[Sca-cooks] Old?

[Olwen the Odd]

So...you didn't say what time and day to show up for this magnificent
feast....hinthint

Olwen

>Well, Phlip's birthday is hitting pennsic as always, and we are
>doing middle eastern this time around.
>
>Since Rob isn't able to get the whole time off, he is coming for
>the weekends and is going to bring the main course out. I am
>precooking the ducks at home and reserving the drippings. It is
>going to be a variant of chicken al qata'if so it will be rubbed
>with saffron before cooking, and in place of the commercial
>kataif that resembles shredded wheat, I am using the middle
>eastern 'flaky pastry' recipe from the miscellaney and layering
>it with ground almonds, and rosewater, and mixing the drippings
>into the honey syrup to go over the nut/kataif 'baklava' to be
>baked separately. I am sizing them to reheat easily in primative
>conditions. That way I don't have to worry about doing 6 ducks
>onsite. The rest of the goodies are all quick and easy to do.
>
>Along with it, I am serving khichri [mung beans, rice and ghee]
>isfanakh mutajjan [spinach, garlic and spices sauted in sesame
>oil], the bread from ain i akbari with white sals instead of
>hummus bi tahini, the modern cuke/mint/yoghurt 'dip' that is
>actually a salad, hais for dessert and to drink pomegranite syrup
>for dilluting, modern lemonaid and coffee.
>
>I am also thinking of doing the dish of lentils, and omitting the
>eggs on top for the vegans that lurk, and possibly something
>eggplant based - maybe the eggplant pancakes. I am throwing in
>the oil preserved lemons, onion pickles, beid hamide, dates,
>olives, cheese and nuts as nibbles.
>
>margali
>_______________________________________________
>Sca-cooks mailing list
>Sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>http://www.ansteorra.org/mailman/listinfo/sca-cooks

_________________________________________________________________
Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com