﻿MODERN 
  LIFE 
  IN 
  THE 
  CRADLE 
  OF 
  CIVILIZATION 
  

  

  

  by 
  Eric 
  Keast 
  Burke 
  

  

  \ 
  CUISINE 
  "A 
  LA 
  MESPOT" 
  

   In 
  this 
  cookshop 
  of 
  the 
  bazaar 
  the 
  chef 
  is 
  roasting 
  little 
  squares 
  of 
  meat 
  called 
  kibobs 
  on 
  spits 
  over 
  the 
  red 
  

   . 
  of 
  a 
  charcoal 
  fire 
  which 
  his 
  assistant 
  keeps 
  aglow 
  with 
  a 
  fan. 
  When 
  they 
  are 
  done 
  to 
  a 
  turn 
  he 
  will 
  wrap 
  

   them 
  in 
  a 
  flap 
  of 
  bread 
  (khubz) 
  from 
  the 
  copper 
  tray 
  at 
  the 
  right 
  and 
  serve 
  them 
  to 
  a 
  customer. 
  Fresh 
  kibobs 
  

   have 
  a 
  rare 
  appeal, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  customer 
  has 
  completed 
  his 
  meal 
  he 
  counts 
  the 
  spits 
  and 
  pays 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  XIV 
  

  

  