[Sca-cooks] Islamic/Middle Eastern condiment tray

[Sayyeda al-Kaslaania]

Thank you for the suggestions.

Last night I found this article on Google:

Miller, H.D., "The Pleasures of Consumption: The Birth of Medieval 
Islamic Cuisine." in _Food: the History of Taste_. Edited by Paul H. 
Freedman. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. U of 
California Press, 2007.Pp. 135-162.

According to Miller, olive oil would be served on the table as a prized 
fat, too expensive for the entire cooking process during the Middle 
Ages. He also notes that al-Baghdadi used /murri/ in cooking several 
dishes, but it never appears as a condiment. However, a common condiment 
could be made from the same process that created /murri/. Adding milk to 
this fermentation process created a sort of curded cheese that was 
flavored with garlic, mint, nigella, or even rose. Is there a modern 
equivalent to this cheese?

So there's two more. I still think salt should be one of them, too. 
Plus, Miller notes that a variety of bread would be served with every 
meal (breads include everything from yeast breads, to lavash, to 
crackers), so the quince dish would work.

Sayyeda al-Kaslaania


On 1/28/2012 4:08 PM, David Friedman wrote:
> Badinjan Muhassa
>
> A Recipe for Soused Eggplants
>
> Another Recipe for Dressed Eggplantby Him (ibn al-Mahdi) Too
>
> A Recipe for Conserving Quince