[Monica]

I can't lie...I eat street food at home and I eat street food when I travel, and Cairo has been no exception. I drank a lot of fresh juice every day, I ate prickly cacti and limed garbanzo beans and all kinds of unknown other treats from men selling food off of carts, I ate salads, I bought aish balady (local bread) from off of bicyclist's heads, I know I accidentally drank from the tap on occasion, I ate at the cheapest khoshari joints, and yes...I drank karkaday from the man with the big metal jug on his back and possibly unknowingly shared the glass with half of downtown Cairo.

I am not all macha about it! I eat street food here, too, and I grew up in a family that traveled quite a bit and a mom with an iron stomach who would eat the spiciest things on display from any man walking by with a cart and a grill. So maybe I developed early immunity, or heck--maybe one day that is how I will pass from this world. I can't say I recommend it, but I can say I had a yummy, yummy time and it was a fun way to meet folks.

And between this and the sushi thread, I am ready for some dinner!