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Talk of the Table | This Passover, Try Inquisition Soup

JL;DR SUMMARY In this exploration of historical Sephardic culinary traditions during Passover, Vered Guttman delves into the Inquisition records of Mara Das, a woman prosecuted for secretly maintaining Jewish customs. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Spanish InquisitionJewish CustomsPassoverSephardi JewsFood HistoryCrypto JewsAndalusian CuisineMara DasSow ThistleHélène Jawhara Pier

Places mentioned

Palma, Andalusia, Spain
"A wax worker from the town of Palma (near Cordoba) in Andalusia, Das had fled and was not present at her trial in the court of the Inquisition in the city of Ciudad Real..."
Madrid, Madrid Province, Spain
"The trial records, housed in the National Historical Archive of Spain in Madrid, detail her crimes and the dishes she allegedly prepared for two Passover seders..."
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
"An Inquisition record from 1624 in Cuenca, Ecuador, identifies Judaizers as those who celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, beginning by eating lettuce, celery or other bitter herbs."

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