Morocco

Anyone been to Morocco? Just browsing around looking at holiday destinations (won't be for this year...) and it looks like it'd be great! Would love to to Casablanca- even though they say it's not like the film.

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Anyone been to Morocco? Just browsing around looking at holiday destinations (won't be for this year...) and it looks like it'd be great! Would love to to Casablanca- even though they say it's not like the film.

 None of the movie was actually filmed in Casablanca. Most of it was filmed in studio set which were rehashed from previous movies.

I guess that explains why it's not really like the film...! I didn't know it was rehashed from previous movies (although I didn't know that it wasn't actually filmed in Casablanca, so not that suprising really)? 

Casablanca was almost entirely shot on studio sets. Eastern sets were rehashed from the movie The Desert Song, while the railway station was leftover from the Bette Davis movie Now Voyager. 

So not much of it was actually in Casablanca then...?!

So do some of the scense look similar to Now Voyager then?

Moroccan food is one of my favourite cuisines. Really want to go to visit the spice markets.

I really like Moroccan food too, it's quite good for vegetarian food and quite healthy too. Although I have only ever tasted it in England so not sure it's incredibly authentic? Probably very different over there!

I don't know depends how you did it I guess. There are loads of great chefs from the UK who have done Moroccan cooking in Morocco. Rick Stein's show where he learned to make couscous in the mountains with an old lady in a barn was great. 

I love Moroccan food - tangine, the hummus and aubergine dips. I'd love to learn how to cook it properly though.

Yeah guess it does depend how you cook it. I’ve no idea if it is different, just thought it may be as people always say Indian food is totally different in India to what it is in England, so thought this may be the same! I had a tagine a couple of weeks ago which was quite nice, it was a veggie one made with butternut squash and chickpeas.

I had a tagine at the weekend (for the first time) - it was really good!

Nearly bought one of the special pots but I thought I'd rarely use it!

What are the pots for/called? Never knew they used special pots.

They have sort of a long chimney thing on the top - here's a pic so you can see...

http://bit.ly/i5YjMh

Thanks! Never seen these before, think they'd look fab in the kitchen though, very interesting!

They are called a tagine and the thing they produce is called a tagine. Not very inventive but still. The funnel keeps all the steam sitting above the meal below. Keeping it moist but not too wet.

Oh, does that mean if it's not cooked in a tagine the food's not officially a tagine either??

HMMM that is a question. Probably still can call it tagine because it's the same recipe ... yeah I think if any one questioned it they'd be being a pedantic berk.

Haha I'll make sure to tell them that if anyone ever questions my tagine!