Insert laughter here.....
OH, I don't know why I'm laughing....but have been since last night....seems like the joke has been on me and I missed out on something....so let me let you all in on it......
Got my test results from the hemoglobin....looks like I have anemia ppls.....which is okay...alhamdulillah....I can do anemia.... And I head over to my diabetes DR to give him the results....I get there and the nurse tells me....ur number 37, and the DR isn't in yet. WUT? It's 8 pm....?? So she tells me to come back at 10:30 pm. Okay.
So I leave, go home and rest for a couple of hours, and then head back out and arrive at the DR's at 10:35pm....I bump into the nurse on my way in and she exclaims..."oh...ur too late, he's gone already!" Are you kidding, I ask her? Nope...not kidding. Hanging my head and walking back to my car.....thinking...HOLY SON OF A GUN!
oh ya....and alhamdulillah. Sigh.
So off tonight again to Diabetes DR....if she tells me to come back. I'm gonna tell her I'm camping out in the office and have pillows and blankets in the car....MUAHAHAHA! Just to see the look on her face.....
Egypt and Doctors....DOUBLE SIGH! I bet LL&LI will read this and say...SEE? SEE?
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So then this morning....looking forward to this relaxed morning at home...I get an emergency phone call from my oldest at school. Oh u know what kind of emergency....women issues and no equipment.....so I walk over and deliver the goods....(school is 5 mins away)....and saved the day for her...LOL! Temporary hero, am I!
Then I head over to the butcher.....he's putting out fresh slaughtered meat and I'm thinking....that I'll get myself some liver. YUM! And then I notice something and get this mean craving for it.....
What is it? Ummmm.....not sure if I should say....ummmmm.....ahem...cough, cough....(t e s t i c l e s ) ACHOO!!
Have you ever eaten them? LOL....okay, okay...STOP GIGGLING....I'm serious here! It's so good with eggs in butter, or barbecued....LOL! Now I'm giggling.....well, it gets better. I don't know how to say this word in Arabic....and neither do I know the acceptable way to ask the butcher for them. Hmmmmmmm.....
So I'm standing there thinking how to tell the butcher that I want this? Hmmmm....body gestures? NO!....say the bad word for it? NO!......Point? (at the cow peoples...NOT THE BUTCHER!!)
So I opt for pointing.....butcher comes, I say to him...I wanna kg of Liver and heart and on top of that, I want THIS! Pointing at the ball. (cuz the cow is cut in half) And then to my surprise, the butcher leans in and tells me something....(and I'm thinking...OMG...I've commited some heinous sin by pointing at cow balls in public!!!)
But to my surprise, he just tells me that by egyptian law the balls have to stay on the cow at least 1/2 a day after they are slaughtered....(and now I"m thinking, PLEASE DON"T GET INTO SOME TECHNICAL SPERMY REASON!!!)....and he didn't want to get in trouble for cutting the things off! HAHA!
So now, properly flustered and embarassed cuz I wanna eat cow testicles....and saying to myself this conversation was NOT supposed to go like this...he was supposed to say OKAY and put it in a bag!....I ask him...well, when can I have them? He says come back after Asr prayer and he'll give them to me.....
LOL!
Ahhhh well....so insert laughter....or rather wipe your eyes......silly Safa has a craving for cow balls.....and embarassed the hell out of herself to get them....and didn't.
YET.
posted by Safa at 5:19 AM
21 Comments:
I TOLD YOU ABOUT THOSE EGYPT DOCTORS. THEY ALMOST KILLED ME!!!!!
I will never go to one again unless they were trained in another country. Im sorry.... oh I am so sorry you are feelign so bad. Inshaallah this will be over soon and you will have a big healthy baby.
6:26 AM
Assalamu Aleikum wa rahmatulahi wa Barakatuhu,
too funny. seriously. I've never had them but I do like lambs brains. Especially the way my grandmother made them. I have never had thm like that before. She made teh best fritters with them.
I also like tongue. Cow tongue but made a special way too. Spanish style with a tomato based sauce. And cow liver with onions.
But really Safa, you are the gizzards queen. You beat, hands down. You probably can do things with those testicles that I can't dream of...LOLOLOLOLOL I meant cook, have recipes for, etc.
And you will encounter these probs with Drs. here too. I was told to bring something to the Drs office (It was very important) and it needed to be taken to the lab immediately. I rushed to get it in and they did the wrong tests at the lab. I can't retake the test, so, oh-well. Anywhos, I have also been sent to take blood and have gone to the lab and they tell me that I don't have the right insurance forms, so I have to go back to the Drs. office and they tell me to wait for the nurse. I wait 2 hours (no kidding) and then she tells me she can't read the Drs. lab orders on it and my Dr. is at a conference in Hawaii so I have to wait until she gets back in about a week to get new orders. Argh. This was not knowing that they sent my lab stuff for the wrong lab test too.
I didn't get upset, I'm still not. I have low expectations of our heath care systm, so anything I get is good. And I have private insurance and private Drs. Even have a private room when I deliver at the hospital.
Imagine if you have an HMO or Medicare. I imagine it is worse. But Alhamdullilah, as far as I know, most women have health care here, at least when they are pregnant. (My story was in regards to an OB/GYN too.)
I'm curious, how long is the hospital stay with your baby and will it be C-section? If it is a big baby sometimes they go that route.
