[Sca-cooks] seljuk-era rice dish

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

The Taqwim al-Sihhah (11th century Baghdad) lists grass peas, chick peas, and cow peas.

> Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:56:05 -0500
> From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>
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> And it might be Pisum sativa, which have been found in Anatolian archeology 
> digs dating back to the 5th and 4th Century BCE.
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> Bear
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> Madhavi
>> I would love to know exactly what the word translated as "peas" was!
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> I agree. Possibly (?probably?) some legume in the genus Vigna, such as 
> black-eyed peas, or other cow peas.
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> Urtatim