[Sca-cooks] ME/Islamic feasts

[Daniel And elizabeth phelps]

Well that feast described in 1001 Nights would suggest that courses were served sequentially.  Of course you have to decide when the original story was set down and how it may have changed over time and repetition.

Dan

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at gmail.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2014 8:17:15 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] ME/Islamic feasts

<<< On a related topic, is there any feeling as to whether dishes should come
out in several courses, or all be brought out at once? I get the feeling
from some of the accompanying prose and poetry in al-Warraq that all at
once (maybe with some of the bazmaward "sandwiches" as a taster a little
before the rest), with sweeter things to follow, is acceptable for the
period.

 Le meas,
 Aodh >>>

I believe that the style of Middle Eastern feast serving may have changed over time.

This Florilegium file might be of use:
ME-feasts-msg (37K) 5/30/10 Middle Eastern feasts. sitting, serving.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/ME-feasts-msg.html

Here are also some reports on how other Middle Eastern/Islamic feasts have been done in the SCA:
Al-Halfla-art (18K) 2/15/09 Al Halfla 2009 event day boards by Lady Adelisa di Salerno (was Gianotta).
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEAST-REVIEWS/Al-Halfla-art.html

Andalusan-Fst-msg (8K) 10/26/02 An Andalusian summer banquet by Giles de Laval.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEAST-REVIEWS/Andalusan-Fst-msg.html

Islamic-Feast-art (20K) 5/27/99 "An Islamic Feast in a Barbarian Court” by al-Sayyid A'aql ibn Rashid al-Zib.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEAST-REVIEWS/Islamic-Feast-art.html

ME-Refrsh-Tbl-art (28K) 9/ 7/08 A Middle Eastern themed refreshment table by Urtatim at Mists Coronation. Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEAST-REVIEWS/ME-Refrsh-Tbl-art.html

Stefan
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