[Sca-cooks] Sixteenth Century Turkish

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Serena wrote:
>  So does Ottoman = Turkish?

For the 16th century, and for a culture in contact with Europe, 
pretty much yes.

Also, i have noticed that in the SCA people, including those with 
Middle Eastern personae, commonly say ''Turkish'' when they mean 
Ottoman.

The Seljuks were Turkish, but we don't have any of their recipes.
Many of the Mamluks were Turkish, but the only cookbooks we have from 
the period of their rule are Arabic.
There were many other Turks of significance within SCA period, but 
few people in the SCA seem to be aware of them.
Even A Soup for the Qan is primarily Turkic, and not particularly 
Mongol, with the author being Turkic, and, frankly, the majority of 
the Mongol administration being Turkic, not Mongol.

But for the 16th c., Turkish is most likely to be Ottoman.
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Urtatim [that's err-tah-TEEM]
the persona formerly known as Anahita