[Sca-cooks] Shish Kabab ton-o-questions

[Stefan li Rous]

Helen Hawksworth asked:

> Now, part of the presentation is have the Head Table presented with
> Flaming Shish Kabab on fencing foils.
>
> Every book I can get my hands on is all
> European. the Greek one I have is all Americanized Modern Recipes.
> And the local librarians are not helpful....
>
> I know this is a slew of questions. I thank you for reading them. I  
> also
> thank any of you who will respond. Your thoughts will be greatly
> appreciated!

My apologies if the files you've checked in the Florilegium include  
these, but here are the ones I would look at. There is no file  
specifically on shish kabobs because I've seen no discussion on them  
or there wasn't enough evidence presented that they were period. You  
might however, try the search engine, available from the top page of  
the site, and see what comments on shish kabobs might be scattered  
through the Florilegium. I would try several different spellings and  
both with and without hyphens.

fd-Greece-msg     (20K)  5/ 6/04    Food of medieval Greece. references.
   ( not very big, since in the Middle Ages Greece was part of  
Byzantine)
fd-Byzantine-msg  (37K)  5/22/05    Food of medieval Byzantine.  
References.
fd-Mid-East-msg   (48K)  7/24/02    Period food of the Middle East.  
Recipes.
E-Arab-recip-art  (48K)  3/23/03    Early Arab recipes prior to the  
13th Century
                                        by Anahita.
ME-revel-fds-art  (59K) 10/22/04    Medieval Middle Eastern foods  
suitable for a
                                        revel or buffet w. recipes by  
Anahita.

Perhaps dolmas? I think the evidence for them being period is  
sketchy, though.
grape-leaves-msg  (31K) 12/24/04    Use of grape leaves in cooking.  
Sources.

The following are in the FEASTS section and might be of use:
ME-feasts-msg     (20K)  4/ 4/04    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.
Greco-Romn-fst-art(48K) 12/ 7/03    An SCA Greco-Roman feast by Anahita.

Stefan
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