Chocolate+Muslim (was Re: [Sca-cooks] Probably OOP but just wondering.)

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Hashhish is generally prohibited as an intoxicant, although the Ishmailis
> tended to ignore that little fact.  Coffee does not come into general use
> until 1450 and only becomes widespread in the 16th Century.
> Bear

There's an interesting book called _Herb: Hashish Versus Medieval Muslim
Society_ by Franz Rosenthal, (Brill Academic Publishers, 1971) on the
whole issue in Medieval Muslim society. (Found it on a Barnes & Noble
search and was interested enough to ILL it...)


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