A stall selling herbs and zatar- a favourite to make tea and pies
Back on terra firma, here is a stall selling herbs and zatar- a type of herb that grows wild in Arabia and is a favourite to put into tea, pies and croissants. That is most of what is on the stand here. I have seen ground zatar used in the dishes I've named above and even tasted them but this was the first time I was seeing the herb itself. It's quite aromatic. The trader pressed a small bit of the dried zatar herb in my hands and said 'zatar, good for tea' and ran off after the family that had just arrived, as he had a better chance of making a sale there. Again, this was being sold in a dry patch full of dust, so hygiene was suspect. (Sheki, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2017)
A stall selling herbs and zatar- a favourite to make tea and pies
Back on terra firma, here is a stall selling herbs and zatar- a type of herb that grows wild in Arabia and is a favourite to put into tea, pies and croissants. That is most of what is on the stand here. I have seen ground zatar used in the dishes I've named above and even tasted them but this was the first time I was seeing the herb itself. It's quite aromatic. The trader pressed a small bit of the dried zatar herb in my hands and said 'zatar, good for tea' and ran off after the family that had just arrived, as he had a better chance of making a sale there. Again, this was being sold in a dry patch full of dust, so hygiene was suspect. (Sheki, Azerbaijan, Sept. 2017)