SC - Period Hummus-recipe and a added question

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Andy Oppenheim wrote:
> 
> Tahini is a paste made from ground sesame seeds. It is available in mist
> grocery stores.
> andy

Yup. There's _some_ evidence to suggest, but perhaps not conclusively,
that the tahini referred to in medieval Islamic texts is not the same
stuff. In some cases (in particular the halwah recipes from period) it
appears to be less oily, and less of a smooth paste, at least from
recipe context.
 
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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