[Sca-cooks] Baker of Bagels in the 11th C

[emilio szabo]

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I ran across a passing comment about a Jewish "ka'ki" or "Baker of 
Bagels" in Vol. 2 of Goitein's _A Mediterranean Society_.

Does anyone have more specific information, or recipes for 11th- 12th C 
bagels?

Samia >>


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I wonder if this may not be a mistranslation due to a shift in usage. ... >>



In volume I, page 254, the author says: "A Jewish ka'ki, or maker of cakes".


The source mentioned in note 152 on page 464 is a document from the Cairo Geniza collection from the year 1010.


On the Cairo Geniza:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Geniza


As for 11th century recipes, the only chance I can think of is that huge Arabic collection, translated by someone whose name escapes me for the moment. The color of the book is red. 



E.