Native American Culture: The Persian Food Culture

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Another major part of Iranian food culture is seasoning. If you ask any Iranian what their favorite spice is, they will undoubtedly answer saffron. Saffron is a unique spice that only grows in certain select areas of the world, and as such, is highly sought after. Other traditional Persian spices include turmeric, salt, peppers, cumin, fenugreek, coriander, cilantro, mint, parsley, cardamom, cayenne, cinnamon, curry powder, dried lime, garlic, ginger, nutmeg, rose, and sumac. Most of these can be found within the country, and most Persian foods will have at least some of these spices present. Salt is another one of these spices that are pretty important in the country, as there are a large number of salt mines within its borders. Persians use …show more content…

A dessert that they have that is shared with other cultures is ice cream. The Persian Culture just has different flavors than the common ones in America. Here in America the basic flavors of ice cream are chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. In Iran, however, that is not the case A common flavor in Iran is ice cream that has been flavored with rose water, saffron, and/or, pistachios. Persians also have sherbets and milkshakes. In Iran there are two main types of baked desserts, Sheerinitar and Sheerinikhosk. The Sheerinitar category includes pastries that are French inspired (Recipe.com). These pastries usually included fruit and a type of cream. They could be a tart or a crème filled pastry Sheerinikhosk is more traditional. This category consists of dry desserts, such as cookie. Yazdi is a small cupcake like cake that originates from and is very commonly eaten in Yazd (Iranian Foods Facebook) Other desserts include Sheerini-berengi , which is made of rice, and Keshmeshi, a raisin and saffron cookie. A dessert that falls under this category that is sweeter is the Gushefil. The Gushefil is made of deep fried dough in the shape of an elephant’s ear and is covered with powdered sugar and sometimes pistachios (Ziba …show more content…

In the time of their New Year, Persians celebrate Nowruz. They set up a haft-seen table, or a 7 "S” table. On this table the included special foods. These foods all start with the letter “seen”. Sabzeh is a sprout of a grain or lentil that represents happiness and regrowth. Samanu is a pudding made from wheat and represents prosperity. Senjed is fruit of the oleaster tree that has been dried. It represents perseverance. Seer is garlic and represents health. Seeb is an apple that represents beauty. Somaq is sumac berries and represents patience. Serkeh is vinegar and it represents change. In celebration of Mehregan a table is set with things such as rosewater, sweets, flowers, vegetables and fruits.They especially like to use pomegranates and apples, and pistachios. There is also a bowl of water with lotus seeds in it. Shabeh Yalda is a celebration of the Winter Solstice. On this day the Persians stay up late with each other. This of courses causes them to be hungry. They have snacks of fruit, dried fruit and nuts available all night on a Korsee, a heated table with a large blanket that they sit under. The most common food items found on this table are watermelon and

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