[Sca-cooks] Alcohol in Islamic countries

[galefridus at optimum.net]

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. 
> 
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> Madhavi
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> I know they also distilled as well. Many of those references are 
> based on
> cosmetics and perfumes.
> Aelina