SC - tart apples

Thu Apr 12 00:53:05 PDT 2001

>On 11 Apr 01,, R. Del Boccio wrote:
>
>>  Someone mentioned walnuts - I just ran across references to
>>  it in something I'm working on. 
>>
>>  Serian
>
>Walnuts are mentioned in Catalan, Spanish, and Italian cookbooks
>at least as far back as the 14th century.  Possibly earlier -- I don't
>know much about Arabic cuisine.


Much earlier. They are an ingredient in a c. 10th c. recipe for 
Badinjan Muhassa
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