[Sca-cooks] paella

[Micheal]

 Greetings
 I would tend to agree with the doubts expressed as to its actually being a 
metal Shield.  But then in a war zone you use what you can find shield boss, 
metal buckler, hot oil barrel top, number 10 can, whatever works. So it has 
just slim enough believability factor to be possibility, even if improvable. 
Nor would I attempt to use such as documentation outside of background 
stories around the dish, unless it could be proven from another source.
 However  the shield , was  not what was important to me, it was a simple 
couple of lines in a book that stuck in my mind.
  So I went looking for a meal that would have fit the bill. Points of 
reference I used was Valencia, Jamie 1st of Spain,  Muslim , cooked by 
Peasants, possible gypsies, or foot soldiers. Up popped Paella, that got my 
interest more involved after I read a few recipes and history of it. Thats 
where I started from sorry if it was an unorthodox method of finding a dish. 
But it fit the parameters and the rest has been played out here on this 
list.
 Sort of researching the knowledgeable first to find out if it was worth 
looking into in depth.
 Cealian