Archive for April, 2010
Mukaffan – Almond Candy from Baghdad
From A Baghdad Cookery Book translated by Charles Perry from Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ, “The Book of Dishes” by Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-KarÄ«m al-Baghdadi, mid 13th century. Take a pound of sugar and a third of a pound of almonds or pistachios [we used almonds] and pound everything finely. Knead it hard with rose-water. [...]
Thanks for Chili tweets! @tuck…
Thanks for Chili tweets! @tuckercummings @_dger_ @WaltPascoe @nicolatwilley @MatthewBattles @armyoftoys @sarahrich @anindita @WaltPascoe
Cruditas español – Chili canÃ…
Cruditas español – Chili canÃbal, o por qué Europa era reacia al tomate http://www.perogrullo.com/?p=1290
Why not join a CSF? http://www…
Why not join a CSF? http://www.capeannfreshcatch.org/index.html here’s hoping I get some lamprey.
Golden Apples, Crimson Stew
1534: A Spanish trader is returning to his ship in Seville after another unsuccessful attempt to sell his carefully tended hull full of tomato plants. The actual tomatoes that he’d brought had long ago rotted en route, and he’d had a hell of a time explaining to his customers what, precisely, the tomatoes were for. [...]
I talk about Tomatoes and the …
I talk about Tomatoes and the origins of chili con carne @hilobrow http://bit.ly/cDwUTT
Octopus is a vile fish of little worth – Martino di Como
People have been eating octopus for at least the better part of 4000 years. At some point the popularity of the dish waned outside of the Mediterranean and Africa (or, as in the U.S., never caught on), leaving it as bit of a curiosity in Northern Europe and the Americas. It’s an important member of [...]
It turned purple when I boiled…
It turned purple when I boiled it.
http://twitpic.com/1ev6wg – Pr…
http://twitpic.com/1ev6wg – Prepping octopus FEELS medieval, even if it is older than that. The eyes and beak really get you thinking.
Making Wine and Eating Gold – The History of the New World
More from La Historia del Mondo Nuovo di M. Girolamo Benzoni Milanese, Venetia, 1565 (an English translation published by the Hakluyt Society, 1857, and extracted below, is here in its entirety) Of those whom they caught alive especially the captains they used to tie the hands and feet throw them down on the ground and [...]
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