SC - qataif

[Huette von Ahrens]

Answered privately.

Huette

- --- LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 8/29/00 8:17:56 PM Eastern
> Daylight Time, 
> ahrenshav at yahoo.com writes:
> 
> << Except for the fact that filo/phyllo dough was
> not
>  created until the mid-17th century.  According to
> the
>  Oxford Companion to Food, the medieval predecessors
>  were thin breads and noodles, which the varying
> qatâif
>  recipes seem to prove.  >>
> 
> Would it be possible for you to forward me the exact
> passage in entirety 
> privately? I have been substituting phyllo pastry in
> any recipes that call 
> for qataif in al-Baghdadi with wonderful results.
> However, with a little 
> elbow grease and continual processing I am sure that
> I can get my pasta 
> machine to make paper thin wide noodles. Looks like
> experimenting is in the 
> stars. :-)
> 
> Ras
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