[Ansteorra] Tavern food suggestions

[Stefan li Rous]

On Jul 12, 2005, at 11:39 PM, Cairenn Day wrote:
> And for drinks, what
> about the Arabic drink,  that is a period 'gatorade'. I think it tastes
> a lot better.

Perhaps you are thinking of Sekanjabin? The Persian mint drink made 
famous in the SCA by Master Cariadoc? However, there are a number of 
similar, medieval drinks that sound like they would make good 
alternatives to even Sekanjabin. I'm not sure where to get some of the 
ingredients called out in some of the period recipes, though. Here is a 
Florilegium file on these drinks:
jalabs-msg        (71K)  7/ 3/04    Drinks with a sugar or honey-syrup 
base such
                                        as Sekanjabin (Persian Mint 
Drink).
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/jalabs-msg.html

Or for more non-alcoholic beverages, see these files:
infusions-msg     (24K)  3/26/02    Period infusions. Herbal "teas". 
Barley tea.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/infusions-msg.html
beverages-NA-msg  (89K)  6/23/05    Non-alcoholic beverages.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/beverages-NA-msg.html

Or for some mildly alcoholic beverages:
kvass-msg         (73K)  7/ 4/04    Russian drink made from bread or 
grains.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/kvass-msg.html
small-beer-msg    (20K) 11/ 6/03    A weakly alcoholic beer made using 
the grain
                                        from a previous batch of beer
http://www.florilegium.org/files/BEVERAGES/small-beer-msg.html

There are more files on period beverages in the BEVERAGES section of 
the Florilegium, as well.

Stefan
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