Felicity and I opted out of the slaughtering day in favor of the BBQ day so this post only has pictures from day two of the celebration…
The kids had their own little grills…so cute:
Felicity loving her some grilled sheep:
It was really good. I forgot to mention it was 9 a.m. Protein for breakfast is always a good thing!
If they can, every family within a family buys their very own sheep. It is a lot of work for the women to clean and prepare all of the meat. Our friends had four sheep, one for each nuclear family. Here our neighbor is using the sheep heads to show us the difference between a 300 dinar sheep and a 500 dinar sheep. 1 dinar is about $0.60. Families will be eating from these sheep for months to come…from the freezer of course.
I was so relieved when she told me they do not eat anything from the heads or the horns! They just keep them for fun ;)...
We were so grateful for the opportunity to share in this celebration and hope we can return the hospitality and generosity ten fold in days to come…Although I'm not sure we can compete with lamb for breakfast!
Lamb for breakfast would certainly be a first for me! I have to agree the little grills at the kids table is so cute, Tomas would be all over that. Do the kids just know when the meat is done (because of parents assisting previously) or do the parents keeps a close eye on the meat that is cooking? Thanks for your great pictures - my favorite may be Dan sporting a set of horns himself.
ReplyDeleteKatie, how interesting! Really neat opportunity for all of you to participate in this special time. I look forward to hearing about your times to invite people to your house!
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