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Moroccans are famous for having a sweet tooth. They love sugar in everything. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Hamza Bouzouzou Foodie My name is Hamza Bouzouzou, and we are here in Marrakech, which is one of the most beautiful cities in Morocco. Today we are here to see a traditional Moroccan tea ceremony, and also the preparation of the pastries and cookies as well. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN In Morocco sugar is considered a symbol of both prosperity In Morocco, sugar is considered a symbol of both prosperity and luck, and sweets are included in nearly every traditional ceremony. Almost all of Moroccos sugar comes from sugarcane, and is often formed into cones, making it easier to transport over mountains and deserts. At Hotel Deux Tours, Chef Mohammed Anziz prepares a Moroccan specialty to be enjoyed with another sweet local custom, the tea ceremony. Chef Mohammed is going to prepare us a famous Moroccan dessert called qab el-ghazel, which means the hooves of a gazelle, because the shape of the pastry looks just like the hoof of an animal. Orange water is used a lot in pastries, which gives this really beautiful aroma and flavor. The orange water is extracted from the blossoms of the orange tree, and its a tradition in Moroccan houses to always have it at home, because its used a lot in cooking as well as medicine. [16:54] The gazelle is one of the most beautiful animals found in the Arabic peninsula. Arab poets have always used it in their poetry. So, when you want to call a woman beautiful, you just tell her, you are a gazelle. This is the filling thats going to go inside the dough. Its made from almonds that have been boiled and peeled and then ground. Now hes rolling the paste. Hes making these

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little sticks and thats what will go inside the dough. 01:17:172 Hamza Bouzouzou 8 Very sweet, and also you can taste the cinnamon. There are three or four characteristics of a good gazelle. Number one is to have a very fine dough. Number two, make it look like a crescent. Number three is to have an edge on the top, and the fourth thing is to be soft when you eat it. Now, to make tea, you need to put some green tea leaves in the teapot, add water, just before serving it, you add the mint, and of course spearmint has a sweeter flavor than ordinary mint. Sugar comes in a two-kilo cone, and its very important for the person serving tea to break the cone in front of everybody. That means that he is very happy to receive his guests. Moroccans love to use a lot of sugar. Now, when you are pouring the tea, you have to make sure that you raise the teapot as high as possible, and thats to have the foam. Some people will not drink it without foam, because they say that the taste changes totally. Tea is not only a drink, but its actually a show of hospitality and friendship. The horns of gazelle are delicious. You can see that the dough is very crunchy, but the inside is very soft, so you can actually enjoy both uh textures at the same time. The sweeter the better. Thats what Moroccans believe. We are traveling by boat through the jungles of the GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Mekong Delta Vietnam Le Thanh Thuy Le Thanh Thuy Mekong Delta, to the town of Ben Tre, 40 miles south of Saigon, Vietnam. My name is Le Thanh Thuy GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Le Thanh Thuy Journalist Le Thanh Thuy and Im going to be trying coconut candy, something

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Ben Tre has been famous for, for many generations 01:22:15 01:22:26 01:22:26 01:22:30 01:22:30 Host VO Host VO Le Thanh Thuy It is an industry much of the town participates in. From the elders to the very young. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN When entering the lush province of Ben Tre, you cant help When entering the lush province of Ben Tre, you cant help but notice the abundance of coconut trees. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Ban Tre Vietnam Here, coconut candy is not just a delicious confection, it is a livelihood of the people. Made individually by hand, the sticky sweetness of this coconut candy is not made anywhere else in Vietnam. GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Ly Tan Phat Owner Ben Tre Coconut Candies Ly Tan Phat Le Thanh Thuy Ly Tan Phat Le Thanh Thuy Ly Tan Phat Le Thanh Thuy Le Thanh Thuy <<Vietnamese>> Mr. Phat is the owner of the coconut candy factory <<Vietnamese>> The first step, they skin the coconuts. The steak is called cainam in Vietnamese. <<Vietnamese>> They press the coconut shavings. The first press comes the coconut milk. The second press comes the coconut oil. In a large wok they mix the coconut milk with a little sugar and a malt derived from sweet sticky rice. With the coconut, nothing goes to waste. GRPAHICS ON SCREEN After 45 minutes they cool the coconut candy on the table Le Thanh Thuy After 45 minutes, they cool the coconut candy on the

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table 01:24:07 01:24:07 01:24:08 01:24:08 01:24:17 01:24:33 Le Thanh Thuy Le Thanh Thuy Le Thanh Thuy Le Thanh Thuy GRAPHICS ON SCREEN Pull it into strips pull it into strips GRAPHICS ON SCREEN and cut it into small pieces of candy and cut it into small pieces of candy. Its just a little sweet, but very delicious. You can taste the coconut. It has a warm, smoky, honey flavor. They wrap the candy in rice paper. Because the candy is so sticky, we eat the rice paper along with the candy. The rice paper melts in your mouth. And again, as nothing goes to waste, they even use the coconut oil for the fire to seal the packages.