[Sca-cooks] Andalusian measurements

[jah at twcny.rr.com]

The Corning Glass museum a year or so ago
 had original weights that were kind of a green
 glass, and one was a "ratl"!
 It was very enlighting to see.

 Jules/Catalina

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  Message: 10
  Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 12:57:13 -0700
  From: David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com>
  Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Andalusian measurements
  To: mirhaxa at morktorn.com, Cooks within the SCA
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  >Is there a list somewhere (Cariadoc's maybe?) which translates the
  >measurements from Andalusian recipes, ratl and dirham and uqiya?
  >
  >Mirhaxa

  It's included in the Perry translation webbed on my site. The 
  information on measurements is at:

  http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian10.htm#Heading541

  -- 
  David/Cariadoc
  www.daviddfriedman.com

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