SC - Re: peppermint rice

[Stefan li Rous]

> << 
>  Could this be a reference to tabbouli? It seems rice-like, and is oftenmade 
> with peppermint.
>  
> Maggie MacD. >>
> 
> Could it be related to the filling used in dolmadakia (stuffed grape leaves?)
> 
> Hauviette

We have discussed dolmadakia here before. Some of what was discussed is in
this file in my FOOD section:
grape-leaves-msg  (19K)  5/26/99    Use of grape leaves in cooking. Sources.

Unfortunately when this was discussed previously, no one was able to
point 
to any evidence that this was indeed a period dish. Does anyone here now 
have any?

As for the peppermint rice, I've searched the Florilegium and the closest
I could come up with (in the rice-grain-msg file) was jasmine rice with
no 
sure evidence of that being period.
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