Fesenjan is believed to have originated in Gilan province, a temperate green swath of land along the Caspian Sea in the north of Iran, where wild ducks are plentiful.
So the Mirror story appears to be true and Cheryl Gilan may yet outlast Peter Hain at the top of Welsh politics at Westminster, which might surprise some Conservative MPs.
At the Rice Research Institute in Gilan, I met Mr Rezai, an irrigation engineer who believes it is essential to look at the wider picture if the rice farmers are to sustain production.