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
> wrote:

>On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:57:08 -0500, Tom > wrote:
>
>>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.