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Breaking The Fast:
By Judy Smith
In Morocco during the fast of Ramadan a cannon is
fired at sundown. This signals the fast may be
broken. Most families break their fast with a bowl
of Harira, a spicy lamb tomato soup, which has been
simmering on the charcoal brazier since before
dawn. Here is a delicious recipe for Harira that I
brought back home with me from my two year stay in
Morocca.
A day before you want to make the soup mix 1/3 cup
of flour with 1 cup water. This provides a
thickening for the soup as well as its unique,
slightly sour flavor.
Lamb shanks are good for the dish, or a leftover
uncooked leg of lamb which still has a small amount
of meat.
In a deep pot brown ˝ lb. Lamb meat cut into small
pieces, 2 large chopped onions, a pinch of saffron
and 2 TB sweet paprika. Add 6 C water, soup bones,
2 TB salt, ˝ t pepper, and ˝ C lentils. Cover and
simmer for 2 hours. Remove bones, take meat off and
return meat to pot. Add a small can of tomato
puree. In a blender or food mill blend 1-2 bunches
cilantro (depending on the quality of cilantro and
how much you like the taste) and flour and water
paste. Add to the pot along with 3 C of water.
Return pot to a boil then add 1/3 C vermicelli
broken into 1” pieces or rice. When vermicelli is
cooked add 1 TB butter and the juice of one lemon.
You can also add canned garbanzo beans at this
point.
The soup should be velvety, so
add water or flour thickening if it is not. Adjust
seasoning and serve.
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Flour and Water Mixture
1/3 cup flour
1 cup water
Soup
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2 medium
lamb shanks
2 large onions (chopped)
2 Tbls sweet paprika
9 cups water
1/4 tbs. saffron
soup bones
pepper to taste
2 Tbls salt
1 cup lentils
small can tomato paste
cilantro to taste
1/3 cup rice of vermicelli (broken into 1" pieces)
1 Tbls butter
1 can garbanzo beans (optional)
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 Shirlee McKibbin
Office Manager
shirlee@davisvilletravel.com
Shirlee
brings the knowledge, patience and empathy of a
seasoned traveler to the operation of Davisville
Travel. For seven years, she was the book keeper of
the office. She is an avid collector of cookbooks
and often shares the results of her time in the
kitchen with the staff.
 Jenni
Navas
Corporate/Leisure Agent
jenni@davisvilletravel.com
Seventeen of Jenni’s 30 years of
travel agent experience have been with Davisville
Travel. Her areas of expertise are Hawaii, Central
America and Mexico, as she is fluent in Spanish. Her
energy and enthusiasm make her a wonderful addition
to our agency and her clients.
Jennifer has been a travel agent
since 1992. The last seven years working in the
Corporate Dept at Davisville. During her time as
an agent, she has enjoyed traveling to Alaska,
Mexico and Hawaii. Kauai is her favorite and she
can't wait until her next trip back to the island.
An avid sports fan (Kings and Giants) which could
explain the enthusiasm she brings into the office
and to her clients.
Karen Klever
Corporate Agent
karen@davisvilletravel.com
Karen is the lead agent for our corporate department. Six of Karen's
23 years of travel agent experience have been with Davisville
Travel. Her two areas of expertise are Cruise vacations and
China. She has a gracious manner and enthusiasm that makes her
a wonderful addition to the travel agency.
 Susan
Parker Krempin
Leisure Agent
susan@davisvilletravel.com
Susan has a proven
track record in the travel business. Since 1967 she has
worked for Northwest Airlines, Air France, TWA and Davisville
Travel.
 Gail George
Leisure Agent
cruiseagent1@yahoo.com
Gail has been a Master Cruise
Counselor at Davisville Travel for 14 years. As a
specialist, she will match you to the appropriate
ship and itinerary for your particular interests and
activity level. She has traveled on over 25 cruises
large ocean liners to river barges.
 Sharon Strickland
Leisure Agent
sharons@davisvilletravel.com
Sharon brings 20 years
experience in various positions in the travel
industry, including leisure travel agent, airline
customer service, reservations agent and flight
attendant. She has recently lived in Ireland for 3
years and has traveled extensively throughout
Europe. Sharon enjoys arranging all types of travel
while assuring each traveler feels his trip is
special.
 Diane
Hamlyn
Tour designer
diane@davisvilletravel.com
Diane Hamlyn, founder of Davisville Travel, has been in the
travel industry since graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree
in geography in 1966. After spending several years working for
United Airlines, Diane moved to Sacramento and transferred her
skills to the travel agency community. In January 1977, Diane
opened Davisville Travel, a full service travel agency that
has grown over 27 years to become the largest single office
agency in Yolo County. Diane’s personal focus in traveling has
been on cultural education and adventure. "As we learn
more, we become more tolerant in a world that keeps getting
smaller. I know travel helps me understand more easily other
countries and cultures. I love my work and the rich experiences
it brings to me and all of the people we help travel".
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