[Sca-cooks] Royal authenticity

[david friedman]

We know sekanjabin is period--it's mentioned by al-Nadim in the 10th 
century and is still around. The question is whether it was used as a 
beverage in period or only as a medicinal. Avraham was saying that 
"we know" it wasn't used as a beverage; I was saying that we don't 
know whether or not it was used as a beverage.

>I must have missed something somewhere....but isnt the argument " I 
>havent found anything specifically saying that it wasnt" the same 
>argument that has been used before with other things, and we have 
>been told that just because you cant find anything that says it 
>wasnt used, doesnt mean that it was.
>
>In short that it isnt a good argument for saying that something is period?
>
>For example I seem to remember something about honey butter. We have 
>evidence that it was used as a medicine, but no evidence to say that 
>it was used as a spread. But we dont have any evidence to say that 
>it wasnt either, and it is used in modern cuisine as a spread.
>
>Isnt that the same argument as is being used below?
>
>Ilia
>In a message dated 9/26/2003 10:30:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>"Avraham haRofeh of Sudentur" <goldbergr1 at cox.net> writes:
>
>>>  >I often serve various sekanjabins as well (mint, thyme and rosemary are
>>most
>>>  >popular). We know they weren't beverages as such in period, but at least
>>>  >they ARE period recipies.
>>>
>>>  In what sense do we know they weren't beverages in period? There are
>>>  references to medical effects, but that's true of lots of food and
>>>  drink in period. Sekanjabin  is a beverage in modern Persian cuisine,
>>>  and I can't think of any period references implying that it wasn't.
>>
>>True... although I've been yelled at by some folks, saying "You shouldn't
>>serve that - it was medicine, not a drink!" The challenge you present, Your
>>Grace, never occured to me, so I took their words at face value. I went
>>right on serving it, of course, but now will be armed when again presented
>>with that argument.
>>
>>Avraham
>>
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>>      (mka Randy Goldberg MD)
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>>
>>
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