[Sca-cooks] "cows eyes"

[Dama Antonia]

On 10/07/2012 9:44 a.m., Suey wrote:
> In Spanish the closest plant we have is "ox eyes" (ojos de buey), 
> which is a tropical plant used as medicine for Parkinson's desease and 
> the like but it is not a plant for the dinner table as far as I can 
> see, especially as too much is a bad thing, nor do I know if it is 
> ciltivated in Spain.  The "cows eye" daisy plant in English is called 
> cornilla in Spanish.
>

I was under the impression that the "cows' eyes" in the Anonymous 
al-Andalus were prunes.  That's what the Perry translation says.

http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Andalusian/andalusian2.htm

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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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