SC - Re: Wannabe

[Chris Stanifer]

- --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> > 
> > --- Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com> wrote:
> > > Is there any evidence to suggest that the modern
> > > qata'if product of
> > > shredded phyllo/borek is what is referred to in
> Al
> > > Baghdadi, etc.?
> > >
> > > Adamantius
> > 
> > >From what I have read in the "Oxford Companion of
> > Food", the article on filo/phyllo seems to suggest
> > that the thin filo dough is out of period for SCA
> use.
> > Mid-17th century, if I recall correctly. It does
> > mention that filo's predecessor was actually thin
> > slices of bread or perhaps a very thin pita bread.
> > Apparently from what I have read, the period
> version
> > of baklava was actually thin bread stacked
> together.
> > This started off as a nomadic Turkish dish from
> the
> > 14th century.

Actually, I just re-read this this morning before
coming to work.  I should have written 11th century.
Sorry!  

There also is a period Azerbaijani version of baklava
using 8 layers of noodles and sweetened nuts.
> 
> That was kind of the impression I got, even from
> reading the older
> recipes for stuffed qata'if, etc.; they all seemed
> to be talking of a
> stretched bread along the lines of lavosh, which
> could then be stacked,
> folded, or rolled for different effects. What I
> really wanted to know
> was if there was any reason to believe that the
> shredded modern form is
> anything but modern.
> 
> BTW: How much should I pay for The Oxford Companion
> to Food? I saw it
> the other day in The Strand for, IIRC, ~$40, which I
> gather is a fair
> markdown from the cover price.  Is it worth it?
>  
> Adamantius
> -- 
> Phil & Susan Troy
> 
> troy at asan.com
>
The cover price is $60.  Amazon.com has it for $48. 
Yes, in my opinion, it is well worth any one of the
prices, even $60.  It is a huge book full of the most
amazing facts and insights.  And it has a wonderfully
large bibliography.  The only negative thing that I
have heard about it was from Nana, who said that the
Icelandic article had a few inaccuracies.  

Huette

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shall never cease to be amused.

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