[Sca-cooks] Middle-Eastern 'Nibbles'?

[Johnna Holloway]

But what you wrote was:
I've never seen spiced almonds in a period cookbook, but there are 
smoked and spice olives, which i have made for several feasts. (recipe 
below)
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)

"In a period cookbook" covers more than just the Middle East which is 
why I asked.

Johnnae

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> Johnnae wrote:
>
>> So the "bellaria" mentioned by Platina don't count as
>> spiced nuts? Even with sugar? snipped
>> Milham, M. trans. Platina. On Right Pleasure and Good Health. MRTS, 1998
>
>
> Indeed, "bellaria" are spiced nuts, but hardly "Middle Eastern". And 
> the request was for "Middle Eastern" nibbles. And i don't recall 
> seeing a recipe for spiced nuts in an SCA-period Arabic language 
> cookbook translated into English.
>
> Now that Fall Collegium is over, i'll look again. It's amazing what 
> one sees when one changes one's point of view (or search parameters :-)