Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1905 — Persian Dinners. [ARTICLE]

Persian Dinners.

Persian dinners are very much like ours, only turned the wrong way roun<L The feast is preceded by pipes while tea and sweets are handed about. Then the servants of the house appear, bringing in a long leather sheet, which they spread in the middle of the floor. The guests squat around this, tailor-fashion. When all are seated, a flat loaf of bread is placed before every one, and the band then commences to play. The various dishes are brought in on trays, and arranged around the leather sheet at Intervals. The covers are then removed, the host says “Bismillah” (in the name of God), and without another word they all fall to.