Rachel Laudan

For those coming late to this discussion, we’ve been kicking around possible origins for the Mallorcan and Menorcan ensaimada here, as well as the puzzles of its spread (why did it get to Argentina, Puerto Rica, and the Philippines but skip Mexico) here. Adam Balic isn’t happy with a Moorish origin for ensaimadas I think [...]

Here’s another comment, this time on ensaimadas, a topic that we have touched on here and here.  Thanks to Michael Raffael. I probably missed earlier postings, but it seems likely that ensaimadas evolved on Mallorca during its Moorish occupation. The argument against this is that the Moors didn’t use lard (saim in Catalan), but the [...]

I just received this as a comment. Clearly advertising.  The machine looks very sleek, though, and I wonder if anyone had tried it for masa instead of South Indian wet grinding.  Often the Indian grinders appear not to go a good job on maize. we have a very good masa grinder online http://www.hotdishes.net/Kitchen_ware/Grinders/Masa_Grinders/