[Sca-cooks] Side Dishes for al-Warraq

[Drew Shiel]

Greetings to the assembled cooks from Aodh Ó Siadhail!

I'm cooking a feast for our Coronet Tourney in November. I'm planning to
work from Nawal Nasrallah's translation of al-Warraq, and indeed, I've been
trying out a few of the dishes in recent months, with some success.

However, almost every dish listed is what we would think of as a "main
dish". There are mentions in the text of side-dishes and smaller dishes
served alongside, but I can't see what these might be.

I'll be serving a somewhat out-of-period plain rice in any case, and I'll
acquire flatbreads of various kinds from local Middle Eastern shops (I'd
love to make these myself, but I won't have access to a tannur - nor do I
have the skills to use one), but I'd like to have a few non-main-meal
vegetable dishes to go alongside. What would be appropriate?

Le meas,
Aodh

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