In a cookbook called International Cuisine, presented by California Home
Economics Teachers, 1983 (ISBN 0-89626-051-8), you will find:
Stuffed Camel
1 whole camel, medium size
1 whole lamb, large size
20 whole chickens, medium size
60 eggs
12 kilos rice
2 kilos pine nuts
2 kilos almonds
1 kilo pistachio nuts
110 gallons water
5 pounds black pepper
Salt to taste
Skin, trim and clean camel (once you get over the hump), lamb and chicken.
Boil until tender. Cook rice until fluffy. Fry nuts until brown and mix with
rice. Hard boil eggs and peel. Stuff cooked chickens with hard boiled eggs
and rice. Stuff the cooked lamb with stuffed chickens. Add more rice. Stuff
the camel with the stuffed lamb and add rest of rice. Broil over large
charcoal pit until brown. Spread any remaining rice on large tray and place
camel on top of rice. Decorate with boiled eggs and nuts. Serves friendly
crowd of 80-100.
Shararazod Eboli Home Economist, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
Collected by Bert Christensen
Toronto, Ontario
