[Sca-cooks] RE: Basque Food

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Terry Decker wrote:

> If you go back far enough, paella derives from the Greek "patane"  
> meaning platter.  The Latin "patella" is a diminutive of "patina"  
> and commonly refers to a kneecap shaped frying pan similar to a  
> modern paella pan.  The Arabic use of paella is probably from  
> contact with the Europeans.
>
> The Romans ate similar mixed seafood dishs, such as Embractum  
> Baianum, so paella is very possibly a fusion of Arabic rice and  
> Roman cooking.
>
> Bear

And not simply a cognate of pilau?

Adamantius, shaving with Occam's Razor

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>> My arabic friends tell me Paella is either Basque or Spanish, it's  
>> arabic! The word
>> "paella" comes from "Baquiyah, which means leftovers! But in some  
>> parts of the
>> Arab world the word is "paella". Byt my catalan friends the word  
>> come from "patella",
>> a fryingpan in their dialect.
>> But according to my sources the origin of the dish is Valencia,  
>> They were made
>> under a popular festival, the Fallas. And they use huge plates to  
>> cook in the street
>> and invite everyone to share.
>> In Valencia, Catalonien, some of the paella is made with noodles  
>> and not with rice
>> and it's called "fideoada".
>> Surely the basques make excellent fish dishes but they are done in  
>> the whole
>> Mediterranean ara. The french Buillabuisse, a thick and reddish  
>> fish soup, it's one.
>> Ana
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