[Sca-cooks] RE: Basque Food

[Micheal]

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Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] RE: Basque Food


> Traditional Basque cooking by Jose' Maria Busca Isusi.
> P.32 In the Basque Country, and principally on our farms, we find 
> ourselves
> midway between the two methods(which is on page 31), which is not a virtue
> in this instance. These lines are offered as a piece of advice to the 
> reader
> unfamiliar with the rice paellas served in our country homes which consist
> of gummy mixtures of grains of rice and more or less flavorful pieces of
> meat and fowl.
>
> Earlier in the book he gives the impression that the paella is a Spanish
> dish (from Valencia) that is transformed to Basque taste. It is a 
> casserole
> of sorts.
>
> This book has a tiny bit of history of Spanish Basque foods with itty 
> bitty
> amounts of references and conclusion to the references.

 Oh great another book for which to build even more shelves in my living 
room . The lady of the house has taken to calling it the library north 
lately.
 Thank you kindly.
 Cealian Of Moray