[Sca-cooks] siting table in Middle-eastern style.

[Stefan li Rous]

Malkin asked:
  <<< . . . not what they ate, but how the meal was structured.  How  
does one properly set and serve a meal in the Holy Land, in period?   
Anybody know of any references where I would start with to determine  
the structure of the Islamic meal?  >>>

A key question is when are you asking about? If I remember some of our  
previous discussions on this subject, the way Middle Eastern meals  
were served changed during our period of study.

Here is a file with some of our previous commentary on this.

ME-feasts-msg     (20K)  4/ 4/04    Middle Eastern feasts. sitting,  
serving.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/ME-feasts-msg.html

Stefan
PS: I think I'm finally employed again, at least for a while. I signed  
the papers to do some contract engineering work this afternoon. Now I  
just have to fulfill the promises I made...
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