[Sca-cooks] Around the Mediterranean in four easy courses...

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

Huette or someone else,

Could you write this up as a glossary entry with proper dates & sources,
pleeese?

Cindy

>
>According to the Oxford Companion to Food, baklava has
>roots going back to 14th century Azerbaijan, if I
>recall correctly.  However, what baklava was then and
>what it is now is very different, since filo/phylo
>dough was developed in the late 17th century.  I
>believe the original is said to have used thin
>pancakes or very thinly slice bread.  You could give
>him baklava, but in its original form.  Nuts in a
>rosewater syrup between multiple layers of thin
>pancakes/bread.
>
>Huette
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