When camel milk is fresh, it has a very sweet flavor. People drink both fresh and sour camel and goat milk, and they eat dried cheese made from this milk. They also bake little flat cakes, made of millet and ground wild seeds. Couscous is a famous Tuareg dish. It is often used to male a sort of stew, with tiny grains of dough rolled from barley or millet, cooked with a small amount of vegetables and butter.
Shelter takes the form of small lightweight tents of leather or sometimes grass huts.
The average size of a tent is about ten feet deep and ten to fifteen feet wide. The average household can pack its goods on the backs of two camels, while a donkey or two may be used to carry the odds and ends. Clothing is loose, voluminous, and light in weight. A Tuareg would also consider himself undressed if he does not carry a knife. Women go barefaced but with a head kerchief.