From: yaser@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Ala)
Subject: Re: What to Talk about
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 17:58:47 GMT

michaelm@titanic.esd.sgi.com (Mike Mohageg) writes:

>In article <1992Oct3.115718.6137@netcom.com>, bavafa@netcom.com (Hooshyar 
>|> 
>|> Dear Ala, if you really think about it, everything about Abadan was the
>|> BEST.  aslan abadan bayad paytakhte jahan mishod.  Why?
>|> 
>|> Annex - bereym - nakhlestan - palayeshgah - mardom - falakeh -
>|> bazar-e arabha - bahmanshir - teem-e san'at-e naft - teem-e kargar - 
>|> foroodgah - cinama taj - otoboos-e Bedford - asfalt-e sangi - madreseh
>|> kamal'ol molk - dabirestan-e razi - bimarestan - daneshkadeh naft - 
>|> bad-badak ba shirish - estore (where we bought fresh sheer)  - kooler-e
		  	   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That is where you would also by BAAGHSAAM!
It came in packges of four I beleive.
It tasted great with SHEER.


>|> gazi - derakht-e khar-zareh - pol-e sar khiyaboon - jagh-jagheh foroosh -
>|> derakht-e konar - dokhtar-e abadani - keshti naft-kesh - .  .  .


Here is some more:

Ghannaadi Negro
Bazzar Kuwaiti haa
Cinema REX
Baashgaah Tennis
Boat Club (baashgaah ghaayeghraani)
Hotel Abadan

>Hooshyar (and Ala) don't forget the following:

>rud-e Karun, Cinama Shirin, Bashgah Golestan, Bashgah Naft, Bashgah Arvand, nakhlestan, "Sick Lane", Eistgah-e Dewazeh (that's Davazdah, but with an Abadani accent :-), Segush, derakht-e be'aroo, "ceykel" (that's Abadani for Docharkhe; it's actually derived from English (bicycle) and a relic of the English occupation of Abadan), ghara-ye shahr, khiabun-e Zand, Alfi, Ahmad-abad, Kofeishe, bazar-e ruz, 

How could you remember Alfi and forget Milk Bar and Setaareh Aabi?
How about Gulf Agency?


>and most of all:  mardom (which you mentioned), adamhash, garmishun, (welek, sarete dard neyarom)

>There's a lot more too and I'll be glad to include them in another post.

>|> Just missing Abadan, no territorial prejudice intended. :-)

>Me too.  Not a day goes by where I don't somehow reflect on Abadan.  For those who haven't lived there I'm sure this stuff seems a bit strange or immature.  But it really was an incredible place.  No doubt, Abadan suffered from many of the ills that hit the rest of Iran (e.g., poverty in Dehkadeh Beraim).  Nonetheless, Abadan seemed to have this aura of friendliness and open-mindedness. What a great place to grow up!!!  Even Tehranis who'd migrated quickly became Abadani because it was so appealing.

In fact Abadan was a stange mixture of people from all over Iran.
These people were nicely blended into an Arabic/British environment.
Abadan was the city of immigrants where each brough a piece of their
culture and contributed to this short lived Abadani culture.

Arabs, who were the natives, originally lived in the villages all around the
city.  But in later years many of them moved to the city and prospered.
They are very warm people.  


>|> >Now does anyone know what BAAGHSAAM is!?
>|> 
>|> You got me!


>Of coarse!!!! BAAGHSAAM was a small, cookie-sized piece of dried bread that had a bit of a sweet taste (I'm not sure, but they may have added sugar to it.)  It went great with milk, as Ala points out.


>Now, does anyone know what Nun Baadhsaami is??!

Isn't this the same as BAAGHSAAM?

I almost forgot MAAHI SABOOR.  We used to take them to the NAANVAA
to put it in his TANOOR or we made GHARIYYEH MAAHI with it.


>|> Regards,
>|> Hooshyar F. Naraghi
>|> bavafa@netcom.com
>|> (415) 322-8056



>Best wishes and happy memories,

>-- MIKE

Ala