Strained yogurt with a distinct sour taste. It is usually mixed with fresh herbs in a pesto-like purée called delal. Yogurt is a side dish to all Iranian meals. Strained yogurt is used as dips and various appetizers with multitudes of ingredients: cucumbers, onions, shallots, fresh herbs (dill, spearmint, parsley, cilantro), spinach, walnuts, zereshk, garlic, etc. The most popular appetizers are spinach or eggplant borani, ‘’Mâst-o-Khiâr’’ with cucumber, spring onions and herbs, or ‘’Mâst-Musir’’ with wild shallots. In Turkey, strained yogurt is known as "süzme yoğurt" ("strained yogurt") or "kese yoğurdu" ("bag yogurt"). Water is sometimes added to it in the preparation
Jamie Parsley in 2004, became the Priest-in-Charge of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Fargo in 2008. Parsley began teaching Theology, Ethics, Philosophy, Literature and Writing at the University of Mary's Fargo campus in 2003. Parsley published his first book of poems, "Paper Doves, Falling and Other Poems" in 1992. Parsley’s book, "Cloud", is a book-length poem on the bombing of Hiroshima. Parsley's book of collected haiku, "no stars, no moon: new and collected haiku," was published in 2004. Parsley was appointed an Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota by Poet Laureate Larry Woiwode in 2004. Parsley’s tenth book, "Fargo, 1957", was published in