[Sca-cooks] Moslems and alcohol

[Stefan li Rous]

Lyse commented:
> (snip)
> 1. If Middle/Near Eastern food doesn't contain alcohol, how am I
> supposed to
> get the things to flame? Would it be better to go Greek, instead of
> Eastern?
>
> * I believe the restricton was, drink made from
> fruits of the vine though I think they expanded that restriction
> through the years (I could be remembering wrong).

We've discussed this before, and I'm pretty sure that it is in the  
Florileguim, but right now I can't remember where. Anyone interested  
should check the Middle Eastern food files, or more likely, the wine  
file. Perhaps the file on dates.

The range of utterly no alcohol to some alcohol so long as it isn't  
brewed from grapes, appears to have varied by sect. I'm not sure that  
there has been a loosening of the alcohol restriction over the years  
in general. I believe that it is still forbidden to most Moslems.

Stefan
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