[Sca-cooks] Nola's "albanal"

[Suey]

My head is a sieve right now. I cannot find Robin Carroll-Mann's email 
address to ask her directly as she used Perez when translating from 
Spanish to English. I used Iranzo. This word has been debated as the 
Spanish Royal Academy defines it as "sewer drain" but clearly in Hita 
these are tubs (verse 1277) - I do not have Mark Singleton's translation 
of that one in my files. A pity, I have enjoyed reading his poetical 
translation at the National Library in Madrid so now I am curious as to 
how he translated the word. He is a card - he is so funny and 
intelligent!) Perez' defines the word as a large earthenware vat or 
basin for dish washing but for the life of me I cannot find where the 
word appears in the recipes. On line I saw that in the 18th century it 
meant sifting and washing wheat. - That makes me think I must see how 
Nola or Perez uses the word. If it includes washing food products, I 
think that essential.
Another angle here is the "al" word in Spanish. It generally comes from 
Arabic. Banar means to wash in Spanish.
Please note: the "n"s  in albanal and banar have a squigel on top of it 
like in "n-yeah".
Suey