What're Food Influencers Having on the First Day of Ramadan?

On the first day of Ramadan, Egyptians enter a highly specific psychological state known — in academic circles — as Menu Paralysis.

It begins innocently.

“Mahshi?” someone offers, gently, as though proposing a modest civic improvement.

A second voice escalates: “Stuffed pigeons.”

A third, who has clearly been training for this moment all year, declares: “Duck.”

Within minutes, the table has transformed into a strategic summit. Negotiations are underway. An aunt has suggested all three with the serene confidence of someone who believes the human digestive system is largely theoretical. Cholesterol, in this context, is viewed as an opinion.

We, being responsible members of the media, addressed this crisis with appropriate gravitas by sliding into the DMs of food influencers. Because when a nation is divided, one must turn to verified accounts. The question was simple: What is actually happening on the first Iftar table?
The answers were both reassuring and faintly intimidating.