[Sca-cooks] FW: Turkish Recipe

[Pat]

Hmmm, has anyone heard of this 13th Century Philosopher?  

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:Ok, he finally sent something that has some sort of documentation with it.
I'm a bit out of my element with the Middle Eastern cuisine (although I'll
eat a chick pea if it turns out tomatoes were known in 14th century Turkey).
Anyone want to comment on this?
Christianna

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From: notify at yahoogroups.com [mailto:notify at yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of
Kinjal of Moravia
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 5:21 PM
To: kingstaste at mindspring.com
Subject: Turkish Recipe


Thsi documentation was considered suffient and noteworthy for an
13th century period cooking competition in the Principality of
Cynagua, 2003. The URL's are on my brothers computer in Sacramento,
CA but I can attempt to get them
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This recipe was prepared and given to me in 1968 by a Turkish
Language Professor, together with much verbal history. I have
documented several parts of the story of origin, use and
ingredients. The Turkish saying "Never mind what you ate and drank,
tell me where you have been and what you have seen", shows it was
considered bad manners to talk about food and this is why there is
little culinary literature in Turkish, though it is considered one
of three great cuisines of the world. Poems which contained recipes
were passed down verbatim for thousands of years.

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The use of cold rice dishes with tomatoes, and the use of all the
listed ingredients, is documented in the literary works of Mevlana
Jalaluddin Rumi, a philosopher who lived in the 13th century.




Pat Griffin
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