[Sca-cooks] Indian dinner at Pennsic?
David Friedman
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Sun Jun 17 13:39:55 PDT 2007
>Hi Cariadoc?
>
>Are you not familiar with the Nimatnama?
Haven't seen it. Sounds interesting. How much of
a cookbook is it--in terms of number of recipes
and information?
On Amazon it's very expensive. I'll have to check
if my school's library has it.
> I have re-read your post here several times and I
>can't tell if you have seen this book. It is
>15th Century Mughal from the sultanate of Mandu.
>If you don't have it, it is well worth the price
>and has just been published in the last two
>years. Here is the LC record for it:
>
>The Niʻmatnāma manuscript of the
>sultans of Mandu : the Sultans book of delights
>/
>translated by Norah M. Titley. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
>xx, 121 p., [516] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
>ISBN: 041535059X (cloth)
> Niʻmatnāmah-yi
>Nāṣiruddīn
>Shāhī--Illustrations.
> Cookery--India--Māndu--Early works to 1800.
> Sultans in art--Early works to 1800.
> Manuscripts, Urdu--India--Māndu--Facsimiles.
> Illumination of books and manuscripts,
>Indic--India--Māndu--Early works to 1800.
> Māndu (India)--Court and courtiers--Food--Early works to 1800.
>
>Thank you for mentioning the Akbarnama. I have
>found a 3 vol. copy in English for $45 + the cost
>of shipping from India. It would be interesting
>to compare the Akbar list with the Ni'mat
>recipes and see if there are any cross-overs.
>
>Huette
>
>
>--- David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com> wrote:
>
>> > > > I'm camping with Little India, who are doing their Biyari, period
>> >> >Indian dinner on Tues night.
>> >>
>> >>Do you know what their sources are? Period Indian cookbooks are a bit
>> >>scarce, although there are, of course, food references in the
>> >>literature.
>> >
>> >I've been asked research some recipes from the Nimatnama. Someone
>> >else is doing some research too, and I don't know what sources she
>> >is using. I helped cook three years ago, I saw a copy of the
>> >recipes when we were cooking, but was not able to get a copy for
>> >myself. The food was very good and seemed appropriate, but I really
>> >don't know how close to the source they were. If you have any
>> >suggestions I'll share them with the lady who is charge.
>>
>> The one source I know is the _Akbarnama_. It has ingredient lists
>> for, I think, thirty dishes--quantities but no instructions, the
>> opposite of the usual medieval recipe. It also has instructions for
>> making bread and for distilling arrack.
>>
>> If they have other primary sources, it would be worth posting
>> something about them here. At one point I thought I was on the trail
>> of one but I never managed to locate it, and it was a long time ago.
>> --
>> David/Cariadoc
>> www.daviddfriedman.com
>
>
>My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel; King Henry VI, part I: I, v
>http://www.twoheartsentwinedpottery.com/
>
>
>
>____________________________________________________________________________________
>Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email wherever you're surfing.
>http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php
>_______________________________________________
>Sca-cooks mailing list
>Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org
--
David Friedman
www.daviddfriedman.com
daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/
More information about the Sca-cooks
mailing list