[Sca-cooks] MidWinter Feast

[Terry Decker]

India is on the Silk Road.  The term Silk Road was introduced around 1877 by 
Friedrich von Richthofen to encompass the idea of the East-West trade 
without regard of what was transported and of the actual routes.  If you are 
hung up on real silk, silk was produced in India (as it has been since at 
least 2,500 BCE) and was traded over the route.

If you want to add India to your Silk Road adventure, there is a branch that 
separates at Merv runs southwest to Bactra (Persian Afghani) then over the 
Pamirs to Kashgar.  From Bactra, there is a branch that runs over the Hindu 
Kush into the Dehli Sultanate (Turkic/Pashto Pakistani) and into the 
Vijayanagara Empire (Hindu Indian) and India in general.  The Sultanate is 
responsible for keeping the Mongols out of the Indian sub-continent.

Bear

>I would *love* to see a Silk Road-themed dayboard done right, as Bear so
> eloquently detailed. I would absolutely be willing to help with China and
> Persia, and I bet others here would, too.
>
> India is not really on the silk route, though it *is* on the Spice route
> (and the cotton route, the pearl route, you get the idea). If there are
> people who really want to do China, North Africa, and India... could you
> just change the theme to "Spices along the Spice Route" to make it more
> accurate?
>
> I will say that I find Soup for the Qan extremely approachable and
> cook-able.
>
> Madhavi