[Sca-cooks] Salt Crust

[Johnna Holloway]

Anecdotal version found here: 
http://www.silkroadgourmet.com/culinary-history-mysteries-1-salt-baked-fish/

 Lilia Zaouali in Medieval Cuisine of the Islamic World has a recipe for shad cooked in salt on page 101.
She credits it to the Fadalat by Ibn Razin,

Johnnae

On Nov 26, 2012, at 1:30 AM, steve montgomery wrote:

> Does anybody have any actual references on salt crust cooking on fish? I
> have looked through the salt and fish files in the Florilegium,
> godecookery.com and a couple other places. One blog mentioned Apicius but I
> haven't found my copy yet in unpacking.
> 
> Lots of blather about it being an ancient thing but no real sources.
> 
> Thanks,
> aeduin