HERB - [Fwd: hist-brewing: XIIIth cent spice named Squinant]
Gaylin Walli
gwalli at infoengine.com
Thu Dec 9 14:16:32 PST 1999
> > Malabathrum: From what I can tell its a Indian Cinnamon, any
> > other ideas?
More correctly, perhaps, and if I am not mistaken, early Latin
used the word "malbathrum" to refer to the dried leaf of
cinnimon. See for reference this web page:
http://metalrg.iisc.ernet.in/~wootz/heritage/prod1.html
As for the squinant, I could not say.
Jasmine
iasmin de cordoba, gwalli at infoengine.com
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