If The Shoe Fits…Buy Two Pair…Part TWO

Readers Comment, And I Respond


Back in June, over on my cooking blog The Redneck Gourmet, I wrote about a recipe I was developing for Moroccan chicken with Apricot Couscous & Olive Tampenade.

Here was my intro to the recipe:

I’ve always been fascinated with the Northern African country of Morocco.

Forget places like London, Paris, and Rome; if I had the time and money I’d head straight to Portugal, and then when I was through drinking all of the Port wine I could consume I would catch a commuter plane or ship and head down to Casablanca.

Then I’d hang out with all the other Bogart and Bergman fans at “Ricks” sipping Sherry & Cognac while listening to Sam’s replacement pianist “playing it again.”

Unfortunately, since Morocco is something like 97% Muslim, I think it best to keep my white Redneck butt here stateside for the time being.

Not to worry, however, because I can always cook Moroccan food here at home and pretend that I’m looking out at the Mediterranean or far side of the Atlantic. I’ve done it three times recently, and I think that I have the process down to an art now.


That said, here is a reader comment which I just got from someone that calls themselves “Karim from Morocco”:

so what if Morocco is 97% Muslim? Are you racist or anti-Muslim?

Did you know that Morocco receives every year about 2 million tourists mostly French and Spanish?

Did you that Morocco has become the 3rd favorite destination for British in 2006?

why so much racism and prejudice?

I happen to know that it is a fact that Morocco is 97% Muslim, and everything else I said about the country was positive, yet this idiot wants to bitch at me on MY BLOG because I might be concerned about bringing “my white Redneck butt” over there under the current political conditions, with the current threats of terrorism against Anglo Saxon Christian men.

Karim's Main Question: "Why so much racism and prejudice?"

THIS REDNECK's ANSWER: "Because the last time I checked, it is safer (and a good deal cheeper) to stay here at home on the Georgia coast and cook Moroccan chicken than go to Cassablanca and risk being kidnapped and beheaded on TV."

I guess that now I know how the Pope feels.

And by the way…Hey “Karim of Morocco”…I have a request...

BITE ME