Tagen, Tagine, Tajine

Depending on where you’re from or which dialect of Arabic you choose to use, it’s basically a casserole pot.

We went hunting with Mum and Dad trying to find a Tagen, as Mum uses a Moroccan-style one at home, which has a conical lid.  There was nothing similar-looking in the shops that we went to, but the little man in our usual kitchen shop was quite happy to point out the different varieties that they had.  3 different sizes in one set, with beautiful decoration, came to the sum total of 55 LE.  That’s about £2.50 at current exchange rates.

Whilst in the shop we also selected a new canteen of cutlery, which involved much sitting around on the floor and bringing of different boxes for Corinne to look through.  A decision was made and now we have lovely gilded cutlery for best.  Thanks to Gran for the Christmas present.