[Ansteorra] Looking for Magdalena, once in Bryn Gwlad

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings,

This message was posted to the SCA-Cooks list tonight. If anyone can
help this lady locate Magdalena, please email her.

The rest of you might find her recipe for Syrup of Lemons a nice
beverage.
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THLord  Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas         stefan at texas.net
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> From: Bronwynmgn at aol.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:42:11 EDT
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] re: Lemon Syrup
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>
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>
> > those who haven't tried it, do try both Syrup of Lemons and
> > sekanjabin hot - they are wonderful on a cold winter's night this way.
>
> I haven't actually tried the sekanjabin, but the first time I made the lemon
> syrup it was a cold rainy day, so we all drank it hot - yum.
>
> I also have a recipe for a non-period spiced lemonaid which makes a wonderful
> hot drink, especially when you have a sore throat.
>
> To one gallon boiling water add:
> 4 lemons, cut in half and reamed out or squeezed (the juice is what goes in
> of course); drop the shells in too.
> 12 whole cloves
> about 1/8-1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom  (I think the original called for 4
> pods of cardamom; I have ground on hand, and don't use the pods for anything
> else, so..)
>
> Let simmer for about half an hour, then take off the heat and add honey to
> taste (after fishing out the lemon shells).  This absolutely does need to be
> refrigerated; it grows really interesting black stuff when it's not....
>
> For those of you in the Bryn Gwlad area who remember the stuff Magdalena used
> to make, that she called "Bronwyn's spiced lemonaide"?  I used to be Bronwyn,
> and this is the recipe she was using.  By the way, if anyone knows where she
> is, would you pass on my greetings and email address?  I haven't heard from
> her in years...
>
> Brangwayna Morgan