I don't know, maybe it is just with Barskahays, but as a whole Armenians do not seem to eat much pork, I mean I really don't know of any Armenian dishes with pork. I think this is strange, as we don't have any religious prohibition like most of our neighbors. Could it just be that since we have often lived under Moslem occupation? Also, I do know that Rusahays and Hayastansis seem to eat a bit more pork, but honestly my family almost never touches it.
The lack of pork in the Armenian Cuisine.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 10:15 AM
My great-grandmother (from Dikranegert) thought pigs were filthy creatures. So probably for the same reason Kosher laws were against pork, Armenians weren't fans of it either.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 10:38 AM
Yeah, I think there is an ancient Near Eastern revulsion towards pork, that predates Islam, and maybe even Judaism. Iranyar, I am curious whether pork was consumed in Pre-Islamic Persia.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 04:19 PM
Chief, I have an article about the Royal life during the Sasanid Period, I will check it if they ate Pork. But if the Kings didn't eat doesn't mean that the ordinary people also didn't, maybe the rich 'didn't and the poor did.
The general attitude towards Pig in Iran (by moslems and non-Moslims) is that pig is a nasty and dirty animal, but I know that in the ancient time the Wild Swine was regarded not as filthy, there has been aristocratic clothes founded from the Sassanid times with the motives of Wild Swine on it.
The general attitude towards Pig in Iran (by moslems and non-Moslims) is that pig is a nasty and dirty animal, but I know that in the ancient time the Wild Swine was regarded not as filthy, there has been aristocratic clothes founded from the Sassanid times with the motives of Wild Swine on it.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 07:29 PM
I know when a hayastantsi says
"xorovats" he/she means pork 'nuf said.
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"xorovats" he/she means pork 'nuf said.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 07:34 PM
My impression is that Armenians living in Middle Eastern countries do not have much appetite for eating pork meat unlike their brothers in Europe. We eat pork as hell!
I don't know what is the situation in Armenia, but I've read an article in one of Armenian newspapers about building pig farms in close proximity to the Azeri border. Guess why! So pork meat has become part of the military arsenal of the Republic.
I don't know what is the situation in Armenia, but I've read an article in one of Armenian newspapers about building pig farms in close proximity to the Azeri border. Guess why! So pork meat has become part of the military arsenal of the Republic.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 10:41 PM
Actually the Turkic tribes of the northern Caucasus (Karachai, Kumyk and Balkar) do openly eat a lot of pork. They consumed it before and after conversion to Islam. This animal was highly regarded in their shamanistic rituals.
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Posted 03 December 2000 - 10:46 PM
I love the pork!
Its the best :)
My uncle has a pork factory in northern Kazakhstan, because muslim kazakhs love pork :))
Its the best :)
My uncle has a pork factory in northern Kazakhstan, because muslim kazakhs love pork :))
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Posted 04 December 2000 - 01:21 AM
That's strange cos I don't eat Pork and red meat just because I don't like the taste of it. My granny tries to make me eat it but I'm not having any of it! I think it's horrible!
I don't think pigs are filthy creatures. They are the third most intelligent animal except for chimps and humans. That's probably a point to why I dont like eating it!
I don't think pigs are filthy creatures. They are the third most intelligent animal except for chimps and humans. That's probably a point to why I dont like eating it!
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Posted 06 December 2000 - 06:12 PM
Mmmm, after all this talk of pork, my teacher coworker who is Cuban shared some lechon asado(roasted pork) with me today! Summing up this post, I think Armenians assimilate the ways of their neighbors way more than I had previously thought. Overall the replies confirm my idea that pork would be absent in the cuisine of Armenians from Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, in short, Moslem countries. With that said though, in Pre-Khomeini Tehran Arzuman's pork, ham, bacon etc. was very popular with both Moslems and Armenians, need I tell you what nationality Arzuman was? My dad and I would love to go to the "beer shop" as he put it that was also owned by Baron Arzuman, and stuff our faces with a galbas sandwich with real butter and french bread. Mmm!
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Posted 06 December 2000 - 08:43 PM
The thought of pork makes me kind of sick right now. I've started jury duty in Huntington Park and in order to drive there I have to go right by the stinky Farmer John slaughterhouse. YUCK!
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Posted 07 December 2000 - 09:45 AM
OSIYO chief farsisteve.
I've checked my sources, during the Sassanian period, they consumed both Pig and wild swine pork. Also they ate deer,rabbit, ghazelle and kind of pony.
Still in some mountaineus rural places in Iran, they hunt on Wild Swine andI've heared that they eat it.
I've checked my sources, during the Sassanian period, they consumed both Pig and wild swine pork. Also they ate deer,rabbit, ghazelle and kind of pony.
Still in some mountaineus rural places in Iran, they hunt on Wild Swine andI've heared that they eat it.
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