SC - Period Recipes
Stephen Bloch
sbloch at adl15.adelphi.edu
Fri Jun 6 11:34:38 PDT 1997
> >> Fried Beans and Onions. Saute onions in oil, add kidney
> beans, ginger, cinnamon and another sweet spice. Heat. The onions, beans
> and sweet spices make a tastey mix and the dish is good hot or cold.
>
> So not only are fruit rollups period, so are barbecue beans w/onions? Neat.
Well, _that_ recipe is probably not "period" (if we mean "medieval"),
because as far as I know kidney beans were not available in Europe until
the 16th or 17th century. However, there are somewhat similar recipes
from medieval Arabic sources, using garbanzo or fava beans.
mar-Joshua ibn-Eleazar ha-Shalib
Stephen Bloch
sbloch at panther.adelphi.edu
http://www.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/
Math/CS Dept, Adelphi University
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