[Sca-cooks] Rue (was herbs)
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com
Mon Jan 14 16:54:54 PST 2013
And now yet another wrinkle:
It turns out what Persians use is wild rue - which isn't really rue at all.
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peganum_harmala_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peganum_harmala)
What's more, they don't use it for food; they burn it:
_http://www.sadaf.com/sadaf-wild-rue-seeds-esphand-13-0200/_
(http://www.sadaf.com/sadaf-wild-rue-seeds-esphand-13-0200/)
Though rue is used in several of what are described here as "Byzantine"
recipes (but seem to be more Arab than Greek):
_http://nvg.org.au/documents/other/byzantinerecipes.pdf_
(http://nvg.org.au/documents/other/byzantinerecipes.pdf)
It's a treacherous little spice world out there...
Jim Chevallier
www.chezjim.com
Newly translated from Pierre Jean-Baptiste Le Grand d'Aussy:
Eggs, Cheese and Butter in Old Regime France
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