Take care of yourself. Enjoy your last days of being pregnant, who knows, maybe the last time you'll ever be pregnant in your lifetime. Ever think of that? Remember the good parts.
6:31 AM
Salam alaikoum In French they call them rognons blancs, they are quite tasty so if people laugh at you they can laugh at me too. We eat them all the time. Although when my MIL told me that my husband just lurves to eat rognons the first time, I had a good giggle.
7:28 AM
How does one get a hankering for cow testicles? I take it you've eaten them before?(I hope!)
8:29 AM
Musulmana...you have no idea about what things I've eaten.....and I blush just thinking about it.....
But I drew the line a few years ago when my husband brought home a bag of cow penises....OH YA...I AIN"T KIDDING! I left the house and he invited all his buddies and they ate it together.....GROSS! No way was I cooking THOSE!
When I had the 4 yr old here in Egypt...I left 2 hours after delivery.....and the 9 yr old, who was also born in Egypt.....I delivered her at home. I'm not planning on a C Section and would opt for an induced labour before that possibility, insha Allah.
No I haven't thought that maybe this will be my last pregnancy...what a sobering thought! But its a very real possibility.....and what should I say? Alhamdulillah.
Hey CNCZ.....Rognons blancs? How exotic sounding wish I knew what they call them in Arabic....When we had them barbecued before they were so delicious!
Cairogal....I DON"T KNOW! And yes I've eaten them before...LOL.....I tell you, I've been in Egypt to long....but looks like I fit right in with the French...
AND UPDATE HERE:
When the girls came home, I sent one of them to the butcher to go ask him for Mama's Stuff. The butcher doesn't remember what I asked him for and my daughter came home asking exactly what it was I wanted.....hmmmmm....well, not willing to put my daughter in a position of pointing at testicles....I just told her to never mind and stay home. SIGH! Now I wonder if I'll have the courage to go back tomorrow and ask for some more cow balls? JEEZ!
9:34 AM
girl u r SO funny...im sitting here in the school library and trying too hard to control myself...not to laught hard....
I've tried those legs in arabic they call it(kaware'a)not so crazy abut them, but my favorit is the lever yummmm:))
12:35 PM
actually, sAfa, they are "bull balls" -- since cows don't have 'em!
tee hee!
Love you,
PM
3:19 PM
Bwahaha!! Wow I guess they really use every bit of that cow! You are so brave and cool to be able to go to the butchers and sook, you're my hero there Safa! The doctor thing, ugh I know all about it. It is really unprofessional if you ask me. Take care of yourself ok.
5:44 PM
You know those pregnancy cravies DO NOT go away unless you satisfy them. This post cracked me up!
6:29 PM
Woman, you crack me up!! LOL Eating Rocky Mountain Oysters in Egypt. (still giggling)
10:57 PM
Oh the fun of living in Egypt....LOL!
12:03 AM
So Safa, did you get them today? LOL!
1:29 PM
Asalamalaykom You Ball Buyer,
Well, goodness! What will you crave next? ;)
But, sweetie you don't need balls, you got 'em!
LOL! Doncha hate it when the men we deal with just don't play along with the easy way??? Geesh!
Hey, head on over to my blog when you get a chance...I updated :)
4:16 PM
No, didn't get the bull balls....sigh!
11:42 PM
Hey girl, can't say much. All the talk about bull testies, has made me a little nautious. I've had chicken wings, legs, thighs and breast as well as all those parts of a turkey, too. Ummmmm... as far as the cow is concerned, I've had burgers, hot dogs,liver steak.....and that's pretty much it; taht I know of, anyway. Oh, and I've also had a little lamb, too. Call me boring but that's all I've got to offer, maybe I need to spice my life up a little and try some of those bull testies, I dunno. LOL One day, insha-Allah....just not today I'm not there yet. LOL ma salaama.
Smooches
P.S. Love the new look and the lamp...I think I might have get one????
1:26 PM
OMG!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha hatooooooooooo funny!
5:43 PM
Assalamu Alaikum!
HA HA HA HA HA, that is just hilarious! My my my...is there another, more appropriate word for this in English? Just so I can know if I've eaten it before.
Anyway, I live in the US--why do you go to the doctor at night? Is that usual? Doctors here operate from 9:00am-5:00pm, sometimes less hours...
That's funny how your daugther went and came home asking what was it exactly HA HA HA HA HA! You're a good mom, from everything I've read. MASHA'ALLAH!
6:22 PM
salam alaikoum
If i was there i would buy them for you
but i would only go if i could also kidnap umm abdurrahman and so far she is not cooperating :)
8:03 AM
HI Safa! This had my crying I was laughing so hard!
I grew up in Illinois and a nearby city held the "turkey testicle festival" every year. I always went, got the t-shirt, but never ate! I'm impossible to feed I'm so picky!
12:05 PM
Safa, they are called khesyah :-) I asked my husband :-)))
11:24 AM
The system in Egypt is so different with doctors. They spend most of their daytime hours in the hospitals....and then the nights at their own clinics. Going to the DR at night is a new experience for me...and not one that I like very much. Thank GOD, my pregnancy DR works daytime in her clinic!
Thanks Zainab...I just found out what they are called too! (and ur hubby is right!)
12:18 PM
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