Bread ( Non)

Bread ( Non) in Tajik Culture
Hello dear diary,
I want to tell about Bread . Bread in Tajik culture consider very important. The first thing Tajik put on dastarhan is bread. And bread in Tajik will be “ Нон’ NON. Bread can be different size; small and round and big, thin and thick. The small bread is called “Kulcha” and the bib one called “ Chapati” and baker’s bread which is called “Noni Nonvoi” bakers bread. But it is small and thin.

Kulcha is round wheat flat cake with thickened edges and hollow in the middle of the bread. Everyone who tastes this Kulcha at least once falls in love with it for all his/her life. I tasted it and it’s very tasty. They put milk and vegetable oil into the dough and salt. And there is special thing I saw. They have bread stamp. They hit with bread stamp in the middle hollow of bread and it will have beautiful view. It will show u the picture of bread stamp.

Non bread is baked in two ways. One in microwave oven and the second in clay made pit which is called “Tanur”. But Tajik says that bread baked in Tanur is much tastier. And I notice in every neighborhood there is Tanur. Women gather and make it themselves. The put woods in the Tanur and heat it and then when fire is put down they stick bread on it. Tajik women are very brave they get into the heat tanur and stick the bread there. You can burn your hand if you will not wear special sleeve. And some women cover their face not to burn their eyelashes. So it eating very tasty bread they do very heroically deed. I like Tanur Non. Iwill take the photo of Tanur and show you.
Traditionally Bread ( Non) is not cut with knife but is broken by hands. And you mustn’t put Non face down position. It is strictly prohibited by the table etiquette. It is seems as disrespectful attitude to bread.And if you see breadcramps on the ground you should pick them up and put somewhere they others do not stamp over it.Tajik eat all food with bread.