[Sca-cooks] Alcohol in Islamic countries
David Friedman
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Tue Feb 1 11:35:38 PST 2011
Al-Tanukhi, who was a judge in 10th century Baghdad, mentions various
anecdotes about wine drinking, including one that features a barge
loaded with wine en route to the palace of the Caliph. I think it's
pretty clear that upper class middle eastern Muslims drunk wine, just
as catholics engaged in non-marital sex--in both cases sinful but
accepted.
>Annals of the Caliphs' Kitchens (10th Century Islamic) includes
>dozens of recipes for wines and meads. I even found mention of what
>to do to remedy hangovers (drink cold water first thing in the
>morning -- some things never change!)
>
>-- Galefridus
>
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>> From: "Jim and Andi Houston"
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>> Eastern Muslims were the most liberal, wine drinking was
>> socially accepted
>> in many circles among Persian and Indian Muslims. If you read
>> the early 16th
>> century Baburnama, the autobiography of the first of the Mughal
>> Dynasty, he
>> goes into great detail about his drinking parties and where one
>> can find the
>> best wine in Central Asia.
>>
>>
>>
>> Madhavi
>>
>>
>>
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>> [mailto:sca-cooks-
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>> Of yaini0625 at yahoo.com
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>> To: Cooks within the SCA
>> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] mead
>>
>>
>>
>> I know they also distilled as well. Many of those references are
>> based on
>> cosmetics and perfumes.
>> Aelina
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