[Sca-cooks] Alcohol in Islamic countries

[David Friedman]

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
>
>>  Message: 3
>>  Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:39:33 -0500
>>  From: "Jim and Andi Houston"
>>  To: ,	"'Cooks within the SCA'"
>>
>>  Subject: [Sca-cooks] Alcohol in Islamic countries
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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
>>
>>
>>
>>  From: sca-cooks-bounces+jimandandi=cox.net at lists.ansteorra.org
>>  [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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