Looking for the recipe for "pulse", the food that Daniel ate in the Old Testament

[Tom]

Hi,

My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.
Thank you,

Tom

[Richard Wright]

Post by Tom
Hi,
My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.
Thank you,
Tom

'Pulse' is not a recipe. It is the vegetable itself - any kind of
leguminous plant such as peas, lentils and beans.

Presumably Daniel would have eaten his pulses as a boiled mush, like
Indian dal.

[Tom]

I just found this on the net. It agrees with your comments


PULSE

puls (zero'-im (Dan 1:12 margin, "herbs"), zere'onim (Dan 1:16);
compare zerua`, "sowing seed" (Lev 11:37), and zeru'im, "things sown"
(Isa 61:11)): (1) In Dan 1:12,16, it must mean herbs or vegetables
grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In 2 Sam
17:28, "pulse" after "parched" is not in the original, but is probably
more correct than the translation in (1), as "pulse" usually implies
leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.

Thank you for your comments.

Tom



On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 06:11:04 +1000, Richard Wright

Post by Richard Wright

Post by Tom
Hi,
My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.
Thank you,
Tom

'Pulse' is not a recipe. It is the vegetable itself - any kind of
leguminous plant such as peas, lentils and beans.
Presumably Daniel would have eaten his pulses as a boiled mush, like
Indian dal.

[TOliver]

Post by Tom
Hi,
My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.
Thank you,

I have no scientific or historical sources upon which to base an accurate
reply, but have spent much of my life consistently understanding the term
(at least to my own satifaction) as any one of a number of dried legumes,
reconstutued slowly over low heat. Such dishes are found (and appear
historical and literary references) all around the Mediterranean Basin from
the Pillars to the Levant, in North Africa, Egypt, in the Tigris/Euphrates
river networks, old Persia and throughout the Indian subcontinent.

IIRC, there are a number of modern (1600-present) references to "pulse" in
the framework of "dried peas".

From Dhal to Hummus to Split Pea Soup to Frijoles al Charro to "Pease
porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot, nine days
old...", thats the best I can do.....

TMO

[Tom]

You may be correct. I found this on the net

PULSE

puls (zero'-im (Dan 1:12 margin, "herbs"), zere'onim (Dan 1:16);
compare zerua`, "sowing seed" (Lev 11:37), and zeru'im, "things sown"
(Isa 61:11)): (1) In Dan 1:12,16, it must mean herbs or vegetables
grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In 2 Sam
17:28, "pulse" after "parched" is not in the original, but is probably
more correct than the translation in (1), as "pulse" usually implies
leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.

Thank you for your comments.

Tom

Post by TOliver

Post by Tom
Hi,
My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.
Thank you,

I have no scientific or historical sources upon which to base an accurate
reply, but have spent much of my life consistently understanding the term
(at least to my own satifaction) as any one of a number of dried legumes,
reconstutued slowly over low heat. Such dishes are found (and appear
historical and literary references) all around the Mediterranean Basin from
the Pillars to the Levant, in North Africa, Egypt, in the Tigris/Euphrates
river networks, old Persia and throughout the Indian subcontinent.
IIRC, there are a number of modern (1600-present) references to "pulse" in
the framework of "dried peas".
From Dhal to Hummus to Split Pea Soup to Frijoles al Charro to "Pease
porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot, nine days
old...", thats the best I can do.....
TMO

[Jack Campin - bogus address]

I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that Daniel ate
in the Old Testament.

You aren't going to get anywhere without knowing the Hebrew word
(and what it means).

There is a Jewish cooking group, I think, they might know.

"Pulse" in English means a legume, which in Daniel's time and
place would presumably be ful medames (broad beans, field beans).
But the translators might have been guessing as much as I am.

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[Tom]

The Hebrew word for pulse in Daniel 1:12 is

zeroa` zay-ro'-ah

or zeraSon {zay-raw-ohn'}; from 2232; something
sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as
food):--pulse.

There is another reference to pulse in 2 Samuel 17:28, but the Hebrew
word here is

qaliy kaw-lee'

or qaliyi {kaw-lee'}; from 7033; roasted ears of
grain:--parched corn.

The reference in Daniel indicates vegetables, not just one.
The reference in 2 Samuel is parched corn.

Thank you for your comments. I will keep looking:)

Tom




On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:41:46 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address

Post by Jack Campin - bogus address

I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that Daniel ate
in the Old Testament.

You aren't going to get anywhere without knowing the Hebrew word
(and what it means).
There is a Jewish cooking group, I think, they might know.
"Pulse" in English means a legume, which in Daniel's time and
place would presumably be ful medames (broad beans, field beans).
But the translators might have been guessing as much as I am.
Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel [phone]
<http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax [phone]
stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob [phone]

[Waldo Centini]

Tom surprised us with

Post by Tom
My name is Tom. I am looking for a recipe for "pulse", the food that
Daniel ate in the Old Testament. From my research I know that it was
not meat or fruit. I have searched the net and the book stores, but
have not found anyone who could tell me which vegetables were used in
pulse, or how it was prepared. If someone has this information and
would be willing to share it with me, I would be ever so thankfull.

"Pulse" usually in culinary circles refers to seeds from vegetables,
usuallu those formed in pods, i.e beans and such. Usually in dried form.
Considering what was common fare in biblical terms, and still is in the
region (middle-east) my guess it woul be lentils, or broad beans.