SC - Sigh. (was: shish kebabs)

[david friedman]

At 3:22 PM -0700 6/12/98, kat wrote:

>... whether or not lettuce was eaten in the Islamic cultures, and what was
>the closest they ever came to the modern, mundane, falafel-style "pita
>salad."

1. I have just checked through Charles Perry's translation of the big 13th
c. Andalusian cookbook. Lettuce is referred to several times, always as a
cooked vegetable.

2. I have not seen any reference to what you are calling "pita salad" in
period Islamic sources.

David/Cariadoc
http://www.best.com/~ddfr/


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