Culinary Traditions and Cultural Reflections in Iran

Do you eat raw meat or anything in Iran?

No, raw food doesn't exist

in Iranian cuisine.

Food is usually cooked

for long periods. For example, this dish,

Ghormeh Sabzi.

Ghormeh Sabzi

is prepared for a long time. Some of what

is used in it is prepared the night before

to be added to the food.

Some starts in the morning until...

What kind of dish is it?

Ghormeh Sabzi is a dish of meat

alongside

some spices and special vegetables.

There are beans in it, right?

There are beans and different things, I mean.

Preparing it takes a long time and so on.

Iranian food, I mean,

usually requires...

You always take your time in Iran,

depending on what it is.

It may have something to do with this culture of

taking one's time

and trying to bring out the best flavor

from the food. For example, they say that the longer

this is cooked and prepared, the more these

ingredients release their true flavor

and nothing remains in them.

How does that reflect in politics?

Its reflection can perhaps be measured.

Some speak of patience

Strategy or calmness, for example.

They talk about carpet weaving as a gradual

process that leads to the

product or the final outcome

of the work, politically or economically,

or in the kitchen or in various matters.

Patience may be part of this,

and we hear this a lot in

Western media and Arab media.

In Iran, Iranians themselves do not see

themselves as being very patient,

but that is how they appear

compared with other countries.

For example, the kibbeh nayyeh you mentioned,

there is a siege, perhaps.

There is a need for speed first, then without

lighting a fire or creating smoke.

In Iran, for example, this dish was not like this

before preparation.

You mentioned that this would be the dish.

I read about it.

This basically began

with drying the meat,

cooking it and drying it.

Given Iran's historical

environmental conditions,

which were difficult,

you dry it, first cook it and then dry

the meat to keep it for long periods in a dry environment

and in harsh conditions. Therefore,

patience means first cooking it for a long time,

then preserving it for long periods.

This is also connected.

harsh nature. Iran has also faced sieges,

but the land is vast,

so your main enemy there is

nature.