Brewing ingredients (was Re: HERB - Ickies

[Katherine Blackthorne]

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> 
> The UC Berkeley library has a wonderful late Period little book "The book
> (booke?) of Quintessence" The quintessence is the 5x distilled brandy, and the
> book will tell you it cures everything from impotence to old age.  Relevant
> here, it puts all manner of things into the brew, including gold.
> Agnes
> kkeeler1 at unl.edu

Ah, yes, and isn't gold currently being used (possibly experimentally,
it's been too long since I've seen this) in treating arthritis?  And
isn't that one of the signs of old-age?  <grin>

--Katherine Blackthorne (who is young enough she should be smacked for
that one!)
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