[Sca-cooks] RE: Basque Food

[Terry Decker]

Not according to the philologists.  Considering that pilau is the Persian 
"pilaw" as derived from the Turkish "pilav," and the time frame of the 
Turkish expansion, it is possible that pilaf might be a derivation of paella 
from Andalusia or Byzantium.  Given the simplicity of the dish, I'm inclined 
to think it is a coincidence of parallel development with unrelated but 
similar names.

Bear


> And not simply a cognate of pilau?
>
> Adamantius, shaving with Occam's Razor