[Sca-cooks] serving rice

[Stefan li Rous]

Cariadoc asked:
<<< My standard way of serving various period Islamic dishes is on top of 
rice. Urtatim recently suggested to me that that might be wrong, 
historically speaking. Checking the obvious sources, I cannot find any 
period reference to food being served that way. >>>

So what are the possible ways to serve rice? What ways did you find in the period recipes, Cariadoc?

What I can think of is:
1) Rice mixed in with other foods.
2) Rice served as a mound by itself.
3) Rice over other foods. (Doesn't seem to make much sense from a presentation point of view)

As another data point, how were other grains served?

Is rice called out for in any soups?

Thanks,
   Stefan

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