[Sca-cooks] Cowpeas (was: seljuk-era rice dish)

[Daniel Myers]

I believe that Bear meant that the word "cowpea" itself is not period
(it was first recorded in the 18th century).

- Doc


> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Galefridus Peregrinus <galefridus at optimum.net>
> Date: Tue, September 30, 2014 4:22 pm
> 
> Cowpeas are out of period?!? Since when? Some cursory research indicates 
> that they were cultivated in the eastern Mediterranean as far back as 
> 2300 BCE. See:
> 
> 
> Perrino, P., Laghetti, G., Spagnoletti Zeuli, P. L. & Monti, L.M. (1993) 
> Diversification of cowpea in the Mediterranean and other centres of 
> cultivation. Genetic resources and crop evolution, 40, 121-132.
> DOI:10.1007/BF00051116
> 
> 
> -- Galefridus
> 
> > Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:50:52 -0500
> > From: "Terry Decker" To: "Cooks within the SCA" Subject: Re: 
> > [Sca-cooks] seljuk-era rice dish
> > Message-ID: <533E71AE14BA4DE382AA2444D4F6818B at Vishnu>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252";
> > 	reply-type=original
> >
> > The Taqwim al-sihhah is a work by ibn-Butlan which appears in European 
> > translation of the 13th Century as Tacuinum Sanitatis.  At the time it 
> > was written, Baghdad was part of the Seljuk Empire.  There is a copy 
> > of the original held by the Aga Khan Museum (which was set to open in 
> > Toronto this year).
> >
> > Each of these names is a common name and meant to provide linguistic 
> > differentiation as opposed to salability.  Each of the peas noted has 
> > at least three common names in English just to add to the confusion. 
> > BTW, "cowpea" is out of period.
> >
> > Bear
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Galefridus Peregrinus suggested:
> > <<< The Taqwim al-Sihhah (11th century Baghdad) lists grass peas, 
> > chick peas, and cow peas. >>>
> >
> > That?s Iraq, not Turkey, but I guess you work with what you can get.
> >
> > What kind of reference is this ?Taqwim al-Sihhah? and how available is 
> > it for those researching this area and time?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >   Stefan
> > (who named these peas? Obviously not a marketer. :-) )
> _______________________________________________
> Sca-cooks mailing list
> Sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org