[Sca-cooks] Oranges and Cinnamon

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Gonza wrote:
>lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
>  > I've read references to fresh sliced oranges served with powdered
>  > cinnamon (and sweetener?) as being "period" and perhaps Spanish, but
>  > i've yet to see an actual source. I don't expect a recipe, but a
>  > reference in a text of some sort... Anyone know of one?
>  >
>  > Anahita
>
>This may or may not help, but when I was in Morocco a few years ago many of
>our meals were served with cinnamon powdered orange slices as a dessert.

Yeah, i was in Morocco a few years ago and had the same experience.

However, someone somewhere in the SCA said they had found a textual 
reference to oranges with cinnamon either in the Maghrib or 
al-Andalus or Spain at some time within "SCA period". But i'm looking 
for an actual reference.

Anahita