SC - Period Islamic Cooking

[Michael F. Gunter]

> 
> At 1:34 PM -0500 6/10/97, Jack Hubbard wrote:
> >
> >Greetings to all,
> >I am new to this list and the SCA as well, but have  found both very
> >enlighting. I have a question as to whether baba Ganouj(sp?),  hummus and
> >Taboli are period foods.
> 
> I have not found period recipes for any of them. I have looked for hummus,
> but not the other two.
> 
> I do have a 10th century recipe for a different eggplant dip, called
> Badinjan Muhassa. You can find most of my (and Elizabeth's) worked out
> recipes either in the online copy of the Miscellany at
> http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.htmlor (assuming the online
> copy hasn't been updated to the seventh edition yet) in the collection of
> additional recipes on my web page
> (http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Medieval/Medieval.html).

Your Grace, at the risk of further tenderizing that horse everyone was beating,
(hmmmm, minced horsemeat, some onions, seasonings....russian perhaps?)

This is exactly the response I was hoping to see when someone asks about 
non-period foods.

Thank you for an eloquent and "gracious" response.

> 
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
> 
> 
> 
Yours,

Gunthar