the meal to break fast during Ramadan.

ok so it's not just one day??? Thanks sorry if it was a stupid questions just didnt' know what it was called.

[morocco4ever 63]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

I have had great success making melwi since his sister visited and showed me how. The problem of course is that I can't make it fresh every day. I make a huge batch (did this just yesterday morning), and freeze them. He then can heat them in the microwave. He loves it with the laughing cow cheese.

Do you have a recipe?

[caybee 21]

Great ideas, Jenn! He loves hard-boiled eggs and cumin. I'll check some specialty stores for the bread and sausages. I'm going to try making melwi (layered flat bread served with honey) since he'd like that before sunrise. Haven't tried making it since he arrived, and my results before then were less than stellar.

I have had great success making melwi since his sister visited and showed me how. The problem of course is that I can't make it fresh every day. I make a huge batch (did this just yesterday morning), and freeze them. He then can heat them in the microwave. He loves it with the laughing cow cheese.

Do you have a recipe?

No, I would love the recipe if you could post it (haven't searched Sultan's Kitchen if it's already there). Mine has come out way too dense. I watched his mom make it, but not from the beginning, and I think there must have been yeast or baking powder in there that I didn't know about. Great to know it can be frozen.

Hubby also likes a kind of casserole made by shredding the melwi by hand when it's still hot and mixing it with meat, veggies, and spices, fenugreek being one of the primary ones. It comes out almost like a pasta dish. I've eaten it but never tried making it. It would be pretty labor-intensive for most workdays, but if I can get the melwi right, I might try the casserole on the weekend or for Eid if I find the recipe.

Thank you!