[Sca-cooks] re: Lemon Syrup

[margali]

> > On the other hand, I just got back from my favorite middle
> > eastern market and was talking with the persian woman who ownes
> > it and found a new drink to try - willow water with a few drops
> > of rose water in iced water with pinch of a little seed that
> > looks like an oval nt-quite-a-poppy-seed.
>
> That sounds interesting.  Probably a good headache cure.  Did you catch the
> name of those seeds?  Nigella maybe?

Well, the name in persian is tokhme sharbati, but I have no clue
what it acually is ;-)
I haven't been able to find a definition on the net, just people
selling the particular ingredient of that name. What does nigella
look like?

> > She also says that her
> > village doesn't drink sekanjabin, they use it as a dip for
> > romaine lettuce as a snack or dessert!
>
> Salad dressing!  That's it, sekanjabin might make a good no-fat salad dressing
> at that [but not no-carb].
>
Well, I am going to include it into my persian birthday dinner
for Phlip as a novelty - I am having one or 2 things that are not
period in addition to the stuff from the miscellaney. It will be
a nice change ;-)

It will be coming to Pennsic with me.
margali
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