http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2008/10/cream-of-wheat-nourishing-way.html

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Leesie

Natasha- This is the part of a wedding I love most.

Gera- Weddings include the symbols of many traditions in a culture. I love to share these.

Leesie- I’d love to learn that creamy wheat for breakfast.

Diana- I always try to use lamb broth in such dishes, soup or pilaf.

Jenn- It’s my pleasure to tell about our culture here.

Rowena- Glad you love these traditions. The first thing I’ll do in the next wedding is to take photos of bride and groom.

Christelle- My pleasue to share our culture with you.

Sara- It was interesting for me, too when I first learnt it.

OysterCulture- I guarantee that you can find so many people to help you for preperations here.

Tangled Noodle- Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts about our tradition here. Cooperation has a very important role in our culture. If there is a celebration of any thing (like weddings, engagements, celebrations for new babies, celebration for sending older boys for military service), all neighbors and relatives work together.

In older generations, as you said, cooking is mainly women’s role. However, in such celebrations, there is no exact gender difference. Men and women do everything together.

I think we should support such old traditions to continue. It absolutely includes more emotion and you learn a lot from the elderlies in such events.

The Duo Dishes- when you eat this, you may forget about hunger forever.

Reeni- Thank you. I’m planning to share more traditions in my next posts.

Sea- Glad you like it. And thank you for visiting my blog.

As I read your words, it occurred to me that these customs surrounding the wedding of a young couple – from the families meeting each other (and waiting for the bride’s parents’ permission) to the food preparation for the wedding feast – are symbolic of the patience and cooperation needed in marriage between the families and between husband and wife. From your previous posts, I would assume that at least among the older generations, it is still primarily the woman’s role to cook but here, we see men actively participating; even the boys take on a role of serving dishes.

It’s wonderful to hear that young adults who have migrated to the cities will still return to their homes to celebrate such life events. Some might say of such traditional cooking methods, “Hire a caterer!” or “Why don’t you cook over gas/electricity – it will be faster!”, etc. It might make it easier but it would lose such an important lesson: that the greatest joys in life, from a simple dish of good food to a long-lasting marriage full of love and happiness, sometimes take a lot of hard work.

You are fortunate to have wonderful women passing on these marvelous food traditions to you, and we are lucky that you are sharing them with us!