Lahmacun

One thing I miss having is Lahmacun (Armenian Pizza.)

I first had it when I was a Kid.

My Great-Uncle was Armenian (his Parents left Turkey -The Ottoman Empire – for the United States right before he was born because of the Anti-Armenian Violence there and he lost his Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, Cousins, etc. during Turkey’s 1915-1917 Armenian Genocide.)

He went to an Armenian Orthodox Christian Church in the US and a Woman there made and sold Lahmacun. My Great-Aunt gave me some when I would come visit her and I loved it.

My Great-Aunt continued to buy them from the Woman from the when she married my Great-Uncle and continued even after my Great-Uncle died. She would always buy me some and send them to me when I was in High School, at College and living in Virginia and working in DC.

I even had some Lahmacun when I lived in Russia the 2 times.

In 2008 the Armenian Woman died and so my Mom started making Lahmacun using a Recipe from my Great-Uncle Ed’s Mother (who died in 1956.) She would always send some up to my Grandparents and my Great-Aunt.

The last time I had Lahmacun was in 2014 before my Mom passed away.