Dinner with Ghaleb

There's this guy named Ghaleb in Irbid who thinks Lynn looks like Bill Clinton.  Every time we talk to him on the phone, he asks for Clinton.  When Kevin, Jill and Kristen were here we took them to Ghaleb's furniture shop to meet him and he was very pleased.  He has become our friend. (he manufactured some cosmetology chairs for us to donate to the Al Husn Secondary and Vocational School)

On Wednesday we were invited to have dinner with Ghaleb at his home.  In Jordan it's very common to be invited to dinner.  Almost everyone we meet invites us--even the attendant at the gas station.  We've been to the homes of a diverse group of people and in almost every case they serve the same thing--MANSAF.  When Ghaleb invited us to dinner he asked what kind of mansaf would we like?  Chicken or lamb? The lamb is grey boiled and served over rice, including the head.  We picked chicken.

Mansaf is served on a big tray piled with rice and chicken on the top and covered with toasted almonds.  You take a big scoop of rice, add the chicken and then pour hot yogurt gravy over the top.  It's really quite tasty.  That's the meal.  After your tummy feels like it's going to burst, they serve fresh fruit.  Then you are free to go home.