Harissa craving

Had to go to Forks Mediterranean Deli. Read this passage in my book and had the worst *need* for lamb shawarma swimming in harissa: "He ate couscous from a big clay bowl... He poured harissa sauce and we ate with our fingers." (From Ted Morgan's My Battle of Algiers.)

So I bought 3 gigantic lamb shawarma with 2 packs of large zaatar bread, 2 packs of homemade zaatar bread (of which daughter ate one immediately), one bottle olive oil, one side of harissa, one bag of dried strawberries, one bag dried blueberries and a nice container of majhool dates.

I spent $57 but $24 was the lamb shawarma.

Shawarma Night

We went to Forks Mediterranean Deli tonight and got a large shawarma (half lamb and half chicken because they ran out of lamb) and a falafel. That was $11 worth of sandwiches that would have fed four people (we have some falafel left for lunch tomorrow).

While we were there, we also purchased (as groceries):

• a Qaatar bread (is that what it's called or is it Kaatar?)
• Mango nectar
• 25 ounces of cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
• a large bag of hot wasabi bar mix
• dried strawberries
• dried ginger
• a jar of tahini

For $38