[Sca-cooks] Period Street Food

[Johnna Holloway]

If you need references see this paper:
Carlin, Martha. "Fast food and Urban Living Standards
in Medieval England."

appears in the volume:
Food and Eating in Medieval England,
edited by Martha Carlin and Joel T. Rosenthal. London: The
Hambledon Press, 1998. ISBN: 1-85285-148-1.

Johnnae
On May 16, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Sayyeda al-Kaslaania wrote:

> 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
>