[Sca-cooks] bad meat? was rice cooked in yogurt?

[Stefan li Rous]

Earlier in this thread we were talking about how yogurt could be  
stirred into rice, and I think the answer that yogurt can be thin is  
the answer, but reading the recipe again, I was struck by the first  
line:

<<< 39. /Labaniyya R//u-miyya/: Greek (or Byzantine) yogurt stew

  A pound of meat is parboiled to eliminate the stench, until it is  
cooked halfway through; then the chopped leaves of chard are added and  
 >>>

What is with this "parboiled to eliminate the stench"?

We've had ongoing arguments about whether seasoning was used to cover  
the taste of off-meat, but are we talking about parboiling this meat  
to cover up the stench of off meat???

Stefan

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