[Sca-cooks] Memos from a Mastic Marathon....

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 14 Apr 2002, at 21:56, Philippa Alderton wrote:

> OK, thanks. I kinda thought it might be something like
> that, but since the only Arabic I comprehend is "0",
> as in perpetually broke, I figured I'd better ask ;-)

I don't know Arabic, but I remember reading the meaning of
"mishmish" in _In a Caliph's Kitchen_.  It stuck in my mind,
because "mishmish" sounds a bit silly to me -- it's too close to
"mishmosh".


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