SC - Sumac (was: Imam Bayaldi)

[Mike C. Baker]

Amra, cleaning out his mailbox again, came across a recipe for Imam
Bayaldi and took a closer look at the ingredient list:

> sumac

I've had an outstanding request from my (mundane) brother for
sources and alternatives for this ingredient. I understand that it
might also be marketted as "zamak" or some other spellynge
variations. I have inquired at halal markets and some Oriental
groceries, but have yet to find this commercially available.

I also gather that I can't just trot over to my grandparent's farm
and harvest some of the bushes to obtain the Middle Eastern version
of this (although I have done some mild experimentation with red
sumac "tea", I believe this is a New World variety -- appropriate to
my SCA persona and for Boy Scout "survival" camps, not acceptable to
some of you who are striving for _medieval_ instead of _SCA period_
...) 

And, yes, I do know the difference between red & poison sumacs!

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