[Sca-cooks] Extra dried fruits

[Susan Lin]

Cariadoc asked:  Do they say what the basis for the recipe is--where in the
range between an actual period recipe and a conjecture?
The book quotes a source that says "In 1601 the Mexican converso [he had
emigrated to Mexico] Diego Diaz Nieto reported to inquisitors that during
the time he lived in Ferrara, Italy, at Passover the Portuguese Jews who
lived there made "balls of sweets, apples, ground chestnuts, and other
ingredients, which they ate dissolved in vinegar."
The quote is referenced to a book by Eva Alexandra Uchmany, La vida entre el
judaismo y el cristianismo en la Nueva Espana 1580-1606.  Mexico City:
Archivo General de la Nacion/Fondo de la cultura Econonica, 1992.

Does that help?

Shoshanna

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com>wrote:

> Here it is:
>>
>> Diego Diaz Nieto's Haroset Balls*
>>
>
> ...
>
>  *This recipe comes from *A Drizzle of Honey* (The Lives and Recipes of
>> Spain's Secret Jews) by David M. Gitlitz & Linda Kay Davidson.
>>
>
> Do they say what the basis for the recipe is--where in the range between an
> actual period recipe and a conjecture?
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