Totally Terrific Travels: Cooking with the Rachitas

by Bryce

Cooking with the Rachitas in Riad O2

Sigh, it's our last day in Morocco. So sad. At least we cooked with the Rachitas. It was fun. We first started by watching one Rachita put ginger, lemon, and some other spices into Laurels' pork tagine. It was a bit surprising because she actually put lemon rinds in the dish. Laurel couldn't believe it. After that I asked (with a little help from my Dad cause he's the French master) if I could help one of the Rachitas cut the fruit for the dessert. It was a yes and I helped the Rachita. I had a great time using a whole darn melon on a game I called "melon wars". This was where you tried to stuff a bigger piece of melon into your mouth than the other person. The game lasted forever. To bad Mom and Dad weren't there to compete. After that Laurel and I set to work snapping the greenest beans you'll ever see. Our beans where easy to tell apart. Mine were snapped very close to the end and Laurels' were snapped closer to the middle. Laurel advised me to stay away when they were gonna do things to the chicken legs in the bowl since I was almost a vegetarian I followed her advise. Afterwards, Laurel showed me the disgusting chicken guts. I went back inside and was treated to a whole bowl of strawberries and sugar. That night we had a huge feast of exotic beans (I'm not sure how the Rachitas got Laurel to eat one), fruit, bread, and mint tea. I slept great except for the fact that my stomach was growling cause it wanted Rachitas outstanding breakfast so much. In the morning we where served a great breakfast on the huge balcony of our over sized suite. We left our Riad saying things like "Au Revior!" or "Ciao!". We bought some final souvenirs at the Marrakesh airport and prepared to say good bye to Morocco and hello to Spain!