SC - Jewish food in Stormhold

[HICKS, MELISSA]

Greetings all,

I received the following email regarding the lass in Stormhold who
Cairistiona thought may be redacting period Jewish recipes.  If I'm wrong
Cairistiona and you thought it was someone else, please contact me.

Thanks
Meliora.

> ----------
> From: 	David Cameron Staples[SMTP:davids at redflex.com.au]
> Sent: 	Friday, 22 October 1999 9:30
> To: 	HICKS, MELISSA
> Subject: 	RE: Jewish food
> 
> Quick answer: No. (or, if she has been, she has kept it /very/ quiet!)
> Miriam does cook some traditional Jewish dishes, however. I might even
> be able to get her to put some recipies on paper - if I try hard enough...
> Chicken soup is a speciality (surprise!), but she also does a mean
> Cholent.
> Would you like me to see if I can get her to write any down?
> 
<snip>

I don't _think_ that many of Mim's recipes are out of books. Things like
her Chicken soup and Cholent are recipes she got from her mother, who
got them from her mother, who... etc. While I doubt they have been much
changed over the last 500 years or so, I have no way of proving it, but Mim
has researched mediaeval Jewish food and customs as part of her BA, and
knows more about this sort of thing than I do. (Ask me about Irish customs..
I dare you!) ...

I've just spoken with Mim.. She said that there is a huge problem with
period Jewish recipes - the Inquisition. Any book in Hebrew, or owned
by a Jew, tended to become kindling, so there are almost no primary
sources. Any files the Inquisition kept were more likely to concentrate
on the use of Babies' blood and adder's poison, than on the use of pepper.
She will see what she can do about recipes and articles, and YES, she would
love to see the book.

<at this stage I had mentioned "Drizzle of Honey" to him>

And yes, posting this on to the mail-list is fine.


> Brían an Dorcha ui Connaill
> David Cameron Staples
> 
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