[Sca-cooks] Beech Nuts for Atraf al-tib

[Philippa Alderton]

Let me look the tree up. I might be able to find one-
it might be one of the ones I'm familiar with in Ohio,
under another name- or do you thing the Real Name of
those things is Road Apples.... ;-)

Phlip

--- lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> Atraf al-tib may require beech nuts. These are not
> available
> commercially, however. So, unless someone on the
> list has a beech
> tree, i will have to make do with a substitute.
>
> According to what i've been reading, beech trees are
> related to
> chestnuts and oaks, but beech nuts can be a source
> of oil, and i have
> not yet heard of chestnut or acorn oil.
>
> Has anyone ever tasted a beech nut (either American
> or European)?
> What would be a reasonable substitute? Hazelnuts are
> used in some
> Near Eastern recipes - would these be good?
>
> Anahita
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