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Visitor Brings News Of Food Tunisians Eat. Madame Alice Muth An Artist Vividly Pictures Life With Arabs. (Continued from Page 21) when served Gravy may be served separately if desired “The meats and fish should be cut in large thick pieces and chicken cut as for frying” Madame Muth advised “Vegetables should be whole” On certain fete days especially New Year the Arabs make a sweet out of flour cooked like our cream of wheat but smooth and consistent she said This is served warm with melted butter poured over it and seasoned with sugar and grains from cones of the pine tree Turkish Coffee Like to try some Turkish coffee? Here is bow it is made: Coffee should be specially ground Into pulverized powder To water the quantity of a demitasse cup you add one teaspoon of coffee and one teaspoon sugar repeating for as many cups desired Let come -to a boil once or twice removing it from fire as needed “After pouring into demitasse cups it should be allowed a few seconds to settle” she said ‘'No spoon should be used no stirring done The coffee rises to the top leaving the grounds in the bottom of the cup and giving you the full essence of the coffee” MiHe Fuille iCakaai Make puff paste roll out in sheets as thin as paper at least seven sheets to a cake Make a paste convenient to spread of pounded almonds sugar dates and figs Brush each sheet with melted butter then spread sweet paste on each sheet placing one carefully on top of the other When baked and while still warm cover cake with honey or thick sugar syrup sprinkle top with chopped almonds Cut in small diamond shapes and let stand to cool “You can make the sheets to fit your cake pan” she said “For a wedding in Tunis however the sheets are made on huge copper trays about four feet Jn diameter and the cakes are sent to the large public ovens for baking” From cooking the conversation drifted to beauty since Arab women are noted for their lovely hair and skin The secret is a clay that comes from a certain part of Africa which is used for both skin and hair I “The clay Is put in a container and hot water added” she said “After it stands a few hours it Is worked into a paste with the fingers This paste is rubbed into the wet hair and scalp While rinsing the hair is constantly combed leaving it unusually glossy” A glance at Madame Muth’s silky auburn hair is firsthand proof That reminds me She promised to give me a demonstration before she catches a boat back to Tunis.

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