My Favorite Lunch

For lunch, or "naahaar," my son and I eat have different things. At school, my son has a light lunch. It consists of "nân", fresh fruit, dates, pistachio nuts, and cheese. Nân a staple of the Iranian diet. It s a round, flat bread baked on stones. I have a date tree and purchase pistachios grown in my village at the local market. 

At home, I ate "chelo" topped with vegetables from my small garden and a lamb kebab. Chelo is plain, cooked rice. Kebabs are meat seared on a skewer. They are usually made of chicken or lamb. Iran has more lambs than our ranges can support. The government actually wants to reduce the lamb population by 12.8 million animal units. 

Throughout the day, I always have tea burning. My favorite is Chai. It is believed to originate in Russia.