Grifts

Gifts received today:
one (1) bag Israeli "Couscous" -- I don't know why they've encapsulated the Couscous in Quotequotation markmarks. Every appearance of the word is thoroughly ensconced in them on the packaging.
.... and that's about it.
This could be the couscous break I've been looking for. Let me tell you a story, young person. Several years ago, on a Sierra Club outing to clean up some rather already-clean beach, I sampled some couscous. It had been prepared with some diced tomatoes, garlic, and perhaps some black pepper -- something flecky. It' s hard to remember the actual deets of the cous. I do remember, though, that we ate it fingerstyle, sitting on a jutting jetty. I was impressed.
I resolved to make couscous myself, but on my two subsequent attempts, it was a disaster. "Fuck This!," I further resolved. That last resolution is now dissolved with the advent of Israeli "CousCous."
----UPDATE----
The DISH on Israeli "couscous"