HERB - cordials

[Katherine Blackthorne]

Well, I just pulled _A Sip Through Time_ off the bookshelf.  I can quickly
find 3 recepies (sp?) calling for rose petals.  One is circa 77 AD from
Pliny the Elder.  One is 100BC to 300 AD from Apicius, Cookery and Dining
in Imperial Rome.  One is 1790, London Art of Cookery.

I realize that all of these are either pre- or post-period, but it's a start.

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--Katherine Blackthorne
Golden Rivers, Cynagua, The West


>Hello All,
>
>Well, after years of using herbs for a multitude of things I have
>decided to try and document some of the things I've been doing.  I
>wonder if anyone here can help?
>
>I'm making cordials/liquers.  Does anyone know if rose petals would have
>been used in the middle ages to make a cordial? by whom? for what use?
>I have a lovely rose petal cordial with a competitve spirit but I don't
>know if it is actually period.
>
>I'm going now to try and locate the brewers' list and maybe ask them but
>I've been with you folks a long time so I thought I'd ask you first.
>
>Thank you,
>Ginger
>dragon at lemoorenet.com
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