Whole Stuffed Camel
(may or may not have inspired the infamous turducken)
If the Prince of Saud is stopping by for a state visit, you may try this desert delicacy to quell his apprehension at being in a foreign land.
camel, lamb, chickens, eggs, rice
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
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This entry was posted on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 7:30 pm and is filed under entrees.
January 24th, 2010 at 10:13 am
While this sounds like an amazing crowd pleaser, it’s just so hard to find fresh free range camels in the Catskills anymore!
August 6th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
Yeah, being a camel-loving locavore is beginning to take its toll.
Now I only get one on special occasions.
Man, I miss the 90’s…