Camel

With a conceited, contradictory and unpleasant air, the camel arrives in convoys at souk el Khemis, the Thursday market. He occupies an important place in the market, blocks the streets of the medina on his way down to the slaughter-house and finishes up on the butcher’s stall cut up in unappetising violet coloured pieces destined as minced meat for kefta. The white and sickly fat from the hump, cut out in huge thick petals, decorates the stall and will be bought to make the khli (preserved meat) of mutton, beef or camel.