Goose fat and garlic is a good book Salima Ikram Professor of Egyptology Egyptology Unit Head American University in Cairo Sent from my iPad > On Nov 17, 2014, at 10:01 PM, Susan Weingarten <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Mediaeval Arab recipes inlude recipes for puddings where they are placed under a piece of fat meat so the fat drips down onto them. You can find details in Charles Perry's medieval Arab cookery. > As for goose fat, Ariel Toaff claims that whatever Christians did with the pig in mediaeval Europe, cooking , salting, rendering fat etc., Jews did the same with the goose. > And I remember once buying a pair of leather sandals when the maker rubbed fat into the straps to keep them supple. > Best > Susan > >> On Sunday, 16 November 2014, Barnea Levi Selavan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Dear list members, >> >> I am about to initiate research to write a paper on the earliest use and storage of animal and bird fats. >> >> Currently I envision one section on prehistoric times, and then recurring again in the Late Bronze-Iron Ages. >> >> Texts from different ancient cultures; >> evidence of the various processes and required utensils for rendering and storing fat; >> and detailing what the potentional uses were, >> are all issues I ask your help in. >> >> There is medicinal use, working with tools, shield protection, as David laments for Saul and Jonathan; foodstuffs. >> Ancient ink, such as in the Qeiyafa ostracon, contained charcoal and animal fat. What else? >> >> In terms of food- why would I use these fats? How long would they last? Are there animals that are preferred? >> For example, in some parts of Europe in recent centuries, goose fat was the favorite. >> And anyone in the Lower East Side of New York knew the words "chicken schmaltz." >> >> I woudl appreciate your references to writings and lines of investigation. >> >> Yours >> >> Barnea Levi Selavan >> MA Program >> Tel Aviv University >> >> >> To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: >> http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1NTgzIFdlaW5nYXJ0ZW4uc3VzYW5AR01BSUwuQ09NIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIOmxiFYaRFld&c=SIGNOFF >> > > > -- > Dr Susan Weingarten > tel:+972 4 6821395 > mobile:+972 [0]507 537 184 > > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1NTg0IHNhbGltYWlrcmFtQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBBTkNJRU5ULUZPT0QtVEVDSFzldUclIxJw&c=SIGNOFF ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH