[Sca-cooks] Is couscous Medieval?

[Adele de Maisieres]

Pat Griffin wrote:
> I was under the impression that while couscous could have been made during
> our period of interest, that we have no documentation to that fact.  The
> question has come up on (of all things) the medieval encampments list, and
> set me to wondering.  Can one of my dear friends tell me what the earliest
> reference seems to be?  
>
>   
I think it's mentioned in the anonymous Andalusian cookbook of the 14th 
century.

http://daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian_contents.htm

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Adele de Maisieres

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