[Sca-cooks] "eyes of rue"

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Suey <lordhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Huici and the Perry translations of the 13th C Anon Al-Andalus has me
> stumped again. In the recipe called
>
> "Eggplant Dish Known as the Arabic," they call for "eyes of rue" or "ojos de
> ruda." What is that?

I wonder if they could have misread 'ojos' for 'hojas'.  Leaves of rue
would make a lot more sense.

Brighid ni Chiarain