Iranian cooks and chefs, like most others who have a deep cultural and culinary history, take cooking and eating very seriously. That is why I would never claim to be able to cook Iranian food or Iranian dishes. I make my own "version" of what little I know about this cuisine, which yes I know, is a huge insult (I'm sorry, okay?!).
A post that I read on the Facebook page, "Must See Iran," really set my position in stone though. Don't even TRY to claim you can make a certain cultural dish-- you will be set straight! A video about the dish Mirza Ghasemi made by Aashpazi was met with A LOT of negative passion. The funniest part is that Aashpazi's channel is what I've often used to cook up Iranian meals (or so I thought). Just take a look at these comments (including mine). Now if you follow my Instagram food account (omae.omae) you might think from the edited photos that I can cook Persian food---I can not and will never claim I can!
Please remove this video !! What on earth did this person make ? Vegan mirzaghasemi?? Where is the eggs and garlic etc ??? Do your self a favour and delete this silly video because this food does not represent Iran or mirzaghasemi
BS!!
Not the real thing.
Big errors!!
U better remove the video after these many comments protesting ur cooking u just started cooking! Learn first how to cook a dish! Chefs put video to teach, not u!
Ignorance! ignorance! ignorance!
So there you go, amateurs be warned.
As for me, let's leave it at this:
Bye for now! Stay tuned for my next post entitled, "Midnight Train to Mashad."
