Posted by Soodabeh (Yazd, Iran) on 18 October 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
This is a family coordination to make Pomegranate Sauce! The pomegranates you see here are kind of very sour pomegranates, so juicy and covered by a very thin skin. People name these: Riant Pomegranates! In persian:انار خندان They are turgid due to high amount of juice and because of the high difference between day and night temperature in Yazd they naturally break like this. So, farmers don't take them to market. They squeeze them in the way you see in image to extract the juice manually so they bring the juice to boil to produce pomegranate sauce. Some delicious food are cooked by this sauce: pomegranate soup and Fesenjan! Here is one of the small villages of Yazd, names Ardan, about 120 kilometers far from Yazd.
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It's good to see that food production is not totally automated everywhere in the world. It reminds me of the way grapes used to be smashed as a first "step" in wine production, by human feet. I like the kid watching and I hope he will do the same when he is grownup in a time when these things are still done by hand, excuse me, by feet. BTW Thanks for your comment on my pink toadstool, maybe you could look up what kind of toadstool it is????
18 Oct 2007 4:39am
@Illuci: I'm happy it was interesting for you! That little child is my daughter, Shadi! I cut her hair so she looks like boys! The man sitting to help others( at the left side) is my husband. to answer the last part of your comment: I try to find, dear Illuci!
This is a facinating insight to the making of the sauce, I agree with Illuci it's good to see this done in this way without the use of machinery. A wonderful image Soodabeh :)
18 Oct 2007 4:54am
@MaryB: Thank you dear Mary. I'm happy that was interesting for you.
VERY INTERESTING HARD WORK, A FINE STORY FOR ALL
18 Oct 2007 6:27am
wooow is very nice but very bad subject and unhygiennic
18 Oct 2007 8:08am
Cool. But not that much sanitary I'm afraid.
18 Oct 2007 9:31am
ahan! pas vaghti migam KAMELAN BEDUNE DEKHALATE DAST, manzur, DEKHALATE PA hastesh :D akse ghashangui eh :) ye kare ehsassi e khanevadegui. kash baghieye afrade ax ro ham moarrefi mikardin :)
18 Oct 2007 9:48am
Good old days!
19 Oct 2007 1:10am
Wow...this is cool! How are you, friend? It's been too long since I revisited your p-blog...sending my greetings from across the ocean! Cheers...B-)
21 Oct 2007 2:42am
رب گیری اینجا؟
21 Oct 2007 3:29am
Oh wow! So how they get juice from there? Interesting anyway. Regarding my old pictures: you may don't know that I deleted my account on AM3 for a while and I have started again with combination of old and new pictures. thanks for visits and kind comments.
22 Oct 2007 12:08pm
Truly marvellous! Such a unique and warm family and cultural moment captured here!! Love it!! :)
22 Oct 2007 6:04pm
Super cool!
23 Oct 2007 4:16pm
I already posted a comment but here's another one: I hope I didn't offend Shadi or you didn't tell her what I wrote because maybe she won't want to have these haircuts anymore :D
25 Oct 2007 2:23pm
Soodabeh I wanted to send you an e-mail but your mailbox is full, can you make some space? Thank you!
25 Oct 2007 2:56pm
Hi , its a sweet pic , and for those who claim this is not sanitary i should mention that the man's boots are brand new quietly !!!
25 Oct 2007 3:57pm
Where are you!? You have totally disapeared.
2 Nov 2007 3:08am
Long time, no see!! where r u Soodabeh??
2 Nov 2007 5:28am
I love the color of pomegranites.
15 Nov 2007 11:45pm
Very interesting. Nice picture and amazing story.
17 Nov 2007 2:43pm
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