Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-10-20

~ MISS NAY FILMING, N. y. Ii
have a patient in my dis-Ii
,ensary who has taken great K
ai5cy to me. A few days ago /,
We (the nurses and mvself) were Ii
invited to dine at the patients /
iene. Ii
The family consists of mother,
ION, widowed daughter, III
Young unmarried daughter. and
and an adopted daughter.
The SON is a "Sayid'. that is
a descendant of the prop!Ictl
Afolia mined. As the descent eis
on his fathers side, he has tie
right to wear tnrl,an Of. the
sacred green color. If it were
on his mothers side lie could
wear a green girdle. The, dayl
we were in his home he worel
white linen. He told us that he !;
wore the linen in our honor; but |
as it is a common summer cos
tune here, we took his saying
witt, 4 grain OF SAT-. -
All the family are devoted
Moslems. WITH pride we wee
shown a picture of Moha mined,
OIL horse back, surrounded Ly)
rays of light. The mother exc
claimed enthusiastically over his
beauty. saying, "The prophets
are all hand ONE ! May be a
sacrifice to the prophets J" Later
she told us that she had been
married eleven years, and what
an honor she considered it 20
have been given to a descenda nj
OF the prophet.
After welcoming us most cor.
di lily, we were seated and at
once served with iced sherbet.
Sherbet here does not mean a
frozen ccncoction but a drink. It
is made of fruits and often OF
a ,wers. Rose sherbet is a fav,
orite. To me it tastes too much
like cologne. The kind we had
that day was Favored with mint,
and was very good. With it We
had ma csroons, and several other
kinds of almond candies, and
some yelIew cinnamon sticks
that I liked.
! After this the women excused
the list Ives to put dinner on the
table, AMI then we were invited
in.p tie dining room. In oul
no or there was a table and
clairs, but l have no doubt that
the family usually eat OH tie
fl ,or. or at least. at a low table
which each one can reach while
lsitting on the floor.
! The mother sat down with us
but did rot eat until we had beer
eating for sometime. The daugh
tiers lowered around, much In
terested to see if we liked TIE
dishes they had prepared with
so m ,ch care.
| The son did not ONE in while
I'VE were eating. It would not
lhave been polite. But after we
had about finished, he came in
and pressed various disl es upon
us, selecting ci,oice bits with his
fingers AID putting them on our
plates. OF course. we protested,
as indeed we were expected to
lido. 1t would have been very
Irude not to have eaten these
imorsels. Then he sat down aud
iselectiug a large wooden spoon
ate out of the soup dish! Fiji.
eating after US was also a
Icour sy.
And the things We had to eat
We'll, il was rtmarka bic how
much variety they managed TO
get with a few materials. n
the first place we had '.Osh. >
Josh is a thick soup, made Of
meat, beans and rice, with Ii. r: $
and sour milk. If is we'll mad
and not too sour it is eatable.
However, l have not vet acquired
a taste for it. Some people like
lit We much. The. main dish
was grape leaf dolmas. These
are made of rice and meat, beans
and herbs pounded together, tffeA.
wrapped in young grape leaves
and cooked. These dolmas sfs,
made with various herbs for,
|hzvoring, and with different otat.5
sizes. sometimes they use hollow
led out ounces, or u.umbers, or
onions, or almost any kind OF
fruit or vegetable.
Then we had a great platter
|of "Chillav'. and another of
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