Shaft foods in the past

Rice, vegetables, meat ( mutton, beef as well as poultry) and fish ( smoked and salted) were among the foods mostly used in the region in the past. The locals consumed red meat less, although farming was pretty common there.
They believed that bread contained little energy. Bread was more common in the mountainous areas in Talesh. They also planted wheat and barley.
Malgunov who visited Gilan and Shaft in 1860 AD, writes in his book, in some villages of Shaft people plant wheat.
In the village of Gonjar, there lies a Neighborhood named Wheat Flour. Although this job, planting wheat, is not in use any more, the name shows that in the past wheat was planted in the region.
In Yeylagh Deir, Tolab Bare, and some heights and slopes in Shaft, people would plant wheat and barley and bake bread.
Among their local dishes were, stew which was served with Katteh, cooked rice, which was pretty common. Others include, Siyah Ghatogh, or Fesenjan, Motanjan, Torshi Kebab, Torshi Vavijka, or Vavishka, Sir Ghalyeh, which was made out of goose.
There are still some like, Alu Mosamma, Gheimeh, Kooli Ghoorabij, Shevid Khali, Torshi Tareh, Baghala Ghatogh, Mirza Ghasemi, Shirin Tareh, Choash Tareh, Shooreh Tareh, Sir Tabeh, Baghala Pale, Vavishteh Tareh, Kui Tareh, Kal Kabab, Torshi Ash, which was made on special occasions, and Esfenaj Tareh.
Their simple dishes include, Doshab, fried Duck eggs and eggs, Doogh, a national drink, yogurt, milk, and cheese which were often consumed with Katteh in Gholi Nahar, it's a meal eaten between morning and noon at 10 a.m.
The people in Shaft had 4 meals during a day,
1. Breakfast, consumed early in the morning
2. Gholi Nahar, eaten at 10 a.m
3. Lunch
4. Dinner
In these 4 meals, Rice was the main portion. Among their sweet edibles are Laku, flavored bread made with rice, Fereni, Ghimagh, and Raghaeb Halwa.
The cooking tools in the past included, Tiyan ( large pot like cauldron),Gomaj (earthen pot), and Khar Kareh (a kind of pan). The ovens used were Kuri, an oven made with mud, Kale Chale burned with logs, Se Lengeh, a tripod cooking gadget, and later on they were replaced with fire-pan, three-wick lamps, Valour( a cooking gadget which uses oil as fuel) and stove.
People living at the bank of the rivers, consumed fish( Kuli ) more than anything else; like those villagers at the bank of Imamzadeh Ebrahim and Siyah Mazgi Village. Some of them had big earthenware container to salt down the fish.