We didn't go out this time!

Like always, we're so exited for Eid that we ended up sleeping at 3 AM, and guess what? We woke up at 7 AM, you do the math.  

Anyways, we're up got our things and dressed up and everything, that's when my cousin called and said that he needed us to go pick him up… he lives far, 20 minutes drive. Okay, it's not far, but I just want to get this Eid done with and a 20 minutes drive is not what I want with this heavy dress on!

Snap, Snap and Snap! I know, I'm enjoying this too much…

So the Eid day was kind of boring this time, not much Eidia (1) too!

The guests snack!

After lunch we went to McDonald's coz a cousin we have does not like to eat meat with rice, which is the Eid lunch every year.

After that we just hang around, I played a little Wii, didn't have the camera with me then so no snaps this time.

We didn't go out this time, so I just went home, my other cousins were there, so we hung around and then we ordered food coz my family was out visiting their relatives… 

(1) Eidia = money people give as a sign of celebrating the Eid.

Eid update!

Okay. Do you know what's more tiring then Eid day; it's the days before Eid.

Forget the waking up feeling like shit thing, the first thing you want to do after an all-nighters is a nice breakfast, but the first smell that hit you when you enter the kitchen the days before Eid is the smell of the mixed spices, the famous Shiwa (1) Bzaar (2) that we use every Eid to marinate the meat in before throwing it in the dug up in the ground oven.

This time I decided to get my hands dirty, so I walked in the kitchen and asked my dad if he needed help and he was like “good, you're here, help me with this” so I spent the afternoon helping my dad cleaning and washing the meat and then marinating it.

Here is the meat after it being washed, kind of bloody I know! We kept the fat of on, so that it melts in the oven and gives that smoky taste.

The famous and our family secret Bzaar!

We put them in this metal container, we also put some lemon and banana leafs between the chunks of meat, this time my dad sprinkled them with sesame seeds.

See the Bzaar oozing from the holes? Yummy

This is the oven I was talking about; it’s just a big hole with a huge pipe in it and a huge metal cover. We put the container in and then we light the wood and we leave it in the ground for about a day or two.

I didn't find a picture of the meat, but I will post it as soon as I have one.

I can't wait for the Eid next year. ^_^

(1) - Shiwa = cooked meat.

(2) - Bzaar = Mix spices.