[Sca-cooks] Paella

[Stefan li Rous]

Back on Nov. 15, Suey said the following. I skip two digests and, of course, when I finally get back to them there is something I should have commented on back then...:-(

<<< Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:36:25 -0300
From: Suey <lordhunt at gmail.com>
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Paella

The word comes from Ar. /pulao/, a Persian pilaf dish. Persians took it 
to Spain and India. Originally pulao was browned rice cooked with nuts, 
herbs and raisins. In Spain paella is rice with chicken or with seafood 
or with pork. In South America they mix all three. Certainly, one can 
have a vegetarian paella but I have never heard of putting mushrooms 
alone or accompanied with other foods. This is new to me. . .

Susan Fox wrote:
Check the flori-thingie, there's a file on Paella:
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/paella-msg.html

The word "Paella" does not appear in print until the 1700's but
obviously people served Stuff On Rice long before that.  Try looking up
words like pilaf and pilau.
Stefan's article is most informative but needs cleaning up. 

I shall keep this in mind and work on it when I can.
Suey >>>

Well, yes, of course it needs cleaning up. That's the nature of my -msg files which are just collections of messages, often from different conversational threads and sometimes over large time spans. 

If someone wants to use any of the message files, perhaps add some more research and write a more comprehensive, consistent article, then I welcome it. Both your background and your studies should give you a headstart on paella from the rest of us. Although I have heard that it is of Basque origin rather than Spanish.  

One of the comments has been that the name "paella" came from the name of the pan it is cooked in. Any comments?

Stefan

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