[Sca-cooks] Period Street Food

[Sayyeda al-Kaslaania]

Hello Mercy,

In _A Mediterranean Society, Vol 1._ S.D. Goitein discusses how most 
urban dining in Cairo during the Middle Ages (specifically the Abbasid 
and Fatimid periods) was "take out" food, since people didn't keep 
kitchens in the urban living spaces during this period. Fresh fruit 
would be fabulous, especially melons. This is all around p 110-30.

He also mentions bagels being sold in such a fashion, I believe that's 
in Vol 2.

There's a little more about the food markets in his article "Urban 
Housing in Fatimid and Ayyubid times".

Sayyeda al-Kaslaania


On 5/16/2011 2:19 PM, Mercy Neumark wrote:
> Something cheap to make, tasty and unique within period that can be made either at a day event with no kitchen or with very little set up kitchen.