When I walked in the door after the little surgery on Friday afternoon, Glenn was working on his paper looked up and said, "I forgot to tell you, Grace's parents invited you to a bbq tonight, it is Nadine's anniversary."
"When did they invite me?|
"Last week. Sorry, I forgot to mention it."
I felt not too bad but there was no way I was going to rush out and shop last minute for a suitable gift. We stopped for a flower arrangement on the way, picked up a fruit flan, and I grabbed a bottle of Wolf Blass on my way out the door.
It was a barbecue with a middle eastern flair. Grace's mom, who is a great cook, mixes North American food with special dishes from her homeland.
The "groom" made the tea. He brought these tea glasses home from his last trip to Dubai. It was Ceylon tea but he steeped it with cardamon seeds and I don't know what else, but it was absolutely delicious. I drank a few cups!
After dinner the men brought the water pipe out to the patio. The tobacco was mixed with honey and apple, they added Ouzo to the water, and WOW what a nice taste this smoke had! I quit smoking years ago but decided to have a couple of puffs of this. Just a couple and I am still a non smoker...it didn't do me in.
The pipe reminded me of water pipes we used for other types of smoking in the late sixties (my young wilder days)...but this night, it was just straight tobacco (with honey, ouzo and apple).
The waterpipe, bowl filled with a mixture of water and Ouzo.
The tobacco mixture
Tobacco mixture is under the foil, a hot coal on top to start the smoke
Fred blows smoke through his nose
Fred laughs, what a show off!
Glenn says, "I feel like a sultan!"
Grace has a few puffs
And I tried it too!
But I think I will stick to my tea!
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