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the flatbread so ancient and elastic it doubles as a tablecloth and a napkin.
means A thin, soft, unleavened flatbread from the Caucasus and Iranian regions, traditionally baked against the hot walls of a clay tandoor oven.
from From Armenian լավաշ (lavash), a word so old its deeper roots are lost; the bread itself is one of the most ancient still eaten, and the name has spread outward into Persian, Turkish, and beyond, carried along the same trade routes as the dough.
- unesco listed
- Armenian lavash is protected cultural heritage since 2014
- baked vertical
- Slapped onto the wall of a buried tandoor oven
- keeps forever
- Dried lavash stores for months, revived with water
- festive cloth
- Sometimes draped on a bride's shoulders for luck
- paper thin
- Stretched until you can nearly read through it
for instance
armenian lavash — unesco intangible cultural heritage (2005), traditional flatbread prepared by armenian families for centuries
azerbaijani lavash — unesco intangible cultural heritage (2005), baked in tandoor ovens across azerbaijan and the caucasus region