Food Customs in Iran
Food customs around the world are strongly connected to culture, tradition, and geography.
We can see this in my country, Iran. It has a variable climate, which gives us the advantage of having a large variety of foods to eat.
However, what we eat is still influenced by our traditions and geography, as we con see in the similarities and differences between the north and south of Iran. Many of the food customs are similar everywhere in the country. For example, in both northern and southern Iran, food is eaten with one's hand and a plece of bread instead of using utensils, Rice is an important staple in Iran, and it is a part of almost every real in both the north and the south. Another similarity between the north and south is eating fish, since both areas are near seas the Caspian Sea in the north and the Persian Gulf in the south. Because the north of Iran is quite different from the south, there are several differences in eating habits between the two areas. Northern Iran faces the Cospian Sea where we find the special fish from which the famous caviar is made, which northerners love to eat. Because of the Mediterranean climate in the north, rice is one of the major crops, and it plays an important role at the table in northern Iran. It is served at all ceremonies. As a tradition,