SC - Islamic Ingredients - request for info

[david friedman]

At 9:58 PM +1000 6/9/97, John FOX wrote:
>1.	What is 'blattes de Bysance'?  It is mentioned in many recipes a
>photocopy I have of a section of "Islamic Culture - Vol 13 (1939)" The
>section is titled 'A Baghdad Cookery-Book'.  The recipe in question is one
>called BADHINJAN BI-LABAN (as near as I can type it without accents) and is
>a relish with milk, garlic and herbs.

Don't know.
>
>2.	What is 'Persian milk', same book same section.  This is a recipe
>called
>QAR' BI-LABAN, another relish of beet, Persian milk, garlic and sesame.

Yogurt.
>
Elizabeth/Betty Cook