[Sca-cooks] Help with planning Islamic feast (longish)

[Stefan li Rous]

Vicente asked:
> I know some folks out there concentrate heavily on Islamic cuisine.  I've
> read through His Grace Cariadoc's recipes, and I've got some ideas, but if
> anyone has more input (menus, redactions, websites, et al) I would greatly
> appreciate them.

I don't know if these will help or not, but here are some files that are
in the Florilegium:
In the FEASTS section:

ME-feasts-msg     (20K)  5/19/99    Middle Eastern feasts. sitting, serving.
Islamic-Feast-art (20K)  5/27/99    "An Islamic Feast in a Barbarian Court"
                                       by al-Sayyid A'aql ibn Rashid al-Zib.

In the FOOD-BREADS section:
brd-mk-flat-msg   (68K)  8/26/02    Period flat or unleavened bread recipes.

In the FOOD-BY-REGION section:
fd-Mid-East-msg   (48K)  7/24/02    Period food of the Middle East. Recipes.
in the FOOD-SWEETS section:
Andlsn-Pstres-art (20K) 11/24/01    "Andalusian Pastries" by Dinah bint Ismai'l.

And under FOOD-VEGETABLES:
cucumbers-msg     (12K)  5/17/01    Medieval and period cucumbers. Recipes.
eggplant-msg      (37K)  9/18/01    Period eggplant (aubergine). Recipes.
artichokes-msg    (21K)  1/14/02    Period artichokes. Recipes. Cardoons.

olives-msg        (43K)  7/14/02    Period olives. Processing fresh olives.


Stefan