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February 15, 2006

"Danish" Redux

Danish_2Following up on the Danish-renamed-Mohammed controversy, this report from Reuters confirms that Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency says "Danish pastry," all made in Iran,  will henceforth be called "Roses of the Prophet Mohammad." 

Speaking of roses, they use rose water extensively in Iran as a sweetener, an ingredient Foodie came to dread as a Peace Corps volunteer there.  Roses The real stuff is made from rose petals, and as such, Foodie thinks it should remain an ingredient in cosmetics, not food. ( Yes, Foodie knows that many fruit trees are related to the rose.)

         

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