[Sca-cooks] Andalusia = Middle East?

[Judith Epstein]

On 9 Dec 2009, at 6:34 PM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Kiri said:
> <<< I also make sure that all of the dishes I serve at our local Middle Eastern
> event are documented as being period.  I have even attempted in past years
> to concentrate on specific areas of the Middle East...last year, we did
> Andalusia. >>>
> 
> Okay, I'm confused.
> 
> Are you lumping Andalusia in as part of the Middle East? I thought it was in Spain. That doesn't seem very close. But I think I've heard others lump them together also.
> 
> Would you put Persian information in "Middle East"?  In part, I'm trying to figure out what information for the Florilegium goes into the Middle East files. Once I get enough info on a specific country or region it usually gets its own file, but until that time I tend to use some more general files.
> 
> Stefan

Personally I'd follow our good friend Urtatim by putting Persia in with Near East, a wider category than just Middle East. Andalus would probably also qualify for inclusion in that category, at least in terms of demographics, during the time of Muslim rule there.

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D'vorah, mka Judith Epstein
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