SC - Pleyn Delit et al-vinegar
Browning, Susan W.
bsusan at corp.earthlink.net
Tue May 2 18:38:05 PDT 2000
>CBlackwill at aol.com writes:
>> I am not
> > Middle Eastern, so I can't vouch for the authenticity, but the
>author paints
> > a picture of a very civilized and comfortable society.
>
>Not very authentic. Middle Eastern food has changed as much as European food
>in the intervening years.
>
>Ras
Well, now, it *is* authentic. After all Ms. Roden was born and raised
in the Middle East from a Middle Eastern family in the 20th century.
So it's accurate for the 20th century, and includes a fair bit of
info from the 19th c. as well.
However, it does not represent the food and culture of the Near and
Middle East *from before 1601*, if that's what Lord Ras means by
authentic :-) although she does have a few recipes from al-Baghdadi.
While i think it is an excellent and *authentic* cookbook, it is not
suitable as a basis for SCA historic cooking...
Anahita al-shazhiyya
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