So why do we enjoy this delicious bread only in the month of Ramazan? The question is understandable but there are many logical reasons for it, foremost among them the difficult workmanship involved, the special ingredients required, the fact that it cannot be factory-produced like today’s loaves, that it quickly goes stale and must be consumed absolutely fresh—all factors that make Ramazan pide more expensive than normal bread.

Throughout the month of Ramazan, which is holy to all Muslims, people generally do not hesitate to spend more lavishly by buying pide, which costs more than normal bread. But those luscious pides can cause major economic hardship during the other months of the year. There is also the sentimental aspect. If the Ramazan pide whose taste and aroma we long for throughout the year were there on the grocer’s shelf every day, wouldn’t it lose something of its special taste and ritual? But let’s forget all that and stick to the old ways. Let us live with the memory of pide the year round and count the days to the next Ramazan!