[Sca-cooks] Rice in al-Warraq (was: Side Dishes for al-Warraq)

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

I'll verify once I'm home from work, but I'm pretty sure that nearly all 
of the rice dishes in al-Warraq are pudding and the like made from rice 
flour. Whole grains of rice cooked as a starch sin't something that 
you'll find, IIRC. Again, I'll check later this evening to make sure. 
But it has nothing to do with cost.


-- Galefridus

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> Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 22:34:26 +0100
> From: Drew Shiel To: Cooks within the SCA Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] 
> Side Dishes for al-Warraq
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> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Terry Decker  wrote:
>
> Ah, the someone averred defense.  Not necessarily a successful play on 
> this
>> list.  A number of us like references, footnotes and bibliography.
>>
>
>   The someone was Urtatim, your honour, though I cannot find the 
> actual
> reference. Facebook is less useful in terms of finding old discussions 
> than
> might be hoped.
>
>
>> Given and accepting these points as fact, the lack of a simple rice 
>> dish
>> in al-Warraq might be attributed to the cost of rice in comparison to 
>> wheat
>> and barley.  The speculation might be further reinforced by 
>> comparative
>> cost data, contemporary recipes for simple boiled cereals, other 
>> other
>> observations from the period.  Not an area where I am familiar with 
>> the
>> available resources.
>>
>
>  Given that al-Warraq isn't holding back on any of the other 
> ingredients, I
> don't think cost was a particular factor for him. However, I'm 
> perfectly
> willing to concede that the rice can be justified; I was going to 
> serve it
> in any case. It's other side dishes with which I am more concerned at 
> this
> stage.
>
>  Le meas,
>  Aodh