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[lilinah@earthlink.net]

>I found two recipes in His Grace Cariadoc's cookbook collection, 
>volume 2, Misc-3
>
>from "The Link to the Beloved" mss., also in "The Description of 
>Familiar Foods and "The Book of Dishes"
>
>Sals. Parsley and a little rue are minced. Then walnuts, hazelnuts, 
>almonds, pistachio, pepper, cinnamon, mastic, tahinah, oil, lemon 
>juice, saffron, thyme, coriander, caraway, garlic, and vinegar are 
>added to it, and it is covered. It becomes most excellent.
>
>White sals. Walnut meats, garlic, pepper, cinnamon, white mustard, 
>tahinah, and lemon juice.



>Anahita amina al-maktabah

As I remember, the white sals is the recipe in question. I've never 
made it, but some people who have say it comes out like hummus bi 
tahini.

Note that "hummus" means "chickpeas," which are a common ingredient 
in lots of period Islamic recipes.
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